Growing Like a Weed: A for Better of for Worse Collection

by Lynn Johnston

Book Overview

"Lynn Johnston not only understands all the little things that drive us crazy, but she has a particular talent for zeroing in on the slights of childhood, imagined or real, and the sheer magnitude of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0836236858
• ISBN13: 9780836236859
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Growing Indeed

I'm a fan of Lynn Johnston's For Better or For Worse. "Growing Like a Weed" is a very decent issue. Both the writing and the artwork move seamlessly, especially the artwork. Its fluidity pushes the stories to a more effective conclusion, something that had slow down a bit in the current issues. I highly recommend "Growing Like a Weed."

SPECTACULAR!

This was by far one of the best and most touching book in the FBOFW collection. I could not stop reading this book. I loved how Lynn brought back a very old character back into the strip, and for all of you FBOFW fans.......you will be surprised at who it is and how they are brought back into the strip. I cannot believe how talented Lynn is! This book proves true talent of yours Lynn. I can guarrentee that you will not stop laughing and that you will not stop turning the pages. Before you read this book, you might want to go out and buy something for a stomachache 'cause you will be working that diaphragm of yours. I hafta admit that I cried and was truly touched by some of the book issues. Get out the kleenex, too! There are no words in any language to describe how truly wonderful this book is!

A HARVEST OF GREAT STORIES!

This book has yielded a rich crop of great stories. The cast is certainly a convincing one. They are all folks one can recognize from real life counterparts, from funny, savvy Mr. Jim Patterson to the spoiled, unplesant April. She's the only one I have never been able to like. (I don't know how she gets by with her mouth. I'm surprised nobody ever put their foot down to her and she takes advantage of everybody. April is the weed growing in the garden)! It was good reconnecting with Gordon, who is a sterling success story (from the poor boy who was often picked on and who lived with domestic violence to the successful entrepreneur -- you go, Gordon)! Lawrence, too, was an added treat as his orientation has helped pave the way for acceptance of gays among his "real" counterparts. Love the book! It was great, as I expected it would be.

Great!

This delightful collection of a very high caliber strip does not disappoint. The strip boasts of a delightful cast of characters with the exception of obnoxious April, who is the sole weed growing in the comic's Garden of Eden. This book will not disappoint loyal FBOFW followers, myself included.

Great, as always

This book was a cornucopia of laughs. It is one of the best drawn books I ever read. Nobody is anywhere as good a cartoonist as Lynn Johnston. I wish somebody would put a muzzle on April. She has a big mouth and I wish she'd keep her feet in it because she keeps saying the wrong things at the wrong times to the wrong people. April is a Pest with a capital P-E-S-T. She's the weed that is in the title. It's time to call the gardener.