![]() Except when Grandma is talking very seriously.Both Grandma Ben and Lucius Down from Bone.The same goes for Kawliga, Hans Welterschmertz Grubers henchman. From The Eye of Mongombo we have adventurer-turned-duck Cliff Carlson who has squinty eyes which he occasionally opens.Averted with the animated series Archie's Weird Mysteries in which his eyes are always open.Once he was coaxed into opening his eyes for a group photo, only to have everyone else in the shot blink once the photo was taken.As is often the case, it's not as dramatic as you'd think. In some stories, though, he has his eyes partially open, like ◊ so ◊.There was the time when the gang convinced Jughead to open his eyes, upon which he couldn't see a thing due to bright light.It's referred to on-panel by other characters often, even down to the fact that this should render him blind. Jughead, of the Archie Comics typically has his eyes closed.He says its not to give off an attitude or look wise, its just to make him look like he's doing actual work when performing feats of strength. Alex Ross continues to draw Superman with squinty eyes.The early Joe Shuster illustrations of Superman were also very squinty, which predate Captain Marvel.He's been drawn with normal eyes lately, but for the great majority of his history they were always closed. The Western ur-example is Captain Marvel. ![]() ![]() The exact way the closed eyes are drawn can add a lot to this trope representing anything from serenity, dignity, smugness, humor, indifference or even someone trying to fake any of those. These characters may be prone to comic obliviousness, but outright stupidity is rare. Characters whose eyes are fixed in that position are generally optimistic and almost always unconditionally happy, but more often down-to-earth instead of ditzy. This device, when used as such, is called " kitsune no me" in Japanese ("fox eyes" or "shifty eyes" in English).Ī common variation of this trope is to make the character close his or her eyes into an arc rather than a simple horizontal line. This is an old device to imply wisdom more recently, it's been used as a device to show "wise guys". Nevertheless, they still give every indication of being able to see which implies that this characteristic is actually more of a pronounced squint. This describes characters who appear to have their eyes shut constantly, except, perhaps, for a few instances of surprise or shock. ![]()
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