If I’m not mistaken and frankly what are the odds of that, the strip is set in what is to us the past, the era of the first “Bobbins” strip. How long ago is 1989 to the characters? Doesn’t matter, I’m just curious. Thanks. 🙂
If there is one particularly magical element about the comics of John Allison, it is the capability to thoroughly disorient any reader who attempts to follow the timeline.
The sharp-eyed/true memory masters will be able to find exactly where these comics fit in to the original Bobbins. I don’t play it completely straight (I like to think of these new comics as how Shelley remembers the early years, with all the inconsistencies that would include) but it will be obvious to old heads.
Shelley remembers herself with santas in her eyes and drumsticks in her fists. I often remember my youth the same way. Thank you for this moment of clarity, Mr. Allison!
Oh, Larry, you lucky ducky! (Those stamps always take a team effort anyway. No one needs a Christmas party when the stamps command your complete and undivided attention. Organising things like that is more fun than most people realise, yes?)
Larry’s got to be careful with Len upstairs and not too impaired by the Christmas punch. It’s not 1989 and one of his ex wives is waiting for him to mess up with Amy. While Len knows his daughter and suffers no illusions about her, he doesn’t want to find the mail boy embarrassing his good name or creating drama on an angry phone call from London.
Bill’s got a point. (Sigh) I hope hand-holding will be sufficient, until later. (Oh, Amy, all those months Larry was longing for you! …Well, merry ho-ho and pass the paperwork. Might as well form an “acquaintance” or a “relationship” and be co-workers.)
Those are some excellent shapes Shelley is throwing.
Put on your red shoes and dance the blues…
…oh, wait. Wrong decade.
(RIP David Bowie)
If I’m not mistaken and frankly what are the odds of that, the strip is set in what is to us the past, the era of the first “Bobbins” strip. How long ago is 1989 to the characters? Doesn’t matter, I’m just curious. Thanks. 🙂
If there is one particularly magical element about the comics of John Allison, it is the capability to thoroughly disorient any reader who attempts to follow the timeline.
The sharp-eyed/true memory masters will be able to find exactly where these comics fit in to the original Bobbins. I don’t play it completely straight (I like to think of these new comics as how Shelley remembers the early years, with all the inconsistencies that would include) but it will be obvious to old heads.
Shelley remembers herself with santas in her eyes and drumsticks in her fists. I often remember my youth the same way. Thank you for this moment of clarity, Mr. Allison!
References to BeOS and ICQ suggest it’s edging on the turn of the millenium.
The original “Bobbins” happened around 1998, if I’m not mistaken. That’s probably a good era to investigate.
Oh, Larry, you lucky ducky! (Those stamps always take a team effort anyway. No one needs a Christmas party when the stamps command your complete and undivided attention. Organising things like that is more fun than most people realise, yes?)
Larry’s got to be careful with Len upstairs and not too impaired by the Christmas punch. It’s not 1989 and one of his ex wives is waiting for him to mess up with Amy. While Len knows his daughter and suffers no illusions about her, he doesn’t want to find the mail boy embarrassing his good name or creating drama on an angry phone call from London.
What happens in the mail room stays in the mail room.
That seems to rather miss the point of a mail room
Possibly the best comment in the entire Tackleverse, this.
Bill’s got a point. (Sigh) I hope hand-holding will be sufficient, until later. (Oh, Amy, all those months Larry was longing for you! …Well, merry ho-ho and pass the paperwork. Might as well form an “acquaintance” or a “relationship” and be co-workers.)
More like the OUT Cold Iron Rod, amirite????