For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for October 03, 2014

I thought they were ‘wiccans’ (?)

It seems, these days, people tend to use the terms Wiccan and Wicca as completely synonymous with the terms Witch and Witchcraft respectively. Especially those who are not well versed on the religion or its traditions. The term Wicca first achieved widespread acceptance when referring to the religion in the 1960s and 70s. The term is still not in common usage among many not familiar with the religion. Besides, a modern Wiccan looks nothing like the stereotyped, green faced witch. No, I’m not a Wiccan, I just looked it up in my computer’s dictionary. Although I do have an acquaintance who claims to be one, and will correct you if you use the term witch, I, personally, know little about it.

“Get your goatskin leggings!”

Pagan is the more general term as others have said.

Don’t be lazy, Google is at your fingertips: Basics of Wicca and Paganism

Because it’s a comic strip.

Go on Harry Potter say it, you know you want to…

@felinefan55 – it is about a comic strip… rants here make me crazy. Call yourself what you want but please don’t make a parade of it.

To all, there are nonwiccan witches out there. Just to let you know. I am one.

We prefer being called wiccans, too many times I’ve had fingers pointing in my face telling me that I’m a devil worshiper when I’ve used the term witch. I love when people act like it’s a teenage whim — I’m 47 and been wiccan for almost 30 years, some whim.

Well, in the Wizard of Oz, there was the beautiful good witch….

Dream on Mike, you’re still just a useless Muggle.

This strip in today’s newspaper was in black and white, so I thought that John’s reaction was inappropriate. The green face though…

Anyone who wonders why Michael is such a smart aleck needs to review the old cliché about apples, trees, and how far the former fall.

The Wicked Witch in the 1939 “Wizard of Oz” was to be a glamorous witch (like in “Sleeping Beauty”) played by Galye Sondergaard.

The witches I know (including my cousin) are nice people and a lot of fun to be around. They’re Wiccans.

“The Witches” by Roald Dahl said that witches were bald, had claws and square feet. To disguise this, they had to wear wigs, gloves, and high heels (which were uncomfortable for them). The witches would try and kill kids, usually by offering them poisoned candy or cursed toys.

A reaction can be a facial expression. It doesn’t have to be verbal. And I’m sure you know that very well…

The smug smile in John’s face in the last panel shows that Elly correctly read the look he gave her (in my opinion).

“Ooh, hoo—Witchy Woman …"