Discussion (8)¬

1. WWMD says:

   October 23, 2011 at 1:23 am

   sugary cuteness! <3

2. ChayaFradle says:

   October 22, 2011 at 6:18 am

   Aww, that little bird is SOOO adorable! Also, Is this the 1st X we've seen Susan inside her own apartment? Wow. Love the drawing in all the panels. Very cool! Do Susan and Lemont never age? Just wondering.

   • SuburbanEcology says:

     October 22, 2011 at 11:15 pm

     I sort of hope Lemont and Susan don't age … I thought the aging in "For Better or For Worse" was at first a distraction and then ultimately detracted from any humor or social commentary. I stopped reading that strip in the early nineties, before I got married or had kids, so I might feel differently now … Just checked the latest "FBoFW". Nope. Not funny.

     Oh, for the days of "Calvin and Hobbes" and "Bloom County" … thanks, Darrin, for keeping up the tradition of the pithy comic. 🙂

     BTW, love Susan's outfit.

     • ChayaFradle says:

       October 23, 2011 at 12:28 am

       Come to think about it, I do seem to remember a strip drawn by Darrin a decade or so ago which showed Lemont in high school, and he had a couple different characters. Susan wasn't there, but Clyde was. Clyde was always there. I think the teenage Lemont had a natural hairdo, if I'm not mistaken in my memory. He also taught at a pre-school for a short time. One of the strips I seem to remember was where Lemont trudged up to the top of a mountain to ask a guru the meaning of life, and when he reached the top, there was a sign which said, "Out to lunch". Hahaha. I don't think his strips had yet been picked up by the two syndicates. He was still writing for his college newspaper. Or was it a high school newspaper? It was so long ago, I don't remember. I do remember following him because I was very into integration of actors on television and of how Black people were portrayed in comics. I used to be a part of the movement with Dr. MLK, Jr., although I didn't actually do the marches. Just gave speeches, made telephone calls, wrote to newspapers, etc. I was also an avid Ebony magazine reader. So, when I heard of this new Black artist (D B) coming into public light, I followed his work. Bottom line, I think Darrin HAS made Lemont stop aging at this point. JMO

     • @efhaynes says:

       November 3, 2011 at 5:20 am

       …BTW, love Susan's outfit. …

       Eeeee yeeeeesssss!!!!! Uh, I concur.

   • Macushla Bubbe says:

     October 25, 2011 at 1:09 am

     We saw a lot of Susan in her own apt. when she adopted that rescue "dog" that was actually a wolf.

     • ChayaFradle says:

       October 25, 2011 at 2:45 am

       I forgot what was the outcome of that. Did the wolf bite her? Is she now a werewolf?

       • Macushla Bubbe says:

         October 25, 2011 at 2:58 am

         It was a wolf, not a werewolf. He sort of dropped out of sight, so I don't know any more than that.