For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for May 12, 2022

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 2 years ago

    this the same Becky who — if I recall — later became part of April’s middle or high school band?

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    howtheduck  over 2 years ago

    Cartoon children do not actually communicate through telepathy. They are much more likely to share a thought bubble.

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    Enter.Name.Here  over 2 years ago

    Cuteness x 2 = SWEET!

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    GirlGeek Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Everybody meet Becky McGuire. She will remain April’s best friend until high school.

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    capricorn9th  over 2 years ago

    Ah. That’s how Becky came to be. I didn’t remember this the first time. Did not realize they met that far back.

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    Susan00100  over 2 years ago

    I wonder: at this age, do boys and girls play together nicely, or is there already a “battle of the sexes”?

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    jimchronister2016  over 2 years ago

    This is perfect Lynn

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    Jabroniville Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Oh snap. I had NO IDEA Becky went back to April’s toddler-times. Lynn set this in motion REALLY early- no more “Tracey as part of the gang we just never saw until now”, lol.

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    Johnnyrico  over 2 years ago

    Oh, so this is how we first meet Becky..

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    Robert Nowall Premium Member over 2 years ago

    So it begins…but I remember how it ended.

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    Mumblix Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Lynn’s Comments:

    Becky is a character who stays through to the end. At the time, I didn’t know that she and April would become friends for a lifetime.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Kids have their own hierarchy, rules and justice system. The big people are to be obeyed and avoided whenever possible, but kids know who is nice and who is mean and learn how to deal with people their own size.

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    preacherman Premium Member over 2 years ago

    The look on those kids faces says, “Who’s that kid? I thought I was the only little kid around.”

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    mindjob  over 2 years ago

    So, which one gets the cigarettes first?

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    EXCALABUR  over 2 years ago

    Exactly how old is this comic?

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member over 2 years ago

    A mutual relationship!

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    Chansonreve  over 2 years ago

    From the FBOFW website: Lynn’s Comments: Becky is a character who stays through to the end. At the time, I didn’t know that she and April would become friends for a lifetime.

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    198.23.5.11  over 2 years ago

    Major character introduction.

    April realized what was important in life as a teen,whenBecky’s “teen idol” career overwhelmed her and April was glad she was “a normal kid”.

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    USN1977  over 2 years ago

    The last panel reminded me of The Many Saints of Newark, specifically where Dickie Moltisanti shows off his new baby boy, and everyone plays “pass the baby”. The baby is quiet, but then starts bawling when getting near a teenage Anthony Soprano.

    Tony Soprano: “Hey, Christopher, what is wrong? I am your cousin Tony! I don’t know why, but he gets this way every time I am near.”

    Tony’s Grandmother: “Babies have a sense of knowing what will happen to them, a sense we mature, sentient adults do not know.”

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    1JennyJenkins  over 2 years ago

    This reminds me about my own time at day care. I made a “life long” friend there also, until age eleven when we moved really far away, and then we wrote letters to each other until about our mid-forties, (remember the days when long distance was still costly, and it was way before cell phone became a thing)…I wondered what happened, and finally I found out that she died of an illness. Her family sent me her obituary.

    I was a briedesmaid in her wedding, and she was in mine too. So we did see each other as years passed, but our letter communication was the one that carried that friendship.

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