This is a wonderful blast from the past. Taken from mid-80s newspaper comic strips in the Gasoline Alley series, it follows the misadventures of a pathetic but funny little waif who was raised by his con-artist mother to think he was a dog, and was abandoned when one of his mother's scams fell through and she fled the country. He was adopted by easy-going Slim and Clovia and his fortunes began to improve instantly, although deprogramming him from his puppy persona was a major challenge and good for week after week of delightful dilemmas . Since the comic strip characters age in real time, today Rover is married and a father himself. Without this compilation you can easily miss what makes Rover Bump so unique aside from his name. The ever-present lollipop and fractured grammar are just accents to one of the most bizarre but endearing 'child stars' ever to appear in a daily comic strip. The book is WELL worth the purchase, even for those who have never met little Rover.
This is a wonderful blast from the past. Taken from mid-80s newspaper comic strips in the Gasoline Alley series, it follows the misadventures of a pathetic but funny little waif who was raised by his con-artist mother to think he was a dog, and was abandoned when one of his mother's scams fell through and she fled the country. He was adopted by easy-going Slim and Clovia and his fortunes began to improve instantly, although deprogramming him from his puppy persona was a major challenge and good for week after week of delightful dilemmas . Since the comic strip characters age in real time, today Rover is married and a father himself. Without this compilation you can easily miss what makes Rover Bump so unique aside from his name. The ever-present lollipop and fractured grammar are just accents to one of the most bizarre but endearing 'child stars' ever to appear in a daily comic strip. The book is WELL worth the purchase, even for those who have never met little Rover.