Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for January 19, 2023

Aint they just the sweetest bunch of ragamuffins you evah did saw ?  Bless their hearts. :-)

Parting is such sweet sorrow!

Did the three of them rehearse that, to be able to say it in unison? I don’t think that’s something kids nowadays would say.

Gad, the one in the middle is hideous.

this can only get better if the three of them start singing cat food commercials

We hardly knew ye, Bunky.

Oooohhhh, gosh!

I miss the good old days with Joel, Rufus, Mayor Miss Melba and even Slim..

This whole scenario gives a whole new meaning to the late Conway Twitty’s That’s My Job.

Check out the old Philosopher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qty7IP8wlXM

The oldest person in the world died recently and she was almost 119, entering this world in 1904. Isn’t it time for Walt to quietly leave the strip? From a recently posted 1922 strip, Frank King pegged Walt as having been born in 1892. There is no longer anybody who was born in the 19th century or anybody who served in World War I yet Walt is both. King created the uniqueness of this strip by having characers age and face the different challengs that face people at different points in their lives which allowed readers to relate to the story lines. It’s not much of a stretch to speculate that King wouldn’t be too happy with what Jimbo has done to his wonderful strip. The last few stories have been especially awful. Too bad that this is the best that JIm can do.

He’s already homesick.

I’m confused. Didn’t he want to leave? Or was he threatening to leave so Santa would give him a raise, and now he’s sad that Santa called his bluff?