Judge Doom bought the streetcar company so he could dismantle it.
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A full classics update for the 23rd:
Hallowe’en strikes in the Alley, and the gang wants to scare Uncle Walt… Hipshot has some history with Sudden DeMise, but he doesn’t do law enforcement … Brenda’s career gets stiffed as Livwright hands the next big story to Chuggie … and Slim reaches his limit on helping people get their luggage down from the shelf.
In 1918, when this strip began, most American cities, even small ones, had electric streetcar networks. These were only beginning to be displaced by the increasingly popular personal automobile, which hobbyists tinkered with in areas dubbed things like “Gasoline Alley.” I think it would be a fitting end to the strip if they put a light rail line down the middle of the town and it magically allowed Walt to finally, blessedly die, or maybe just non-magically ran him over.
iggyman 9 months ago
Electric Metro? Worse than Electric Acres!! No intelligence there, either artificial or otherwise!
Dirty Dragon 9 months ago
Judge Doom bought the streetcar company so he could dismantle it.
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A full classics update for the 23rd:
Hallowe’en strikes in the Alley, and the gang wants to scare Uncle Walt… Hipshot has some history with Sudden DeMise, but he doesn’t do law enforcement … Brenda’s career gets stiffed as Livwright hands the next big story to Chuggie … and Slim reaches his limit on helping people get their luggage down from the shelf.
sergioandrade Premium Member 9 months ago
There is an Electric Avenue is the Brixton section of London, England, inspired a popular song in 1983.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray 9 months ago
How long before the pitchforks and torches come out ?
snsurone76 9 months ago
How about “Electro Metro”? Got a catchy ring to it.
therese_callahan2002 9 months ago
And they’ll name one of the streets Electric Avenue.
Billavi Premium Member 9 months ago
They don’t want the town named after fossil fuels, yet the town is mainly comprised of old fossils
Darryl Heine 9 months ago
“Electric Metro”? How about “Electric Company”?
Robert Williams @ Williams Web Solutions 9 months ago
Gasoline Alley => Electric Avenue, and we’ll take it higher
David Rickard Premium Member 9 months ago
From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:
In 1918, when this strip began, most American cities, even small ones, had electric streetcar networks. These were only beginning to be displaced by the increasingly popular personal automobile, which hobbyists tinkered with in areas dubbed things like “Gasoline Alley.” I think it would be a fitting end to the strip if they put a light rail line down the middle of the town and it magically allowed Walt to finally, blessedly die, or maybe just non-magically ran him over.
BJShipley1 9 months ago
I’m not taking advice from a grown man who reacted to bad news by taking to his (twin-size) bed like a toddler throwing a tantrum.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 9 months ago
In other words, the new name was chosen by a MACHINE and not a human being. Razzberries!!
And I thought “Gasoline Alley” was the name of the garage.
Hire Joel&Rufus to move the computer who made that decision across town.
david.reichert 9 months ago
Oh no, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, And then we’ll take it higher. ty Eddy Grant.
Don Bagert Premium Member 9 months ago
Can’t Mayor Melba veto this or something?
terry R 9 months ago
Walletville? Skeeixtown?