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1. about 12 hours ago on Gasoline Alley

   It took me a minute to decide if that was referring to Rick, or the Brenda strip of the day, heh.

2. about 12 hours ago on Overboard

   I thought the challenged party gets choice of weapons? Or did Henry stumble into the third-most common blunder, never challenge an opponent carrying a cornhole set to a duel?

   Good morning, crew!

3. about 12 hours ago on In the Bleachers

   It’s the King of the Mars Cheese Castle!

4. about 12 hours ago on Gasoline Alley

   Disappear to the naked eye here from Earth? Or would that include our best space telescope. Might be interesting to see a side view of the rings, with our best technology.

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   The classic comics update for the 13th:

   Skeezix sends off for 22 more unusual postmarks, while the narrator considers how tiresome this ongoing series of town name lists is, in a world largely without an outlet for masses of people to share information/trivia like this. We’re still 51 weeks from the premiere of the Jack Benny radio program.

   For no one having invented a powered flying machine yet, Pat Pending has come up with something which looks a lot more like a WWII fighter plane, than the belly-riding bi-wing that Wilbur and Orville Wright set out to prove over the sands of Kitty Hawk, NC in 1903. (Ballooning was achieved in 1783, while glider flight started in 1891.)

   Lance Hunter finally makes it to his date with Brenda before she gets tired of the breadsticks at the Willow Inn, but rather than getting all cozy in a dark corner of the restaurant, he needs to explain what happened, and how it involved Gracie. Our Starr was the one who went to bat for the ex-con when Ms. McKoo arrived at Bedlam.

   And now that Melba and Rufus are releasing Pert back into the wilds of Gasoline Alley, here come Hugo’s Older Brother Wilmer – with his wife Jessica… showing concern for the poor rich guy, and wondering if he might not be more comfortable in some nursing warehouse.. I mean, nursing home. (Uriah Pert would not move into the Comic Strip Retirement Home for another 31 years.)

5. 1 day ago on Overboard

   Maybe there’s some canola oil in a cupboard. If it’s too far to the workshop to find some other hinge-quieter.

   Good morning, crew!

6. 1 day ago on In the Bleachers

   Of all things, you’d think a caveman would have at least one club.

7. 1 day ago on Gasoline Alley

   Nobody will believe it’s anything but an A.I.-generated picture, HA!

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   Here’s the classic comics update for the 12th:

   Punch has gone missing again, but has he been snatched?

   A loud-mouthed stranger walks into the Crystal Pistol, bragging about gunning down a notable local gunfighter. Everyone takes their ‘battle stations’.

   Brenda gets to the restaurant to continue waiting for Lance. Perhaps she’s like a shrimp cocktail to chew on as the minutes tick by?

   Pert may have amassed a fortune, but he’s not spending any of it, and he has no one to pass it along to. At least not anyone he particularly wants to pass it along to. (I wonder how Mr. Marley ended up with the nice house that he passed on to Mr. Scrooge when he… er, passed on. They seemed to be contemporaries, and partners from the start of their wealth building.)

8. 2 days ago on Overboard

   Louie remembers!

   Good morning, Shika… and crew!

9. 3 days ago on Gasoline Alley

   Enjoy it while you can girls, before long you’ll be stuck back in the (fake) real world, where you’ll be expected to worry about ring around the collar more that flying the solar system. (And I thought Mars was like a 2 year trip.)

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   The classic comics update for the 11th:

   Rachel remembers not to step over Corky, lest she inadvertently stunt his growth.

   Crazy remembers that the Chief had an internal combustion engine, and one for something bigger than a lawn mower!

   Lance forgets to meet up with Brenda on time, and while he may have a perfectly reasonable explanation, I’d guess that Brenda is going to remember this day for years to come.

   Corky remembers that Sarge and Hack were very happy to mooch off his summer camping trailer, though their gratitude was limited to good will, and that’s not going to pay off the loan if he decides to buy the thing.

10. 3 days ago on Gasoline Alley

    If you mean that your move is done and you have a new computer spot/surroundings/background… congrats!

    Otherwise, pretty much all I do is try to find the right brightness and contrast to make the strips look as good as possible before I do my “spot check”, lol.