I can’t remember how old I was but I know I was rereading this strip when it occurred to me that I was probably older than Calvin’s parents. Having grown up with the strip, that was something of a shock.
I’m getting a little frustrated with the setting of the comic. It’s described as being set in the 80s. But the dad said he played D&D in college when it was first published in the late 70s. And here they’re talking about Mortal Kombat which wasn’t until the early 90s.
When in the 80s is this supposed to take place? Because D&D only came out in ‘76 so there’s not a lot of time for dad to have played in college which (I assume) was more than 9 years ago (when Miles was born)
You can tell when someone has only heard one Alanis Morisette song.