FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE THE COMPLETE LIBRARY V OLUME F OUR : 1990-1993
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STORIES AND ART BY Lynn
Johnston
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THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN COMICS EDITORS Dean
Mullaney, Lorraine Turner, and Kurtis Findlay ASSOCIATE EDITOR Bruce Canwell DESIGNERS Lorraine Turner and Dean Mullaney COVER INSET COLORIST Kevin Strang
Special thanks to Katie Hadway, Kevin Strang, Justin Eisinger, and Alonzo Simon.
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First Printing, January 2020
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December 10, 1989
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All of these names are people I know. Allie Hindmarch was my grade one teacher…it was my way of telling her—again, how much she meant to me. — LJ
December 11-13, 1989
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A friend (who had been married for many years) told me that the one thing that helped to guarantee her happy, long lasting marriage was‌separate bathrooms! — LJ
December 14-16, 1989
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