Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for July 22, 2010

Is Gertie really falling for this drivel? I thought she was smarter than that. Oh, well. At least she has a streak of kindness.

Gertie is giving practical advice to guys who don’t want to hear it.

Hey, ORteka– I saw your good news of yesterday, and just replied there.

Come on, Gertie. Use some common sense here.

Axe- I was going to come on here this morning since I posted yesterdays comment late last night and repeat what I said. But, you did my job for me and put a heads up for others. What-ya-ma-call-it at one time did say it wouldn’t happen to him…wonder what he’s thinking now? Unfortunately what you said is right, they always come back, but the good news is it is only for a day or two. I still don’t understand why they rid of Joe Allen, as he didn’t do ANYTHING wrong, or say anything negative of the strip.

You also mentioned a couple of weeks ago about my avatar. Yes, he is a large toy poodle and his name is Teka. Unfortunately, I had to put him to sleep 4 weeks ago as he developed liver problems and was suffering severely his last day. The vet, said there might be a chance of getting better with hospitalization and medication, but at his age of 13 years, was a slim chance of survival. I was telling some of my friends, that I didn’t know if I wanted to keep his picture as my avatar as seeing him would bring back memories and make me sad…but I got to get over it and will eventually.

I’m sorry to hear about Teka. We have a “rescue” dog (small toy poodle that was abandoned) who is about 8 years old– have had him about 6 months. He came to us with a lot of medical issues that we’ve worked through and he seems to be doing well. Already he’s part of the family, so I can imagine losing your dog must have been very difficult. My sister lost her dog of similar age last year, and was devastated. She has a new puppy now, and is enjoying training her.

By the way, I did send a note in support of Joe Allen to GoComics “contact us”, as I read others had done. He was baited constantly, and some have guessed that he responded in a way that led to his removal.

These boys are too lazy to even hold up a sign that says, “Won’t work fo’ food.”

AXE Ya tink ol Joe mite ave asked for most of what e got? I learned a lot of facts from that man but I also learned that I was an idiot for not believing politically like him, I would burn in Hell because I did not exactly share his religious point of view, and though not always PC, his social views were written in stone and if I didn’t believe as him, I should leave America.

Excuse me, I’m not surprised the government has to pay his rent. When you work as many jobs in as many places as he claimed, it’s not surprising you forgot to plan for your retirement. Is it PC to say vagabond?

If Red Tommy put as much effort into a legitimate living as he has into this spiel he is giving Gertie, he could feed the whole gang.

Thanks Axe, I today, also wrote to them asking to bring Joe Allen back. I stated that he didn’t do half of the sneer remarks as some do on here and still. Gosh, if only the Gen. moderators would police this site, we would have a peaceful and entertaining comments and cartoon strip.

Hector, I guess I felt he was harrassed too much. I wondered if he had simply risen to that bait. I only read this strip regularly, so I may have missed alot, but here he seemed harmless enough.

I wonder though that JAD could come back different user name? and different tatic? I’m not him though.

Kab Buch he did for 2 or 3 days. They must have recognized him as he’s been silent the last 2 days. What’s the record for getting banned under different names? I agree with Hector. We had people like him at work. They could empty a breakroom fast. Soon as they walk in and open their mouths people would slowly start to drift out.

Animal acts in circuses need to be banned around the world, not depicted as cute and harmless.

Now that the former GA has gone all the way over to krazy krax and snappy bitz, gerdo should hire on with the circus and do a cage act in a bear suit. I could watch her do that for months.

Joe-Allen Doty, who cares. He could probably do with a better hobby than trolling two dozen comic strip comment boards every day.

Speaking of no-shows, what happened to MrsLukeSkywalker?

I agree with HectorPriam…………..you left out one word Hector that best describes him……OBSTINATE

Bait Joe?? Puhlease………he was like a heat seeking missle ready to attack any comment that wasn’t in line with his way of thinking.

Gertie, start to swinging that bat! There are four boys there sorely in need of a swift whuppin’ up along side their heads.

I done with pt for today. All I was saying I thought JAD had taken on another idienty. May have been someone else but sounded so familiar. I won’t mention who I thought was who knows all you commentors are smart and may already know. And again it’s not me.

@Joe is that why some commenters were ready to tear him apart for his most innocent or rhetoric comments? Or even when he didn’t make any comment at all? Or address him as Jad instead of Joe, even though he mentioned several times that he didn’t like that?

For my part I enjoy some of go-comics I don’t have time for all. And some of comments. When decisions get long it’s hard to stay with. I don’t care to much for arguments. I like the fun side.

Gasoline Alley, Not gertie alley!!!!!

Like axe-grinder, I thought Joe was more a victim than villain, but GoComics assures me it was his unprovoked comments elsewhere that got him banned.

I agree with HectorPriam.

Under his new identity of “OtraVez”, he left 176 posts between July 18 and July 20.

See http://www.gocomics.com/people/index/460468 .

Under his old identity, he left 17,905 posts between 11/21/2008 and 07/20/2010.

See http://www.gocomics.com/people/index/106277 . (For some unknown reason he has changed his name to “TulseyJoe” and removed all comments in his bio.)

To say he was a tiresome annoyance is an understatement. Has anyone else on GoComics left 176 comments in 2 to 3 days? 17,905 comments in 20 months?

Speaking of Gertie, I just clicked onto my own stats page (turns out I’ve been a fairly prolific poster, though hardly prodigious), and saw a May 2009 daily with Gertie and Earl. Wow, her image has sure changed over that time. She’s beome much more stylized, like the rest of the GA gang. Of course that’s typical in a comic or cartoon, the character images become more refined and iconic.

Joe can no longer contribute to comments. Perhaps it is time to ease up on making adverse remarks about him.

Yes, I agree. As soon as people stop singing his praises.

Perhaps if Joe would have “eased up” on his blatant attack on a certain cartoonist, he could still be posting.

No matter how you try to spin it……what he did was WRONG.

Leaky I missed that comment, but I found Joe refreshing with most of his comments. If you would take notice, even when he made comments that by most people’s standards, would be considered JUST COMMENTS, some of the posters still attacked him, even when he was GONE last week, SOME POSTERS still ATTACKED HIM! What was that about? Please! If people don’t like what he said, MOVE ON, DON”T READ IT! Walk a mile in someone’s shoes before you judge, This isn’t directed at you, it’s directed at the people who just COULDN’T LET IT GO! My GAWD, this is a comic site, Joe is Joe, he’s not mean or , vicious, he has issues, and the compassion shown to him on this website makes me sick! Others get away with FAR WORSE and no one says a word.

Dry, I fundamentally agree with you and complained to GoComics yesterday. But apparently Leaky is correct. I believe it was his inflamatory posts on “Frog Applause” that got him banned, not his innocent posts on other sites.

What if we had 5, 10, or 20 people with such issues? Why is he the exception?

well jfpozenel seems he has a lot of backers, and we can’t all be wrong! Also, we do have other posters who are mean, nasty, EXTREMELY LONG WINDED, others who are so full of themselves it has to be all about “me, me, me”, and so on. Pay closer attention to some of these posters, it won’t long to figure them out.

Based on what I saw, I didn’t see it the way Joe’s detractors see it. But I have to say that I certainly didn’t see it all. Here he was a character to be sure, but his posts added to the forum, even if by virtue of their randomness. If he stepped over the line into personal attacks in other forums, as many have done (yes, me sometimes) and some have done constantly (and some continue to do) here, that’s disappointing. I have no glee for it, and the cheering disappoints me further.

Tolerance and understanding? That’s laughable when I think of the things that he has said in so many posts in the past. He really doesn’t have a lot of backers overall on GoComics. Just in this very small group.

It’s a matter of record. Talking nonsense doesn’t change that. And I see that you have just become a poster today, which is very suspect.

Thanks, I think we have your measure. Bye for now.

Say what you will. It means very little.

Can’t think of anyone here I’d be thrilled to have twenty of…