Comments on: Comics in Neverland http://readsforkeeps.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/comics-in-neverland/ never too old for a well-told yarn Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:39:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Lisa Song http://readsforkeeps.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/comics-in-neverland/#comment-388 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:45:32 +0000 http://readsforkeeps.wordpress.com/?p=1280#comment-388 Thanks for these other examples. I didn’t assume that Lynn Johnston invented the aging comic strip character…I note that it’s one of the few to break the trend, as ageless characters dominate the funny pages. And for something like Calvin and Hobbes, which thrives on kid Calvin’s wackiness, that makes it even funnier (or disturbing) to imagine him as an adult.

]]> By: Lawrence http://readsforkeeps.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/comics-in-neverland/#comment-386 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:01:40 +0000 http://readsforkeeps.wordpress.com/?p=1280#comment-386 Actually, comic strip characters who age have a much longer history than you allude to. The oldest version to date would be Frank King’s Gasoline Alley, whose primary character has aged from an infant to (at present) a 90-year-old.

Another good example is Chic Young’s Blondie, who though eternally in her mid-30′s has two children who were actually born in the strip and have now aged all the way up to high school teenagers!

Bill Conselman’s and Charlie Plumb’s character, Ella Cinders, also aged, going from a spindly hard-luck young girl to a married woman. Although Ella’s aging took place over several decades, she does count.

While aging characters are somewhat rare within the field of comics, Lynn Johnston’s FBoFW did not invent it.

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