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   Ravenswing said, about 1 month ago

   Well, cheer up, Gertie, maybe Earl Lee’ll visit you in the town lockup, and Walt won’t be too befuddled to post bail.

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   oldbooger said, about 1 month ago

   Hope we find out about Uncle Walt, Bird, et al, by Christmas.

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   axe-grinder said, about 1 month ago

   She can build a tank out of the things in the alley!

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   OldManMountain said, about 1 month ago

   Put a note on the cat and send him into the theater with instructions to deliver the message surreptitiously to Walt.

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   Madman2001 said, about 1 month ago

   As other commentators have notes, this twist just doesn’t make sense. For one, Walt also has a counterfeit ticket. For two, he is no particular danger and hardly needs to be “rescued”. C’mon, Scancarelli

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   axe-grinder said, about 1 month ago

   Maybe there’s an unattended skylight…

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   BlitzMcD said, about 1 month ago

   Backstage security has long been a power trip for those who are involved in it. Just dig up a copy of the episode of the Bachelor Father TV series from the late 1950s, in which John Forsythe’s Bentley Gregg character tries to sneak backstage at a Ronnie Mann concert and is rebuffed every time, not unlike Gertie’s dilemma here.

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   Macushlalondra said, about 1 month ago

   I think Gertie should just go home and call the theatre, and ask them to look after Mr. Walt.

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   Joe Allen Doty said, about 1 month ago

   Since Walt Wallet was sitting in a reserved seat, why didn’t the writer of the strip have him removed from the theater, too?

   I would have called someone with authority (like the police or 911) and claimed that a man with Alzheimer’s, whom I take care of, wandered into a theater and they won’t let me take him outside.

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    Gene Strattmann said, about 1 month ago

    At least today we are back in the ALLEY again! Maybe not GASOLINE ALLEY but it is an alley complete with a good ol’ alley cat!

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    BASSMANB0B said, about 1 month ago

    When this is over, regardless how it ends between Gertie & Bird she needs to be fired from her job of caring for Walt!

    BB

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    EarlWash said, about 1 month ago

    I respectfully disagree. I consider Gertie to be a caring person in spite of an occasional mistake. I lived in and around the Portland Oregon area for nearly 30 years, and never did I hear of anyone treading water. We all tried several times though.

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    BASSMANB0B said, about 1 month ago

    EarWash, I’ll respectfully disagree with your disagreement. I agree that Gertie has shown to be caring to Uncle Walt in the past. This fiasco is too much to let slide in my opinion. Because of a sudden desire to hook up with Bird after rejecting him and being unable to find someone to watch Walt she selfishly brought him against his wishes to the concert. Gertie put her needs ahead of her clients, a major no-no. At his advanced age there are no do-overs. Let’s hope that she gets her man and leaves. I’ve lost all respect for her.

    Peace.

    BB

14. 

    whmIII said, about 1 month ago

    HELP!!!!

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    imrobert said, about 1 month ago

    I see her getting in through a door or window and running into Bird.

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    HectorPriam said, about 1 month ago

    If you’re a responsible and empathetic caregiver you don’t drag a partially deaf, 110 year old dude against his wishes to a concert for selfish reasons. If anything happens to him Gertie will be in deep !@#$.

    But if she hadn’t dragged him out Uncle Walt would miss his one chance to be a big star on stage!

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    kab2rb said, about 1 month ago

    Security will not let her in all doors will be posted. Gertie needs to tell security about her ward.

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    Susan001 said, about 1 month ago

    Gertie looks kinda good in the last panel. Love her “sneaky” expression.

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    jumbobrain said, about 1 month ago

    My only complaint with this story so far is that it’s not clear whether Gertie is A: a conscientious caretaker in love with a musician and trying to do the right thing; or B: an irresponsible, shallow woman motivated by greed and desire.

    The drawing remains top-notch, though.

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    436rge said, about 1 month ago

    Go home and call? What? This is the 21st Century! Where is her cell phone? I can’t believe Jim took such leave of his wits doing this strip lately.

21. 

    Chikuku said, about 1 month ago

    You go, Girl! Don’t give up!

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    pbarnrob said, about 1 month ago

    1) Ah, the ambivalence, the cliff-hanger aspect of Gertie; A or B?

    2) Remember, GA is just barely out of the 19th century; you’ll probably see [Gasp!] dial telephones here and there, if not candlesticks. (Watch a kid trying to figure out how to push the buttons on a dial! Funnier than ‘wind your watch’!)

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    OldManMountain said, about 1 month ago

    Poor Skeezix. Corky and Judy probably will dump all the responsibility on him again, as they did in 2004. Back then, after Phyllis died, Corky convinced Skeeziz to hire irresponsible Eve, resulting in Skeezix having to bail old Walt out of jail. Skeezix hired Gertie to replace Eve.

    Hmm, you know, Gertie has three kids of her own – why can’t she call on one of them to help her?

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    Powerboy said, about 1 month ago

    I bet Walts back stage warming up with the Band

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    countoftowergrove said, about 1 month ago

    Ah, love! Is there nothing a person in love won’t do, including criminal behavior?

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    axe-grinder said, about 1 month ago

    She looks like Modesty Blaise in that last panel. If Gertie had a capable partner, like Modesty has in Willie Garvin, she would already be inside.

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    HectorPriam said, about 1 month ago

    Willie Garvin was a suitable partner for Modesty Blaise but a suitable partner for Gertie could only be someone like Jackie Gleason or Drew Carey.

    And you’re right, Powerboy. Uncle Walt is gonna steal the show.

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    Xrystalia said, about 1 month ago

    Love the brick work!