Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for April 08, 2014

Great to see Doc again! And that looks like Avery to the right. I’m enjoying this! After months on end with R&J and Slim, it’s about time we get back to the real roots.

Walt is a little thin—for 1922

Thank You, Jim!

I’m guessing there will be no GA complaints today.

I hope Rachel is OK. She looks rather pale, don’t you think?

Another thought I meant to bring up yesterday..Walt was drawn about as slim as Slim..I’m wondering whether Walt had to put up with all the fat jokes that Clovia loves to dish out!

Clarification: Flashback arc – great. It’s the hypnotist that I object to.

This arc is telling me that I really missed out on my childhood. No TV (although everyone else had one) and no Gasoline Alley. The first time I saw Gasoline Alley I was in my 20s. I’m enjoying this immensely.

I’m loving this.

The original version had Doc’s, Bill’s, and Avery’s wives and children at the table, too. And, yes, Walt was chubbier and Rachel was less—umm—pallid. (Yeah, it’s Bill. He’s hard to recognize without his flat cap.) The strip was one long panel, so it was easier to get all those characters in.

I really like this story arc.Thank you, Mr. Scancarelli!

I like where this is going

No, the famous doorstep moment was 1921-02-14, and this scene was 1922-02-14. And, yes, this is a simplified redrawing of the 1922-02-14 strip. In those days, the strip generally ran exactly one day per day, though that led to a lot of strips beginning, "Say, do you remember what we were talking about yesterday? Well, it just occurred to me that….”

I am sure they couldn’t get away with portraying Rachel in her original guise, as a Mammy type, so they had to pale her up.