I found this 1981 classic collection of Lynn Johnston's For Better Or Worse syndicated comicstrip soap opera on the discount shelves of a local used book store.

Travel back in time to when Elly is a young married stay-at-home mom with a clueless spouse, a five-year-old Michael, and infant Elizabeth. Here can be seen the early development of the characters we have all grown up with and watch Lynn Johnston struggle with the problems of a married mom in the early 1980's. The action is much easier to follow when it is a tight nuclear family rather than the extended four generation clan of today. Also Lynn's humor is much more on the surface as we see her struggle with what it means to be a woman through the cartoon Elly and her attempts to find herself while raising two children and keeping up a home.

I am sending this book to ddragongrl in Texas. It was on her wish list.

Wish? Did someone say wish?

Mekka Lekka Hi Mekka Hiney Ho. The wish is granted. Long live Jambi.

I love "For Better or For Worse" so I'll be diving right in to this collection. Looks like some pretty vintage strips, too. I'll update when I've finished it. Thanks ButtonBright!!!

It's pretty amazing for a comic strip that was written over 20 years ago to still be so funny to me today. I thoroughly enjoyed this look at the younger years of Michael and Elizabeth, when Elly was still coming to terms with motherhood.