I guess most people don’t retain what Kilian and Locher write. It’s not the sort of stuff that sticks.But Kilian used Bonnie quite a few times. But you wouldn’t easily recognize her. Kilian “pressed” his “Thermal thumb” and changed her from an adult teacher in California to a little Girl back at home
And what was even more amazing is that he and Locher used that “THUMB” to change her AGE repeatedly between 1994 and 2005 when she was last seen. It caused a fan on the DT Yahoo board to “stop reading the strip” !!!
Just for the record she appeared in NINE stories. During these her starting Age was 16 (1994), changed to 7 (1998), back to 16 (2000) and went to University at about 18 (2004-2005).
Fist appearance Feets Diamond/Old Mumbles. Last seen J. Kindly Goodfellow (2005). – Ages above are approximations from artistic appearance.
Her brother Joe (renamed “Cool Dude”) appeared in those earlier tales, last seen in the Max Gorge story (2000) at Christmas. Sad thing is that those that defend Locher claim he (and “K”) wrote/write for a “kiddie audience”, but strange, you wouldn’t think so, aside from the above and TWO other tales, young characters (with which first time readers could “bond”) have appeared in only 11 out of 70 stories (15.7%) since Kilian teamed up with Locher in mid 1993.
It’s not a “posture” that promotes that objective. Seems like SAY one thing, DO another !
As she returns in this new adventure, perhaps she has become an adult Teacher again. It’s all really a case study in flagrant use of Artistic License.
But whatever the AGE. the changing “thumb” is there on the ready … if needed !
PS: The appearance poster “Newenglandate” recalls was a Collins/Fletcher story from 1979/80, THIRTY years ago (time flys). She was an ADULT Teacher in Wasington State and her boyfriend then was a Detective named Joe Sampson as her brother Joe was born. The story is available from - Spec Productions in D’T Magazine # 63.. Phone Andy Fieghery Dick Tracy Fan Club (719) 685-9086 (and for any other story ever printed).
I guess most people don’t retain what Kilian and Locher write. It’s not the sort of stuff that sticks.But Kilian used Bonnie quite a few times. But you wouldn’t easily recognize her. Kilian “pressed” his “Thermal thumb” and changed her from an adult teacher in California to a little Girl back at home
And what was even more amazing is that he and Locher used that “THUMB” to change her AGE repeatedly between 1994 and 2005 when she was last seen. It caused a fan on the DT Yahoo board to “stop reading the strip” !!!
Just for the record she appeared in NINE stories. During these her starting Age was 16 (1994), changed to 7 (1998), back to 16 (2000) and went to University at about 18 (2004-2005). Fist appearance Feets Diamond/Old Mumbles. Last seen J. Kindly Goodfellow (2005). – Ages above are approximations from artistic appearance.
Her brother Joe (renamed “Cool Dude”) appeared in those earlier tales, last seen in the Max Gorge story (2000) at Christmas. Sad thing is that those that defend Locher claim he (and “K”) wrote/write for a “kiddie audience”, but strange, you wouldn’t think so, aside from the above and TWO other tales, young characters (with which first time readers could “bond”) have appeared in only 11 out of 70 stories (15.7%) since Kilian teamed up with Locher in mid 1993. It’s not a “posture” that promotes that objective. Seems like SAY one thing, DO another !
As she returns in this new adventure, perhaps she has become an adult Teacher again. It’s all really a case study in flagrant use of Artistic License.
But whatever the AGE. the changing “thumb” is there on the ready … if needed !
PS: The appearance poster “Newenglandate” recalls was a Collins/Fletcher story from 1979/80, THIRTY years ago (time flys). She was an ADULT Teacher in Wasington State and her boyfriend then was a Detective named Joe Sampson as her brother Joe was born. The story is available from - Spec Productions in D’T Magazine # 63.. Phone Andy Fieghery Dick Tracy Fan Club (719) 685-9086 (and for any other story ever printed).