I was curious, too, so I went checking, and I don’t know if they Litterbox comics kids have a canon age. My inclination is that they don’t; I’m pretty sure they’re based on actual kids, but the comic has been coming out for almost a decade and Cooper & Vincent haven’t grown at all, so I think it’s more or less based on some amalgamation of who they’ve been.
Anyway, I think Cooper goes to day care (he’s still learning to speak in a lot of the comics, and while he was remembered to be around one year old at this size, he was probably closer to two and his mom just forgot). Most kids move beyond Tadpole People around 5-7, so I would say the answer to your question is no. Speaking from my personal parenting experience, my almost-four-year-old is only just getting past the abstract expressionism and just-cover-the-paper-with-a-single-color stage. Though our daughter was drawing somewhat recognizable animals and human shapes when she was this age, so it’s pretty variable.
Incidentally, Vincent seems to be around five (he’s somewhat capable of video games and seems significantly inspired by Calvin of Calvin & Hobbes, who is canonically five), so he’s probably in either preschool or kindergarten, which would make him (in my experience) a somewhat advanced artist for his age.
Though, in fairness, they are the children of a cartoonist (maybe two? I think the husband helps with the comic). So their artistic skill might be better than most of their peers.
I’ve interacted with her on Bluesky and it’s my understanding that she still bases the cartoon on her kids but they are like, teens now (?) so the cartoon kids tend to do things a little old for their age; I believe their cartoon kids are a little older than you suggest though, like 7 and 3? But I don’t think it technically matters.
The interaction I had was in particular to one comic she did in regards to Terraria, Minecraft and Animal Crossing, as her rl son was going through all that. The behavior was very 13 or 14 years old vibe to me, but could be younger or older depending.
I was curious, too, so I went checking, and I don’t know if they Litterbox comics kids have a canon age. My inclination is that they don’t; I’m pretty sure they’re based on actual kids, but the comic has been coming out for almost a decade and Cooper & Vincent haven’t grown at all, so I think it’s more or less based on some amalgamation of who they’ve been.
Anyway, I think Cooper goes to day care (he’s still learning to speak in a lot of the comics, and while he was remembered to be around one year old at this size, he was probably closer to two and his mom just forgot). Most kids move beyond Tadpole People around 5-7, so I would say the answer to your question is no. Speaking from my personal parenting experience, my almost-four-year-old is only just getting past the abstract expressionism and just-cover-the-paper-with-a-single-color stage. Though our daughter was drawing somewhat recognizable animals and human shapes when she was this age, so it’s pretty variable.
Incidentally, Vincent seems to be around five (he’s somewhat capable of video games and seems significantly inspired by Calvin of Calvin & Hobbes, who is canonically five), so he’s probably in either preschool or kindergarten, which would make him (in my experience) a somewhat advanced artist for his age.
Though, in fairness, they are the children of a cartoonist (maybe two? I think the husband helps with the comic). So their artistic skill might be better than most of their peers.
I’ve interacted with her on Bluesky and it’s my understanding that she still bases the cartoon on her kids but they are like, teens now (?) so the cartoon kids tend to do things a little old for their age; I believe their cartoon kids are a little older than you suggest though, like 7 and 3? But I don’t think it technically matters.
The interaction I had was in particular to one comic she did in regards to Terraria, Minecraft and Animal Crossing, as her rl son was going through all that. The behavior was very 13 or 14 years old vibe to me, but could be younger or older depending.
Nice, that makes sense. The “I’m into Minecraft now” comic was hilarious.