*Mom’s normal now. That’s the biggest shock in all of this.*Dad is the average bumbling husband instead of being aware of it and sinking into the scenery.*Skyler’s just a kid instead of an annoying overachiever who will be crushed by reality when she grows up.*No teenage daughter (because you just can’t have a family comic strip without an emotional teenage daughter as a release valve for the syndicate’s teenage daughters).*The neighbor is just a TV sitcom gimmick.*Jane did have a backup plan when she got divorced.
This is better than the syndicate rewrite AKA “Jane Tinker Can’t Win”.
razorback2824 over 12 years ago
*Mom’s normal now. That’s the biggest shock in all of this.*Dad is the average bumbling husband instead of being aware of it and sinking into the scenery.*Skyler’s just a kid instead of an annoying overachiever who will be crushed by reality when she grows up.*No teenage daughter (because you just can’t have a family comic strip without an emotional teenage daughter as a release valve for the syndicate’s teenage daughters).*The neighbor is just a TV sitcom gimmick.*Jane did have a backup plan when she got divorced.
This is better than the syndicate rewrite AKA “Jane Tinker Can’t Win”.
Skarlett Premium Member over 12 years ago
I have a question: if Jane was already a divorcee at the time of these strips, and she had just one daughter, how did the second child arrive?
jay_dallas over 12 years ago
The same way the Cunningham’s lost a son from the Pilot of Happy Days to the regular show – Artistic License!