Many of King’s fabulous original Gasoline Alley strips are available in reprints. The title for the dailies is “Walt & Skeezix” (Drawn and Quarterly Press), five volumes in print, the next one due out Fall. “Gasoline Alley: The Complete Sundays” (Dark Horse Books) prints the colored pages in huge full size, two volumes so far. If you don’t want to pay for the complete Sundays, I highly recommend the gorgeous “Sundays With Walt and Skeezix” (Last Gasp). The current strip is a pale shadow of its former glory under King.
They’re smaller now, and story arcs longer than six days are strongly discouraged, apart from the legacy soap-opera strips like “Apartment 3-G”. And there is no room for Frank King’s magnificent Sunday compositions.
But oh! how I wish for news of events in Glovania after the fall of the Iron Curtain! Was there no movement to restore Grand Duke Allison at all?
cpalmeresq almost 9 years ago
A nice tribute by Jim to Frank King, the man who created “Gasoline Alley”. Always good to pay tribute to your roots!
larsones almost 9 years ago
The good old day s!
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member almost 9 years ago
So nice! Joel may not read, but he is still a philosopher and scholar!
Paul1963 almost 9 years ago
Nice.
miqq1234 almost 9 years ago
…creative…
paul brians almost 9 years ago
Many of King’s fabulous original Gasoline Alley strips are available in reprints. The title for the dailies is “Walt & Skeezix” (Drawn and Quarterly Press), five volumes in print, the next one due out Fall. “Gasoline Alley: The Complete Sundays” (Dark Horse Books) prints the colored pages in huge full size, two volumes so far. If you don’t want to pay for the complete Sundays, I highly recommend the gorgeous “Sundays With Walt and Skeezix” (Last Gasp). The current strip is a pale shadow of its former glory under King.
JP Steve Premium Member almost 9 years ago
If that balloon really is hot-dog shaped it might be able to fly somewhat closer to the buildings —still going to be a stretch though!
John W Kennedy Premium Member almost 9 years ago
They’re smaller now, and story arcs longer than six days are strongly discouraged, apart from the legacy soap-opera strips like “Apartment 3-G”. And there is no room for Frank King’s magnificent Sunday compositions.
But oh! how I wish for news of events in Glovania after the fall of the Iron Curtain! Was there no movement to restore Grand Duke Allison at all?