Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for November 29, 2024

You might wanna take along some mechanics tools …….. and a spare battery.

Whose house did hey break in to steal this stuff? Is there nobody that even cares that an almost three year-old is wandering around, handling things that can harm him?

What—no Swiss army knife??

What are you cosplaying as, Chewbacca?

Do us a favor and take those scissors and stab Ida Noe until it’s a piece of felt.

Jimbo joins Brooke McEldowney as artists that should never be allowed to draw kids. Brrr!

Batman called — he wants to file a lawsuit against Jim for stealing his Utility Belt idea!

Is Ida a bit slow or something? She’s telling the Hellspawn to put on belts that he already has on while she hands him a flashlight. Cartooning 101, Lesson One: make the pictures agree with what the dialog says the characters are doing.

I like old books and surf around the Project Gutenberg site often. Recently I saw an old book by Johnny Gruelle, the author who created Raggedy Ann. It had a similar story, about two kids building a plane and flying to the moon.