Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli

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  1. axe-grinder

    axe-grinderGenius_badge said, 5 months ago

    So at least Slim won’t be asked to preach in the pastor’s place as Macushlalondra feared yesterday…

  2. oldbooger

    oldbooger said, 5 months ago

    Rumor has it, Earl is now Pearldiving at the Old Comics Home. Stay tuned …

  3. channce

    channce said, 5 months ago

    War and Peace good. Warren pees good. The obvious pun and a maybe not so obvious one.

  4. axe-grinder

    axe-grinderGenius_badge said, 5 months ago

    The first pun is a fit name for a literary critic. The second for a urologist, I suppose.

  5. Macushlalondra

    MacushlalondraGenius_badge said, 5 months ago

    axe-grinder said:

    So at least Slim won’t be asked to preach in the pastor’s place as Macushlalondra feared yesterday…

    ~~~

    Yes and I’m so relieved. I wonder what the pastor wants Slim for then?

  6. stringmusicianer

    stringmusicianer said, 5 months ago

    Piece goods is cloth, such as that for sale in a piece goods store.

  7. stringmusicianer

    stringmusicianer said, 5 months ago

    Who are you and what did you do with NotNormanChubsyUbsy?

  8. whmIII

    whmIII said, 5 months ago

    Finally…a new direction!

  9. crunkbot

    crunkbot said, 5 months ago

    wow. 1930s radio humor. taste the adventure.

  10. whmIII

    whmIII said, 5 months ago

    WHERE is Tidler???

  11. stringmusicianer

    stringmusicianer said, 5 months ago

    NotNorman said:

    I’ve been reading GA since the 1950s and usually enjoy the strip.
    I detested the Gertie and Earl arc because a) it wasn’t about the regular characters, b) it went on far too long, c) Earl, besides being a racist, was a negative African-American stereotype.
    When I read something I like, I say so.
    When I read something I do not like, I say so too.
    Deal with it!

    You can dish it out but you can’t take it.

  12. stringmusicianer

    stringmusicianer said, 5 months ago

    NotNormanChubsyUbsy said

    That made no sense, even for you.

    I figured you wouldn’t get it.

  13. axe-grinder

    axe-grinderGenius_badge said, 5 months ago

    This story could be fun, but I hope Jim will give us some updates on Earl and his travels. On the other hand, it will be dramatic if he reappears as suddenly as he left.

  14. axe-grinder

    axe-grinderGenius_badge said, 5 months ago

    By the way, Stringmuse, I missed the “piece good” and “man of the cloth” joke— good eye!

  15. maresydotes

    maresydotes said, 5 months ago

    NotNorman, I may be older than you, so take my advice: don’t become stuck in the past.

  16. MaxStarmanJones

    MaxStarmanJones said, 5 months ago

    What’s all this “stuck in the past” rhetoric I keep hearing? This has nothing to do with the past!! Read Blondie and see what I mean. They text and get on the internet; she has a catering business, but it’s still Blondie and Dagwood.

    Gasoline Alley is about Gasoline Alley, or at least should be. If they want to let Walt pass peacefully in the night (as the last Australian WWI vet did this morning), I will mourn him and get on with it.

    But if they want to introduce some new principal characters, some new directions, and a new background, then they need to start a new comic to do it.

    Those who like the original idea of Gasoline Alley are not stuck in the past; we are just enjoying one of our favorite comics. The recent story arc was just fine, except it was like seeing Nancy and Sluggo take over Arlo and Janis.

  17. countoftowergrove

    countoftowergrove said, 5 months ago

    Back to Slim and Clovia, heavens to murgatroid! I discovered this site about a year ago and it’s been mostly Slim and Clovia, Walt, the world oldest veteran, occasional cameo by Skeezix and Nina, and I believe one arc with Adam. What ever became of Chipper, doesn’t he have a family grown by now?

  18. maresydotes

    maresydotes said, 5 months ago

    By not getting stuck in the past, I mean being open to change, yes even “new principal characters, some new directions, and a new background” if the creator chooses (Blondie has only some superficial changes, I suppose, so that’s comforting). That’s just my advice, mind you, as one who has seen many years, and many I knew become stereotypes of old people, rejecting everything that’s “not the same”, cranking at people who like the new, name-calling those with different points of view. Mr. Scancarelli took some chances and received some praise and some complaints. I say hooray for his courage to change. Anyone who can’t take change must have a hard time with reality too these days.

  19. stringmusicianer

    stringmusicianer said, 5 months ago

    Gasoline Alley is whatever the comic strip artist makes it. To chain it to the past is to limit the artist.

  20. axe-grinder

    axe-grinderGenius_badge said, 5 months ago

    Gasoline Alley isn’t what it used to be, but then again, it never was! The most dramatic change was made by King in 1921 when he introduced Skeezix, and Uncle Walt became a family man. New characters were added all along the way. Skeezix, Corky, Judy, Nina, Rover– all were introduced, all had moments in the sun. Stagnation would be going against tradition. We all remember the “old” days fondly, but there’s room for Earl and Gertie and people we haven’t even met yet in the Alley.

  21. stringmusicianer

    stringmusicianer said, 5 months ago

    Axe, that’s what I was thinking. People growing up, getting married, babies, new characters coming into the strip all along … change seems to be the hallmark of Gasoline Alley.