This week the focus is on Frank King's
Gasoline Alley, featuring a five week sequence of Sunday strips from 1937. King was one of the great artists of the funny pages, not only in terms of his lively visuals, but also his narrative style. He was about the only cartoonist of his generation who allowed his characters to age naturally over time, a tradition that his successors on the strp have continued. As a bonus here, a couple of strips include a second feature starring Skeezix's little brother Corky, and others include a comic-strip-style ad at the bottom of the page.
By the way, these strips were taken from a series posted at the
I Love Comix Archive, in a section devoted to full comic sections from the Sunday Los Angeles Times. Check out that site for other great strips of that era.
This week the focus is on Frank King's Gasoline Alley, featuring a five week sequence of Sunday strips from 1937. King was one of the great artists of the funny pages, not only in terms of his lively visuals, but also his narrative style. He was about the only cartoonist of his generation who allowed his characters to age naturally over time, a tradition that his successors on the strp have continued. As a bonus here, a couple of strips include a second feature starring Skeezix's little brother Corky, and others include a comic-strip-style ad at the bottom of the page.
By the way, these strips were taken from a series posted at the I Love Comix Archive, in a section devoted to full comic sections from the Sunday Los Angeles Times. Check out that site for other great strips of that era.
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Did you know that Gasoline Alley was based on a true story about a baby that was left on the door step of a bachelor on Valentine Day? And the story line followed the life of that baby..known to us as Skeezix? Uncle Walt, the bachelor had a garage that serviced cars - thus the name Gasoline Alley...he later on married Phyllis and they had Corky. Seems to me I remember that every Valentine Day a mysterious lady in black appeared in the strip. Mom
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