Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for June 23, 2010

I was hoping for Lil Skinner, but it’s probably Byrd.

I really thought they had played his story out for the time being.

It’s Walt sitting at the table getting a midnight snack. At 111, he needs to keep his strength up.

To find out who or what it is…Tune in tomorrow same time same strip.

Gertie sleeps in her wig?

I doubt if it’s Walt. That wouldn’t make for an interesting story. It’s gotta be Byrd, or Lil Skinner or someone entirely new to the plot line. Maybe it’s another orphan like Skeezix who will become a regular and stay with the strip forever.

Maybe it’s that black cat Rufus had for awhile.

“…Maybe it’s another orphan like Skeezix…”

Well, Annie is outta work now. Maybe she made her way to GA after escaping her last kidnapping, and Walt’s letting her hide in the basement until he can get word to Daddy Warbucks.

In a shocking swerve, tomorrow we find out it’s Dagwood Bumstead.

DIRTYDRAGON Do you really think Gertie has that many cold cuts in the fridge?

David, I had the same thought after I posted EARLY THIS MORNING. They need to replace some of these folks. Walt needs to die sooner because it’s too late for it to be later. We’ll miss him, but he’ll never really be gone.

rmbdot, I like that scenario too. All the other cartoonists should start having “Annie Sitings”

Who or whatever it is, I hope it gets her before she gets it.

Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation’s final law Tho’ Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shriek’d against his creed – Tennyson

Ooh, a Pogo sighting!

davidf42, rmbdot and DirtyDragon all said such clever things!

I’m betting Byrd (but it might be Dagwood, LOL)