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Lynn Johnston

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The Resume

    (May 28, 1947- )
    Birth name is Lynn Ridgeway
    First female to win the Reuben Award for print cartooning
    Creator of the comic strip 'For Better or For Worse'

Why she might be annoying:

    Since she loosely based 'For Better' on her own family, her children were the targets of teasing.
    She decided to end 'For Better' six years in advance.
    She was anorexic.
    Some who use the newspaper comic section for escapism may find her strip too heavy.
    She said, 'I was a fighter. I was angry. I wanted to fight, and I wanted to hurt people.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was physically abused by her mother.
    Her first husband left her after their son was born.
    She was close friends with Charles Schulz.
    She created one of the few 'real-time' comic strips (the characters age along with the strip).
    She is one of the very few Canadian (and female) comic strip artists who are popular in the U.S.
    She is not afraid of tackling controversial topics in her cartoon.
    Many newspapers dropped her strip when she introduced a homosexual character.

Credit: Hoxy


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 25 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 56.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 57 Votes: 40.35% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 33 Votes: 42.42% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 66 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 115 Votes: 59.13% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 122 Votes: 51.64% Annoying