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IronAnimation
Since: Jan, 2012
3rd Oct, 2023 07:31:52 AM
while it definitely should be it's own trope, in specifically the case of comic books it might fits into Briffits and Squeans
Just wondering about this one: "Worry lines" that appear around the eyes, that look like parentheses. Charlie Brown and the other Peanuts characters have them when they're stressed out, shocked, worried etc. They are used in Ed, Edd n Eddy a bit too, in much the same way. I've also seen a couple of pictures of the comic strip character Cathy with them.
Is there a trope for this?
Also, just in case there isn't a page for it and somebody wants to start one... if you need a source for the name "worry lines", it's used in issue 3 of the Kaboom Peanuts comic books, the one where they show you how to draw Lucy. The term is used in a comment about how Linus, Lucy and Rerun are drawn with these lines at all times, not just when worried. "Character with permanent worry lines" could be a trope of its own, as Edd from EENE has the same thing, and Eddy has a variant of them with three little lines instead of one... but Peanuts and EENE are the only things I can think of which have character designs like that, so maybe not
Edited by mla