Well that makes it official.Walt is 111. Since a strip at the beginning of 2000 established tthat he was born some time in 1899, we can now establish that he would have been born some time after June of that year.
Speaking of centenarians, Time magazine just had an item about Indonesia releasing a man from prison before the end of his life sentence. He is 108. No mention of his plans.
I saved a GA Sunday strip from 5/14/78 then drawn by Dick Moores. The family was celebrating Walt’s birthday with a cake all ablaze with candles. The cake caught fire and ended up a smoldering mess. Slim figured there were 150 candles and Walt says That’s about right!" So I’d say May 14th 1900 was Walt’s actual birthday.
There would be US Census records, and records of his hitch in the USN (or was it the USCG?) during the Great War. And court records from 1921 or so having to do with Skeezix.
The strip opened in 1924 with a very young Walt finding Skeezix on his doorstep. I believe it’s the first comic to allow its characters to age along with the rest of us (For Better Or For Worse being a recent example).
You guys are taking this a bit too seriously. Walt is joking about the only records being on a Victrola. Of course there were birth records in the U.S. before 1900.
There is STILL no requirement to register a birth with the government in most states – and it isn’t absolutely necessary to have an SSN to be a dependent for income tax purposes. You can still use a family bible to establish birth date for social security or passport purposes.
Stevero almost 13 years ago
Well that makes it official.Walt is 111. Since a strip at the beginning of 2000 established tthat he was born some time in 1899, we can now establish that he would have been born some time after June of that year.
pschearer Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Speaking of centenarians, Time magazine just had an item about Indonesia releasing a man from prison before the end of his life sentence. He is 108. No mention of his plans.
axe-grinder almost 13 years ago
Eleventy-one!!!
436rge almost 13 years ago
I saved a GA Sunday strip from 5/14/78 then drawn by Dick Moores. The family was celebrating Walt’s birthday with a cake all ablaze with candles. The cake caught fire and ended up a smoldering mess. Slim figured there were 150 candles and Walt says That’s about right!" So I’d say May 14th 1900 was Walt’s actual birthday.
axe-grinder almost 13 years ago
Whoever was there when Walt was born isn’t talking!
John W Kennedy Premium Member almost 13 years ago
There would be US Census records, and records of his hitch in the USN (or was it the USCG?) during the Great War. And court records from 1921 or so having to do with Skeezix.
axe-grinder almost 13 years ago
What records weren’t lost in the “war to end all wars” were lost in the one after that.
eromlig almost 13 years ago
The strip opened in 1924 with a very young Walt finding Skeezix on his doorstep. I believe it’s the first comic to allow its characters to age along with the rest of us (For Better Or For Worse being a recent example).
Saucy1121 Premium Member almost 13 years ago
How about the family Bible? That was often used before it was a requirement to register a birth with the government.
Neil Wick almost 13 years ago
You guys are taking this a bit too seriously. Walt is joking about the only records being on a Victrola. Of course there were birth records in the U.S. before 1900.
436rge almost 13 years ago
Any contradictions found in this discussion we all should know by now that as great an artist he is he always contradicts himself!
HarlDelos almost 13 years ago
There is STILL no requirement to register a birth with the government in most states – and it isn’t absolutely necessary to have an SSN to be a dependent for income tax purposes. You can still use a family bible to establish birth date for social security or passport purposes.