Chipper is 72, which highlights the problem with original Gasoline Alley writer Frank O. King’s decision to age the Wallet family in real time – something that I don’t believe has ever been done in any other comic strip. The inconsistency, though, is that non-Wallets, such as Joel and Rufus, don’t age.Still it’s great to see Chipper featured for the second time in the last three stories after not being seen for years. Maybe there’s hope that some of his cousins, such as Nubbin Wallet and Gabriel Grubb, will also reappear.
Chipper is 72, which highlights the problem with original Gasoline Alley writer Frank O. King’s decision to age the Wallet family in real time – something that I don’t believe has ever been done in any other comic strip. The inconsistency, though, is that non-Wallets, such as Joel and Rufus, don’t age.Still it’s great to see Chipper featured for the second time in the last three stories after not being seen for years. Maybe there’s hope that some of his cousins, such as Nubbin Wallet and Gabriel Grubb, will also reappear.