Lynn Johnston

Lynn Johnston born in Collingwood Ontario studied animation at the Vancouver School of Art before moving into medical illustration at McMaster University Her book David Were Pregnant gained wide acclaim during her first pregnancy selling over 300000 copies Postdivorce she freelanced as a commercial artist and authored parenting sequels like Hi Mom Hi Dad and Do They Ever Grow Up In 1978 she launched her renowned daily comic strip For Better or For Worse signing a twentyyear contract Her accolades include being the first woman to win the Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year 1985 and receiving the Order of Canada Syndicated since 1979 the strip boasts a readership of over 220 million across 2000 newspapers in 23 countries and eight languages It continues as reruns in papers and online at wwwfborfwcom