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Red and Rover by Brian Basset for February 11, 2025
February 10, 2025
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Today’s strip reminds me of one from 2020. Red asked Rover to be his Valentine and Rover agreed but asked, “Why are you asking me now? Valentine’s Day isn’t until Friday.” We saw why in the last panel. Red said to a girl, “Sorry. I already have a Valentine.”
Someone commented that Valentine’s Day being on a Friday dated this story arc in the 1960s and early ’70s strip to either 1968 or 1974. I would say that it was 1968 as I have noticed details which date the strip to around 1967 to 1970. Brian Basset has said that it is largely set when he was either nine or ten and he was born in November 1957 so that would cover most of 1967 and 1968 but some story arcs do seem to be dated to 1970 (when he was twelve) at the earliest.