In this morning's newspaper was this cartoon "For Better or for Worse" by Lynn Johnston. Left click on it and it will open up in a larger picture.
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Cute.
I'm trying to remember if my wife has ever called me a "model husband" or not?
I think I may have heard the word "addicted" or "obsessed" before though. 
Art
Pretty funny, Art.
That strip went on for many years and was drawn by a woman in Canada, who quit drawing it a few years ago (but like Peanuts, it's been recycled by many newspapers as almost nobody is trying to create new cartoons for papers anymore). The main characters are the family of the one kid who's reacting to the layout. His father winds up into G scale some fierce. It's all based on the cartoonist's life. Her husband got into model trains and she included that into the cartoon.
He left her a few years later. Can't help but wonder if he liked the trains more...
That is a "rerun"? I thought I'd seen that cartoon before......
Originally Posted by p51:
That strip went on for many years and was drawn by a woman in Canada, who quit drawing it a few years ago (but like Peanuts, it's been recycled by many newspapers as almost nobody is trying to create new cartoons for papers anymore). The main characters are the family of the one kid who's reacting to the layout. His father winds up into G scale some fierce. It's all based on the cartoonist's life. Her husband got into model trains and she included that into the cartoon.
He left her a few years later. Can't help but wonder if he liked the trains more...
Lee - I was trying to remember the story. I have always enjoyed this strip and especially it's occasional references to model railroading. I'm glad they are rerunning it. With my memory any more, they are all new to me. 
Art
I worked for a newspaper in the early 90s in production, and one gig I liked was pasting the weekly cartoons into the week's pages on Saturdays. This was before newspapers were all computer-generated, you physically cut out stuff and placed them on 1:1 sheets with non-repro blue lines.
Anyway, I kept up on the comics and "For Better of Worse" was pretty good in those days.
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I do believe that this cartoon 'passion' in real life finally manifested into a real business by the cartoonist's hubby (family). I seem to recall that they gave a go at a 'riding' railroad, starter-version, for the backyard hobbyist. Others may chime in to correct or substantiate....??
It's interesting how model railroading keeps popping up in the media....this cartoon series of several years ago, now Sheldon Cooper's passion in Big Bang Theory. Methinks it underscores how this hobby will NEVAH!!! go away!!
....because it's so GREAT!!!
KD
Thanks Y'all for posting the cartoon. It is GREAT
Brent
I always loved For Better or Worse and his trains. So real!
When the Texas Export RR was operating (ex CRI&P from Bridgeport to Graham, TX) they published a calendar with cartoons. It operated from 1973 to 1976.
The Quanah, Acme & Pacific promotional literature featured RR cartoons...I have seen this stuff for sale on eBay.
