# A couple of interesting things I've noticed in comic strips **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-interesting-things-ive-noticed-in-comic-strips/209569 "2003-10-25T23:08:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-interesting-things-ive-noticed-in-comic-strips/209569/61 "2003-10-29T14:52:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by nineiron \* > **I also wonder how Pasquale (“Rose Is Rose”) learned how to speak coherently all of a sudden one day after years of “adorable” baby talk.** According to Brian Walker’s _The Comics Since 1945_, Pat Brady just got fed up with Pasqualese. It reprints the first cartoon in which he speaks proper English. While eating one of his beloved hoffujundies (or however you spell it), his mother points out that some people are able to do extraordinary things in a time of danger. As the hoffujundie tips, Pasquale makes that statement true by cleary saying, “Don’t spill my hot fudge sundae!” Both he and his mother are surprised. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-interesting-things-ive-noticed-in-comic-strips/209569/62 "2003-10-29T20:05:57Z")
I remember when I thought **Dondi** was the coolest thing but I don’t even see that strip any more. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-interesting-things-ive-noticed-in-comic-strips/209569/63 "2003-10-29T20:08:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > \*\*And I had always figured that _Funky Winkerbean_ and _Crankshaft_ took place in Cleveland suburbs: Westview seems an awful lot like Lakewood, and I remember a Sunday _Funky_ strip where they’re out on a walk in the park, and the trail markings are from the Metroparks. But then again, we don’t see much (if anything) happening on or at the lake, so maybe they are a bit further south. > > And Calvin and Hobbes was also set in the Cleveland area, as is most apparent when he goes to the natural history museum. The museum has skeletons of an allosaurus and a large sauropod (haplocanthosaurus, to be specific), and every Clevelander recognizes the fiberglass stegosaurus out front. \*\* Funky Winkerbean’s creator, Tom Batiuk, was born in Akron and grew up in Elyria. He was an art teacher for several years at one of the Elyria junior high schools. A friend of mine from college had him as her art teacher. She said he was mean and she didn’t think he liked teaching very much! But I gather from reading his strips that he respects teachers, at least. Calvin and Hobbes’ creator grew in Chagrin Falls, which is a lovely area of NE Ohio. He now lives in Hudson, which used to be a charming town - unfortunately it’s becoming rather overpopulated. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-interesting-things-ive-noticed-in-comic-strips/209569/64 "2003-10-29T23:07:48Z")
For the record, [this site](http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Fussbudget&nextdate=9%2f27%2f2003+23%3a59%3a59.999) credits Snoopy with five brothers (Andy, Marbles, Olaf, Rover, and Spike) and two sisters (Belle and Molly). Their mother is Missy. Several discrepancies between the _Snoopy’s Reunion_ TV special and the “more canonical” Snoopy Come Home film’s version of Snoo’s early life are addressed. No mention of the “only puppy theory” mentioned by **Chronos** , though. As for Lynn Johnston’s [_For Better or for Worse_](http://www.fborfw.com/), the strip is peppered with many Canadian references. Such spellings as “colour” and “cheque” are used. Elizabeth attends university in northern Ontario, the province in which the Pattersons live (the fact Ontario schools still have a Grade 13 has been addressed). On or around November 11, you should see a mention of “Remembrance Day”, the British/Canadian term for what USA residents refer to as Veterans Day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-interesting-things-ive-noticed-in-comic-strips/209569.md?page=3)