Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli

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  1. EarlWash

    EarlWash said, 17 days ago

    HELLO!

                  Hello!
    


                                           hellooo…

  2. Gweedo Murray

    Gweedo Murray said, 17 days ago

    HELLO!

  3. jumbobrain

    jumbobrainGenius_badge said, 17 days ago

    I’m still not so into the color…especially in such a wonderfully rendered moody cemetery. Also vaguely curious as to why Gertie would get it into her head that Walt would wander to the graveyard. But whatever, I still like this strip.

  4. Susan001

    Susan001 said, 17 days ago

    At last, she found him.
    Oops, my bad. It’s just the ghosts prowling in the graveyard.

  5. ladyfingers86

    ladyfingers86 said, 17 days ago

    I don’t think that was Mr. Walt. I think that was a ghost. Doubt very much he’d echo like that.

  6. axe-grinder

    axe-grinderGenius_badge said, 17 days ago

    I would like to see it go back to black and white. It would be cool to be able to see it both ways.

  7. Baby Panda

    Baby PandaGenius_badge said, 17 days ago

    It’s still in B&W in the daily email.

  8. ladyfingers86

    ladyfingers86 said, 16 days ago

    I prefer color. It’s more asthetically appealing.

  9. OldManMountain

    OldManMountainGenius_badge said, 16 days ago

    Echo? Parrot? Mynah bird? No way it’s Walt.

  10. Devonshade

    DevonshadeGenius_badge said, 16 days ago

    If only gertie showed this much concern a MONTH AGO!!!

  11. Macushlalondra

    MacushlalondraGenius_badge said, 16 days ago

    Gertie, go back home to Mr. Walt’s house and see if he’s there. I have a feeling he’s home safe in bed.

    As for you Not Norman will you please shut up? Thank you.

  12. djduck

    djduck said, 16 days ago

    Like the color, black& white went out in the 60’s.

  13. whmIII

    whmIII said, 16 days ago

    This is grave situation…

  14. OldManMountain

    OldManMountainGenius_badge said, 16 days ago

    Gertie’s predecessor Eve may have filled Walt’s house with a biker gang and naked women, then got Walt arrested for disturbing the peace, but she never lost him.

  15. LiamC

    LiamCGenius_badge said, 16 days ago

    Enough with the JAD name-calling, NotNorman.

  16. jtpozenel

    jtpozenel said, 16 days ago

    If you really want to see this in black and white, just save the image and then modify with photo software to make it black and white.

    I’ll bet nobody prefers black and white so much to be doing that every day. Either way is fine for me.

  17. namenamename

    namenamename said, 16 days ago

    Doesn’t matter if this is in black and white or color.

    What color is molasses? The color slower than that belongs on GA.

  18. g6793

    g6793Genius_badge said, 16 days ago

    That isn’t Walt, it’s an echo…echo…echo…I agree with Macushlalondra. Gertie needs to see if Walt’s at home; however I think she’s going to be scared out of her wits first…

  19. Joe Allen Doty

    Joe Allen Doty said, 16 days ago

    If the hateful guy called me a name today in the forum for this strip today, it has already been removed.

  20. Joe Allen Doty

    Joe Allen Doty said, 16 days ago

    Regular molasses is slightly dark brown in color; but, blackstrap molasses is darker than that and has a bitter and sweet taste.

    Unlike regular syrups, molasses is thicker and therefore, it spreads out much slower than syrup does.

    Blackstrap molasses is often used a health tonic.

    When we were very poor, someone gave us some blackstrap molasses. We had run out of sugar and Mom used it to make gingerbread cookies. It was almost like the bitterness of the stuff was miraculously removed.

    I like the color just fine. Apparently, Gertie is hearing the echo of her own voice.

  21. Joe Allen Doty

    Joe Allen Doty said, 16 days ago

    My college speech class professor told a joke about a cemetery one time.

    He said that late at night a guy going home decided to take a short cut through a cemetery and he didn’t know that a hole had been dug for the casket which would be buried in it the next day (the same calendar day actually).

    He fell into the about 8 ft. deep hole and tried to climb out.

    A little while later, another guy decided to take the same short cut and he fell into the same hole.

    The man who was in there first tapped the 2nd guy on the shoulder from behind and he said, “You’ll never get out of here alive.”

    But, he did.

  22. Doctor Toon

    Doctor ToonGenius_badge said, 16 days ago

    OK Liam, but can you do anything about HIM↑?
    Please?

  23. Deborah Reyes

    Deborah ReyesGenius_badge said, 16 days ago

    Technically speaking, the Houston Chronicle and Comic Strip Nation still post Gasoline Alley in black and white. Plus, of course, if you receive the Go Comics strips via E mail - the E mail edition is still in black and white

    HOUSTON CHRONICLE
    Strips listed alphabetically - look for
    Gasoline Alley in the left hand column
    http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComics.mpl

    COMIC STRIP NATION
    Look for Walt’s picture
    http://www.comicstripnation.com/

  24. HectorPriam

    HectorPriam said, 16 days ago

    There must be some tall headstones in that cemetery to bounce echos around.

    Let’s bring back the biker gang and naked women to look after Uncle Walt. On second thought, never mind the biker gang…the naked women will work out fine! Bet Uncle Walt would love it.

  25. boldyuma

    boldyuma said, 16 days ago

    What was that movie that reminds me of today’s
    panels?….Oh yea…it had naked women and a
    graveyard too…Porkey’s!…

  26. MommaMadeMe

    MommaMadeMeGenius_badge said, 16 days ago

    The echo must be coming from an open grave.
    Will she fall in?

    I don’t like the coloring, too Saturday morning cartoon-y. The comics were colorized a couple years ago, but not by the artists. It was an after the fact kind of thing. Some liked it some didn’t.

  27. axe-grinder

    axe-grinderGenius_badge said, 16 days ago

    Thanks, Deborah– you are always so helpful! Now I’m sure: I *do* like b&w better. I wonder if I should just post that as my comment month after month?

    About molasses being slow, I would have to say that is not always true. The Great Molasses Flood, which occurred on January 15, 1919, in Boston began when a gigantic molasses storage tank burst. A wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 mph killing 21 and injuring 150. Strange, but true and tragic.

  28. sjbuchanan

    sjbuchanan said, 16 days ago

    Black and white seem better to me—the colorizing is distracting

  29. Dypak

    DypakGenius_badge said, 16 days ago

    I agree, todays strip is much better in B&W. The color is fine for comic strips with low quality art to begin with. But putting color in GA is like putting the Venus de Milo in a dress. Some folks will think it’s an improvement. Others will see it as not necessary and detracting from the original intent of the artist.

    I’m sure this is something that the editors have been pushing on Jim for a long time. Too many people out there need the flashy colors. What a shame.

  30. hossblacksilver

    hossblacksilver said, 16 days ago

    Why does this make me think of the underground train tunnel scene in Ghostbusters II?

    Ray: HELLO!
    hello!
    Ego: HEY!
    hey
    Winston: HELLO!
    (pause)
    (creepy voice) Wiiiiinston.

  31. Dypak

    DypakGenius_badge said, 15 days ago

    Wiiiiinston Zedimore!

    My favorite scene in the whole movie!