Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for October 26, 2020
Transcript:
Bixby: Listen, Ralston, I think you should go out with Moxie. Ralston: Why would I do that? Bixby: Because she's one of the longest-runing and most succesful characters ever! Ralston: Yeah, but how old is she? Eight? Ten? Bixby: Seventy-five. Ralston; Oh, well that's just creepy...
pathamil over 4 years ago
I’m not young… I’m just drawn that way.
Doctor Toon over 4 years ago
Cartoon biology and how it relates to aging is complicated
trainnut1956 over 4 years ago
Although most people don’t realize it, Little Orphan Annie DID age in the comics. In her first appearance, she appeared to be about five or six. By the time of WWII, she appeared to be about 11 or 12, at which point Harold Gray froze her aging. But the one strip that DID have its characters age more naturally was Gasoline Alley, but this led to another problem. By the late 70s, Walt Wallet was still in the strip, but he would have been 100 years old at the time…
Michael G. over 4 years ago
“Ginger Meggs” is a centenarian next year. :-o
Teto85 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Nancy is pushing 90
WCraft Premium Member over 4 years ago
So 8 or 10 isn’t creepy enough?
Dragoncat over 4 years ago
Perhaps she has Turner Syndrome?
knight1192a over 4 years ago
Creepier than what she would do?
TurbosDad over 4 years ago
Is Moxie supposed to be a Lucy Van Pelt kind of character?…