For Better Or For Worse Is Definitely Better

While reading this item about cartoonist Lynn Johnston's decision to essentially go back in time and reset the clock on her For Better or For Worse comic strip (reprinting old work and adding new bits set in that times-past period), I couldn't help but think that the fans who are complaining about her change in direction would be going absolutely ballistic if Johnston had followed Joe Quesada's lead. After all, she could've chosen to have one of the main characters make a deal with the devil in order to save an ailing, octogenenarian relative, nullifying her own marriage in the bargain and bringing at least one dead character back from the grave. Just imagine the fuss that would've erupted if she'd pulled a boneheaded stunt like that!!