For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for June 28, 2023

Gordon is more realistic

Gord, you might want to specify where you want that hair.

Hair is vastly overrated.

Very reasonable and relatable, Gordon. 40 years later, here I am with thinning hair.

And no beer belly, eh, Gordo??

Just look at your mom’s male relatives—that bloodline is what is the influence that causes hair loss. Plus the ball cap can cause a pattern of baldness

I wonder why the reason Martha dumped Mike after 3 years of dating is because Mike went crazy for Allyson by grade 11?

(Even though Martha and Allyson have the same color hair and even wear the same colored gowns to the graduation, you can tell why Mike went for Allyson. Allyson doesn’t have freckles.)

In my forties, I had a job, but not a million bucks, or a Porsche. But I was content.

Keep dreaming Mike. :D

Only went to one reunion, from the equivalent Elementary/Middle school. Wasn’t very nice. And even if I would get an invite to a reunion now, I’d pass. It seems only a way to show off to people you once knew how well you’ve succeeded in life. And I couldn’t care less if one of my old schoolmates is now a billionaire or a famous model.

they won’t even need reunions in 30 years with social media

We have reached a sad day in the world of comics as we witness the final appearance of Martha MacRae.

We will miss you, Martha. Your time in this strip was much too short. But it is comforting to know that you live on in the For Better or For Worse book collections and in the archives here at GoComics. And there is always Lynn Johnston’s official site:

https://fborfw.com/strip_fix/characters/martha/

The Good Lord made a few perfect heads. The rest he covered with a full head of hair.

Maybe Mike gets back with Martha in college?

Remember, gray hair is still hair!

Gord’s the one who has his priorities straight.

Good old Gordon, always the practical one.

SPOILERS!!

41 years later and it’s still there and just as long!

In today’s society bald is not an issue…….

What if she has a million bucks and a white corvette?

Last appearances of Martha and Allyson.

SPOILER:Gordon doesn’t.

The t hing with Martha(literally!) blew up when Mike went on a pleasure boat cruise with her family and saw somebody drop a match into the gas tank to find out if there was any left.There was,

Good luck with that, Gordo! Didn’t work out that well for me and it’s my 40th HS reunion this year. Definitely not where I thought I would be…

Sorry, Gordon. . . but you’ll end up with a great life anyway. (He’s one of the characters I admire—a goofball teen with a difficult history who really makes a success of himself.)

All this will seem so unimportant in a few years…

Gordy’s right about his hair but by then he’ll be fine with wearing his farmer’s ballcap 24/7.

These boys are playing the victim card, but for those of us who remember the stories as they actually occurred, they are far from victims:

1. After Martha dumped Mike, because he was ignoring her, she came back and asked him for a second chance and he turned her down. So, he was the one who dumped her at the end.

2. Gordon took care of Allyson at the Valentine’s Day when she drank some bad booze. He took her home and Allyson was all showing Valentines in her thought balloons about Gordon. She clearly wanted Gordon to ask her out or kiss her and Gordon failed to follow through. He did not call her until 2 months later and then only when Mike forced him. Then after that, he did his usual “Hormone Attack!” in front of her where he throws himself on the ground and thrusts his parts at her. Allyson did give Gordon a chance and definitely looked at him more than twice, but he could not stop being “Gordon the idiot” long enough to take that opportunity.

Sad to see these boys retconning themselves at victims.

It is like Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street; where money could buy him a hot wife

Money makes a man desirable. Women want economic security. Let us be blunt: Elly needs a dentist husband because she cannot take care of herself. If John was to end up dead or in jail, Elly would be up Poop Creek without a paddle.

Well Michael, you should have studied harder in school. You should have also been captain of the hockey team and/or an Eagle Scout. With the path ypu are on in life, the only way you are making a million dollars will be by dirty money. If you have a Porsche, you can bet you sweet as* that Uncle Sam is seizing it.