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stevenpiziks) wrote2022-03-28 09:24 am
stevenpiziks) wrote2022-03-28 09:24 am
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Lawrence, For Better or For Worse
Lynn Johnston is re-running on her FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE website the story of Lawrence coming out. It first ran in 1993, creating a lot of controversy ("You can't put that in a family newspaper comic strip!") and ultimately winning Johnston a Pulitzer.
I was in college for the second time when that came out. I was a member of Central Michigan University's LGTB organization, and the strips were posted all over the group's cubicle space in the student organization center. The strip was an incredible thing to see. I finally called THE MIDLAND DAILY NEWS, which was running the strip, and got hold of the editor to tell him how wonderful it was, and how happy we all were to see it.
"Oh!" the editor said. "I was afraid you another person calling to complain about the strip. We've gotten a lot of those."
"No, we think it's fantastic," I said. "Don't listen to the complainers. The people who love the strip just aren't calling you. It's the way people think."
He laughed and agreed.
You can read it daily below:
I was in college for the second time when that came out. I was a member of Central Michigan University's LGTB organization, and the strips were posted all over the group's cubicle space in the student organization center. The strip was an incredible thing to see. I finally called THE MIDLAND DAILY NEWS, which was running the strip, and got hold of the editor to tell him how wonderful it was, and how happy we all were to see it.
"Oh!" the editor said. "I was afraid you another person calling to complain about the strip. We've gotten a lot of those."
"No, we think it's fantastic," I said. "Don't listen to the complainers. The people who love the strip just aren't calling you. It's the way people think."
He laughed and agreed.
You can read it daily below:
And here's a link to the story of the story: