Lynn Johnston
Lynn Johnston
Lynn Johnston, CM OMis a Canadian cartoonist, known for her newspaper comic strip For Better or For Worse. She was the first woman and first Canadian to win the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth28 May 1947
CountryUnited States of America
dear married men met ruled terrified treated
That's what my mother did. And my father was the first person she'd met who treated her kindly. She was terrified of men, and she married a very meek, kind, dear man. And she had the upper hand. She ruled the roost.
You see, anything I imagined, I could draw.
bedroom center fantasize pool rug turn
I loved the Little Lulu stories, where she would fantasize that her bedroom rug would turn into a pool of water, and she could dive down into the center of the world.
close left mistreated proud raise
Yes, and when I had Aaron, he left me, and I didn't know how to raise a child. And I wasn't close to my parents, and because I was too proud to go to my parents for help, I mistreated that little baby. I didn't want a baby.
board came incredible knew people stopped
People never knew we were poor, but out of that poverty came the most incredible inventions - board games, recipes... we never stopped inventing.