Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for October 05, 2021

4th of July is coming early for next year.

Hey! Don’t be sarcastic. Since Halloween is on a Sunday this year it’s perfectly reasonable to expect that the party would be on Saturday the 30th.

Aubee’s eyes have dropped, and her head has grown taller. Well, we don’t celebrate Halloween on the Fourth of July, but we do dress up on both, and both are fun holidays. Are you going to let your kids trick or treat this year? We only had a few come last year, but we usually get many goblins at our door.

Funny, Hoogy doesn’t look anything like Al Jaffee.

It’s apparent this family is vegan—which explains why the animals are so friendly.

BTW—are those Aubee’s leaves that they’re eating?

How can you celebrate Halloween on July 4th.?

Remember Friday the 13th falls on a Wednesday this month!

I see where Well I’ll Be gets her snarkiness from now…..

I read a number of strips here and on Comics Kingdom. By and large, the comments are reasonable. But for some reason, Big Nate draws incredible amounts of spam. Does anyone know why?

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I predict that guests at this Halloween Party will include at least one bear, and, possibly, a certain frog.

The secret to the longevity of Gasoline Alley characters has finally been revealed!

For those of you who follow Alley Oop (I know you’re out there) we just learned today that Doc gave all the people of Moo a tiny sliver of Timeomium. This will help keep them always young.

Now we know! The People of Moo, through the ages, have lived on and now reside in Gasoline Alley. Unfortunately their Timeomium has begun to lose its effectiveness and they are now, finally, starting to age.

Not ALL the residents of Gasoline Alley are Moovians. Walt, definitely. Rufus and Joel, certainly.

The kids are wearing the same wet clothes as before!!

Good detail in the art today.

Usually the last Saturday in October. For commercial operations sometimes the whole preceding month & a half.