Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for October 13, 2023

Jones is growing fast.

If that lady from social services happens to look up the ranger’s home life… Bear’s not going to be the only one in trouble.

And back in town, they call out the Gasoline Alley SWAT team instead of an animal control officer with a tranquilizer gun.

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We’re back for October 13th with a Rick update, where we find out if Poley got away with stealing Rick’s horse… but not if he gets away with stealing Rick’s horse. (I can probably explain that, if pressed.) We also find out if Brenda gets away from Awful Natural, though not if she gets away from Awful Natural. (Same.)

And then we leave Joel, Rufus and Slim to look in on Pert, who is evicting the Widow Green. He’s having a good time, so maybe he’ll come out with another notice next week.

It’s a long flight back from South America, so pardon me I can’t get Walt home tonight. I’ll toss my hat over the fence and try for the next update, and also a Sunday page which will help move the main story along if I can pull it off. Enjoy!

Jonesy is in a state of rapturous bliss. Do magic mushrooms grow in the area ?

Bear: " Wait!! This Rover is your HUSBAND ???!!! " … :)

Rover is an odd name for a person, like Red Rover?!

Bob Scott, the creator of “Bear with Me” is like “Wait, what?”

Well, we’ve lost Nancy, Mark Trail, Judge Parker, Alley Oop, and now we’ve lost Gasoline Alley!

From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:

“Husband? What? I thought there was something special going on between us! Have I been misreading all these signs? Are we not going to raise this child together?”

Her husband is Rover, something about doggy style…

Rover outgrew his childhood quirks(he thought he was a dog)——he’s basically a good natured house-husband these days.

So they’ve got a pet bear.Big deal. You might remember a couple years ago they found a guy keeping a full grown Tiger in a 2-room Manhattan apartment

This child has been separated from his parents for days now, is happy as a clam, and constantly calls the bear and ranger “dad” and “mom”.

Does anyone else find this rather creepy?

Oddly, if Rover were a dog, it would make more sense that this story. But why does 19 year-old Boog need sombody to look after him? And doesn’t this imply that nobody has been watching over seven year-old Aubue? The creepy, talking doll doesn’t count.

So’s my lack of interest in this lame arc.

Your husband’s a dog?

Basketball Jones, Booger, We’ll I’ll Be and Fido. The best thing Bear could do for them is take them to a government office to petition to have their names changed. Variations on a mid-1969 theme by Johnny Cash.