If you take the survey which Go Comics talks about in some of their little blurbs, you will be rewarded with a free six month Genius subscription.
While the archive which goes along with the Genius subscription wouldn’t be worth paying extra to me - it DOES go back to the year 2004. During the year of 2004 - almost the entire year was devoted to members of the Wallet family. About February 14, Walt went out for a stroll and got lost. Skeezix went looking for him. It was supposed to be Skeezixes 83rd birthday. Once Skeezix found Walt, they talked about Wallet family history on the way home. When they got home, Phyllis mentioned that there was “more” to the story about Walt finding Skeezix on his doorstep. However, Skeezix was tired and decided to go home and Phyllis decided to wait until Skeezix returned the following day to tell them “the rest of the story.” Unfortunately, Phyllis died during the night. After Phyllis was gone, they discovered letters between Phyllis and Skeezix’s mother which indicated that Phyllis was actually the sister of Skeezix’s mother - and that Skeezix’s mother had asked Phyllis to keep an eye on her son. After another relative tried to look after Walt for a while, the family finally hired Gertie - so Gertie has only been working for Walt for about five years. However, it IS true that Gasoline Alley was a LOT more interesting back in the days when the majority of stories revolved around a member of the Wallet family. Which makes you wonder WHY the writer apparently appears to be bending over backward to avoid involving any members of the Wallet family as major players in any of the more recent stories.
If you take the survey which Go Comics talks about in some of their little blurbs, you will be rewarded with a free six month Genius subscription.
While the archive which goes along with the Genius subscription wouldn’t be worth paying extra to me - it DOES go back to the year 2004. During the year of 2004 - almost the entire year was devoted to members of the Wallet family. About February 14, Walt went out for a stroll and got lost. Skeezix went looking for him. It was supposed to be Skeezixes 83rd birthday. Once Skeezix found Walt, they talked about Wallet family history on the way home. When they got home, Phyllis mentioned that there was “more” to the story about Walt finding Skeezix on his doorstep. However, Skeezix was tired and decided to go home and Phyllis decided to wait until Skeezix returned the following day to tell them “the rest of the story.” Unfortunately, Phyllis died during the night. After Phyllis was gone, they discovered letters between Phyllis and Skeezix’s mother which indicated that Phyllis was actually the sister of Skeezix’s mother - and that Skeezix’s mother had asked Phyllis to keep an eye on her son. After another relative tried to look after Walt for a while, the family finally hired Gertie - so Gertie has only been working for Walt for about five years. However, it IS true that Gasoline Alley was a LOT more interesting back in the days when the majority of stories revolved around a member of the Wallet family. Which makes you wonder WHY the writer apparently appears to be bending over backward to avoid involving any members of the Wallet family as major players in any of the more recent stories.