The ways cartoons handle characters’ aging
A look at the multiple ways cartoons handle their characters’ aging, from floating timelines to only certain characters growing older.
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Floating timelines in comics
A look at floating timelines in comics, including Marvel and DC Comics’ continuity changes, and “FoxTrot”‘s changing Apple tech.
DC Comics timelines, part 4: The New 52
It’s been over a year since I last looked at DC Comics’ timelines. While I wrote about Earth-2/the Golden Age, Earth-1/the Silver […]
A new MacBook for “FoxTrot,” plus a history of Apple tech in the strip
Bill Amend’s comic strip “FoxTrot,” as part of keeping up with evolving technology (and the nature of the strip’s sliding timeline), usually […]
DC Comics timelines, part 3: The Post-Crisis DCU
Last time, we focused on the Silver Age/Earth-1 DC Universe timeline. This time, we’ll look at the post-Crisis DCU’s timeline. Overall, while […]
DC Comics timelines, part 2: Silver Age/Earth-1
Last time, I discussed the pros and cons of DC Comics’ Golden Age/Earth-2 timeline, where continuity was treated as either something to […]
DC Comics timelines, part 1: Golden Age/Earth-2
While there’ve been some minor modifications (such as the various Superman origin story re-tellings in the past decade alone), overall there’s four […]
Sliding timelines in cartoons: “The Simpsons”
Continuing from the previous articles on sliding timelines in cartoons, I next come to an interesting example, “The Simpsons.” Interesting because: Despite […]
Sliding timelines in cartoons: the Mad Mod and Soviet villains
On the heels of my sliding timeline entries on Superboy, “The Simpsons” and “FoxTrot,” let’s look at the effects of sliding timelines […]
Sliding timelines in cartoons: Superboy
An updated version of this post is available here. DC Comics has made use of (various) sliding timelines over the years, all […]