One Big Happy by Rick Detorie for November 15, 2024

Note that this particular strip is 24 years old. No Gen Zer would know who Holden Caulfield, Ichabod Crane, or Oedipus Rex are.

If I’d had a son, I’d’ve named him Ichabod so that I could call him “Icky” for short.

English majors.

Indeed.

Nothing from Beowulf or from The Bard?

I like that: Oedipus Wreck.

I would give you 10:1 odds that the average kid would not be able to tell you who either of Holden Caulfield, Quasimodo, Ichabod Crane, or Oedipus were.

At least he’s not an Edgar Marsalla.

And someday he’ll be a Willy Loman.