As the days wound down to September and the announced transition date for the new, "old/new hybrid" For Better or For Worse approached, fans must have been delighted, or perhaps filled with dread, to realize that Lynn Johnston was quickly running out of time to bring closure to the strip's loose ends. As promised, this week's "flashback" strips saw Michael going through a scrapbook with his daughter, Meredith, and telling her about the earliest days of her grandparents' relationship. But it was all new material, and, come to think of it, Elizabeth and Anthony remain...well, unresolved. So what gives?
Answers can be found within this article, posted today at Editor & Publisher. Simply put, changes in Johnston's personal life have led her to spend more time focusing on the strip, meaning fans will see more new material than originally planned until the strip transitions to its true hybrid form sometime in 2008. While that's great news for FBOFW fans, any joy has to be tempered by the circumstances that led to Johnston's decision. There's also a brief but informative (and candid) interview with Johnston on the Kansas City Star's website today, which you can read, for the time being, by clicking here. In it, Johnston discusses in more detail her plans for life after the strip's transition.
