According to Wikipedia, "middle age" commonly refers to 45-60, although I've seen it used for 40-60 too.
I could see Calvin's dad being in his late thirties, maybe Watterson even had something like ~33 in mind considering average paternal age in the US in 1980 was 27.9 according to this source, and Calvin is known to be 6 y/o.
The dad may look a bit older but I think some of that is due to the fashion style.
What is "the beanie" in this context?
For full context look at the previous strip (yesterday's), but basically free mail in beanie with proof of purchasing 4 boxes of the sugar cereal.
Man they were asking a lot of you back then! Thank you!
Wait, how old is Calvin’s dad supposed to be?
According to Wikipedia, "middle age" commonly refers to 45-60, although I've seen it used for 40-60 too.
I could see Calvin's dad being in his late thirties, maybe Watterson even had something like ~33 in mind considering average paternal age in the US in 1980 was 27.9 according to this source, and Calvin is known to be 6 y/o.
The dad may look a bit older but I think some of that is due to the fashion style.
He may also look a bit older because of Calvin?
Or because of his own dad who made him miserable in order to build character
Ah yes, reality is a perceptual construct and Calvin has no respect
Younger than most Lemmy users?