Walt can’t go to heaven. The syndicate requires him to go to the Old Comics Home, so that they can still trot him out from time to time for trademark renewal purposes.
Don’t tease us.I like the aging, but don’t like Walt’s unrealistic age or the notion of “killing him off”.When it comes time, just have him move to the Old Comix Home – that way we can still visit.
NOW how many of you R&J haters would have rather seen Rufus and Joel reading another jailbird letter from Mangus instead of this? Sure wouldn’t have been as unsettling.
With some other character or strip this would be funny, but with Walt…..it hits like the building suspense before we found out we lost Phyllis.
They’re not going to send Walt off to the retirement home (where Phyllis is waiting, I hope!) until after the 100th anniversary of Skeezik’s arrival on February 14, 2021.
I guess Walt’s family may be looking forward to finally cashing in on Walt’s life insurance policy after paying premiums for 80 or so years. They probably don’t suspect that the insurance company will deny the claim because of a pre-existing condition, namely that being born will ultimately result in death. Either that, or exercise a clause in the fine print that the policy is null and void as soon as a claim is made.
JD'Huntsville'AL over 3 years ago
Ominous. Could this be the beginning of Walt’s death?
eromlig over 3 years ago
Come ON, Jim — don’t kill off Walt!
ajr58(1) over 3 years ago
No worries. With that guy filling in for St. Peter, it will be years before Walt is done.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Walt can’t go to heaven. The syndicate requires him to go to the Old Comics Home, so that they can still trot him out from time to time for trademark renewal purposes.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 3 years ago
If Frank Nelson is the greeter at the gates of heaven, who is the greeter at the gates of hell?
tcayer over 3 years ago
This is a dark, depressing strip. Walt has collapsed, and the EMT’s are doing CPR (and intermittently getting him back.)
KL over 3 years ago
Too many other bad things have happened this year. We can’t lose Walt too.
rmbdot over 3 years ago
Don’t tease us.I like the aging, but don’t like Walt’s unrealistic age or the notion of “killing him off”.When it comes time, just have him move to the Old Comix Home – that way we can still visit.
mpearl over 3 years ago
Besides, I thought he would end up in the Old Comics Characters’ Home.
I Go Pogo over 3 years ago
NOW how many of you R&J haters would have rather seen Rufus and Joel reading another jailbird letter from Mangus instead of this? Sure wouldn’t have been as unsettling.
With some other character or strip this would be funny, but with Walt…..it hits like the building suspense before we found out we lost Phyllis.
krisannr.thompson over 3 years ago
Walt getting all of this Love. Trust me he’s not going anywhere ♥️ Love never leaves us. We leave It, or we live it
Liam Astle Premium Member over 3 years ago
“For the love of God please let me die! No one should be alive as long as I have been.”
MT Wallet over 3 years ago
I just think they should quit aging people.
Don Bagert Premium Member over 3 years ago
They’re not going to send Walt off to the retirement home (where Phyllis is waiting, I hope!) until after the 100th anniversary of Skeezik’s arrival on February 14, 2021.
Ronald Hathcock Premium Member over 3 years ago
I have a fancy CRT-D in my chest which, as long as my heart can still beat at all (or even slip into fibrillation) will pull me back. Again.
Gonzo Jabrone over 3 years ago
I guess Walt’s family may be looking forward to finally cashing in on Walt’s life insurance policy after paying premiums for 80 or so years. They probably don’t suspect that the insurance company will deny the claim because of a pre-existing condition, namely that being born will ultimately result in death. Either that, or exercise a clause in the fine print that the policy is null and void as soon as a claim is made.