Wilmer was originally the same age as Skeezix, which means that Gasoline Alley now has a 98-year-old senator. A big problem with this strip is that the Wallets age in real time but non-members of their family, including Rufus and Joel, don’t. Joel was a white-haired grandfather in the mid 1960s and should probably be about 120 now – way too old to be hauling junk.
Wilmer was originally the same age as Skeezix, which means that Gasoline Alley now has a 98-year-old senator. A big problem with this strip is that the Wallets age in real time but non-members of their family, including Rufus and Joel, don’t. Joel was a white-haired grandfather in the mid 1960s and should probably be about 120 now – way too old to be hauling junk.