Comic Book & Cartoon Characters as Senior Citizens

by Scott Beale on May 14, 2008 · 2 comments

Flash

Donald Soffritti has a great series of illustrations showing what some superheroes and supervillains might look like in their old age.

Looking Good

Along these same lines, Spirit Magazine, the inflight magazine for Southwest Airlines, recently published an article on Nickelodeon which includes a wonderful illustration of some popular cartoon and comics characters as senior citizens.

via Neatorama & Cartoon Brew

illustration by Donald Soffritti & unknown

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1 required May 15, 2008 at 2:15 pm

at least they not death for drug abuse, like real life cartoons.

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2 Leo May 28, 2009 at 2:59 pm

Tom and Jerry would be buried and dead… Not just sporting salt and pepper and eye bags.

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