It should have been handled in the only fair way: one person slices the pie, the other person chooses his portion. Of course, since Gertie baked the pie and they’re both stealing it, the concept of fairness has little weight in this context. And since she laced it with ipecac, the size of the portions ultimately has no longer-term importance. Still, I see some elements here of which I doubt Gandhi would have approved, and others that would drive Calvin Klein crazy.
Probably a coincidence, but the guy who ended up with pie on his face resembles the man who burgled Skeezix’s house a couple of years ago. That was the storyline in which the postman got fired (and was later rehired).
Come to think of it, most of the storylines involve some sort of criminal activity. Usually it’s petty theft or trespass…never drugs, and never violent acts upon people (despite how some judge Gertie’s caregiving abilities). Still, it makes me wonder how safe things are in Gasoline Alley!
Devonshade has a point. Today it is okay to make fun of poor, uneducated white people. It does not make it right. Of course, in the early days of the strip, there was Rachel, Mandy and Plato. The three black domestics were portrayed in a stereotyped manner that was pretty typical of the time. To be fair, Skeezix’s nanny Rachel was portrayed as smarter and wiser than her thick dialect would lead you to believe. The black characters in the old Frank King strip may not have been well educated, but they were honest, decent, likeable people. There were some shady characters in the old Frank King strip, but they tended to be upper class; one of them was a genuine titled aristocrat.
Sometimes I ownder why I read the strip. It is short on the type of humor and character development that made it so good in the past. I eagerly await the publication of the next volume of Walt and Skeezix.
With all the problems of the world, many of which probably could not even be solved in a three-panel comic strip, why in the name of George Herriman do any of us bother to come to this site? Sure, we might escape the gloom for a few minutes, but that doesn’t really fix anything. It’s just a temporary…, escape…,
Slavery was the only problem between the north & south that could not have eventually compromised away. Yes, South Carolina had been wanting to secede since 1828 over the tariff, but compromises were always worked out. That one in 1832 was “worked out,” by Andrew Jackson, a slave owner himself. Without slavery there would have been no civil war between the states. It wasnt started for that purpose, Lincoln tried hard to keep it from becoming all about slavery, but in the end, that is what ended it. I’ve seen no stereotype of all white southerners being former slave owners & I was born south of the Mason Dixon line.
I hope wkevinl will come edit his comment; it’s all overprinted on one line in my Firefox3 display. Had to highlight, copy, paste into gedit to read it…
The uneducated are often honest and noble in their way, but miss so much, and are the likely victims of the really foul characters.
Llewellenbruce over 14 years ago
Pretty runny pie I’d say.
MikeCurtis Premium Member over 14 years ago
Hey, it’s Robert Crumb’s SIMP AND THE GIMP!
Yukoneric over 14 years ago
They’ll never see the bat coming.
axe-grinder over 14 years ago
It should have been handled in the only fair way: one person slices the pie, the other person chooses his portion. Of course, since Gertie baked the pie and they’re both stealing it, the concept of fairness has little weight in this context. And since she laced it with ipecac, the size of the portions ultimately has no longer-term importance. Still, I see some elements here of which I doubt Gandhi would have approved, and others that would drive Calvin Klein crazy.
davidf42 over 14 years ago
Calvin Klein? Heck, it would drive Calvin (and Hobbes) crazy!
BuzzDog over 14 years ago
Probably a coincidence, but the guy who ended up with pie on his face resembles the man who burgled Skeezix’s house a couple of years ago. That was the storyline in which the postman got fired (and was later rehired).
Come to think of it, most of the storylines involve some sort of criminal activity. Usually it’s petty theft or trespass…never drugs, and never violent acts upon people (despite how some judge Gertie’s caregiving abilities). Still, it makes me wonder how safe things are in Gasoline Alley!
WaitingMan over 14 years ago
Recurring theme; See today’s “Heart of the City”.
wkevinl over 14 years ago
therese_callahan2002 over 14 years ago
You gotta fight for your right to throw ipecac-laced pies! LOL!
axe-grinder over 14 years ago
With all the problems of the world, many of which probably could not even be solved in a three-panel comic strip, why in the name of George Herriman do any of us bother to come to this site? Sure, we might escape the gloom for a few minutes, but that doesn’t really fix anything. It’s just a temporary…, escape…,
ChuckTrent64 over 14 years ago
Slavery was the only problem between the north & south that could not have eventually compromised away. Yes, South Carolina had been wanting to secede since 1828 over the tariff, but compromises were always worked out. That one in 1832 was “worked out,” by Andrew Jackson, a slave owner himself. Without slavery there would have been no civil war between the states. It wasnt started for that purpose, Lincoln tried hard to keep it from becoming all about slavery, but in the end, that is what ended it. I’ve seen no stereotype of all white southerners being former slave owners & I was born south of the Mason Dixon line.
stringmusicianer over 14 years ago
Bigotry against Southern “hillbilly” whites is alive and well.
pbarnrob over 14 years ago
I hope wkevinl will come edit his comment; it’s all overprinted on one line in my Firefox3 display. Had to highlight, copy, paste into gedit to read it…
The uneducated are often honest and noble in their way, but miss so much, and are the likely victims of the really foul characters.