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   Gweedo Murray said, 28 days ago

    Damn !!  The artwork is awesome! I think this color thing is gonna work out, but I’m okay with the b&w format coming back after the holiday. It just has that old timey feel.

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   Ravenswing said, 28 days ago

   Mm, I wouldn’t think it untoward if his mind was wandering a bit for him to wind up at Phyllis’ grave.

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   ladyfingers86 said, 28 days ago

   Gertie is probably wasting her time looking for old Walt. He’s most likely back at the house.

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   ocean17 said, 28 days ago

   The gentleman can draw, no doubt about it.

   I’m getting an ominous feeling though. I would rather have found Walt happily settled in that retirement home than [gulp] “chilling” in the cemetery…

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   ladyfingers86 said, 28 days ago

   I once took care of an Alzheimer patient. She wandered off, but knew where her house was and went back home.

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   oldbooger said, 27 days ago

   Ya think someone should notify Skeezix that Walt’ is MIA?

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   Lewreader said, 27 days ago

   Are you sure Walt didn’t wander off with the chorus girls?

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   Yukoneric said, 27 days ago

   Mr. Jim Scancarelli, nice work.

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   Macushlalondra said, 27 days ago

   Hasn’t she got a cell phone? She could try to call his house.

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    Susan001 said, 27 days ago

    You posters are using LOGIC, which has no place in a comic strip.

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    3hourtour said, 27 days ago

    ..no cell phones allowed in 1955..

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    ORteka said, 27 days ago

    I sure do like the color for the daily strip. Nice job! I’m thinking that Walt is at the diner with the rest of the group. They probably spotted him with the rukus that was going on with Gertie and the stage hands. Now won’t know till Monday.

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    Devonshade said, 27 days ago

    The Walt situation looks,…..grave.

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    Devonshade said, 27 days ago

    Lots of people in that graveyard,..probably died from boredom reading this strips storyline.

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    tcambeul said, 27 days ago

    I want to see Joel & Rufus in colour.

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    kab2rb said, 27 days ago

    I have actually enjoyed reading GA. Our local paper quite carry GA a long time ago. I thought strips where on a budget’; although I agree it’s nice to see color, but must be costing a forturne.
    I imagine Corky’s dinner took care of Uncle Walt and Uncle Walt is at home fast asleep from an excitting evening out. Gertie needs to check at Uncle Walt’s home but then this is Halloween.

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    jtpozenel said, 27 days ago

    It’s odd that they never mentioned that Byrd’s show was on Halloween night.

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    ceschott said, 27 days ago

    Grave indeed. I think that old Walt’s time is up. It’s the only way to really get Byrd and Gertie together.

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    JanCinVV said, 27 days ago

    tcambeul - Joel and Rufus have been in several Sunday strips over the years, all in color.

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    jumbobrain said, 27 days ago

    oooooh, creepy. I agree, the color doesn’t look bad…but I like the black and white. I’m curious if this was Scancarelli’s choice, since I’m sure he draws differently if he knows something is going to appear in color.

    Though I have sorta harped on the lapses of logic here (like, Gertie dragging a 110 year old man to a concert in the first place, then ditching him in the theatre), at the moment I am content to watch the mystery unfold. Though GA has always been a primarily realistic strip, the bits of cartoony surrealism are working for me.

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    BlitzMcD said, 27 days ago

    The art work is indeed impeccable. But in general, I would hope that the comics pay as much attention to Thanksgiving and Christmas (if not more so) than they do to Halloween.

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    ocean17 said, 27 days ago

    since today’s halloween, this place is a SUPERnatural!
    muahahahahaaa…

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    Dypak said, 27 days ago

    Macushlalondra said,
    Hasn’t she got a cell phone? She could try to call his house.
    ————————
    Yes she does. It goes ‘poik’!

    3hourtour said,
    ..no cell phones allowed in 1955..
    ————————————————–
    No seat belts either, but who cares?

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    EarlWash said, 27 days ago

    The high head rest and much smaller steering wheel are also obvious, but this still a comic.

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    Dypak said, 27 days ago

    Jumbo’s post made me think. Walt may be old and he’s slowed down, but that doesnt make him frail or even helpless. My step-father was born in 1917 and he gets around like you would not believe. He makes cross country trips several times a year to visit family and maintains his pilots license.

    I hope when I’m Walt’s age no one expects me to just sit and turn into a vegetable, just because I’m old. I expect to be running around and causing some kind of trouble.

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    whmIII said, 27 days ago

    Hope Walt isn’t taking a “dirt nap”

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    axe-grinder said, 27 days ago

    Cicero contended that “There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it…”

    I enjoy Gasoline Alley, myself, and I’m happy to return daily for that enjoyment. The consistent moaning of some regular readers, however, makes me think Cicero was wrong.

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    Just plain Steve said, 27 days ago

    Sorry, Opus was busy dealing with Boy George.