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The strip's origins lie in the Chicago Tribune, which ran a page on Sundays called “The Rectangle”. Staff artists would do one-shot panels, or continuing plots or themes. A corner of the Rectangle was home to Frank King's Gasoline Alley, where characters Walt, Doc, Avery, and Bill would have weekly conversations on cars. This black-and-white panel of the page slowly gained recognition and eventually the daily Tribune picked up the feature, either on 25 August of the same year or in January of 1919 according to varied accounts. The Chicago Tribune, formerly self-styled as the Worlds Greatest Newspaper, remains one of the principal daily newspapers of the midwestern United States. ... Frank King (April 9, 1883 in Cashton, Wisconsin - June 24, 1969 in Winter Park, Florida) was an American cartoonist most famous for the comic strip Gasoline Alley. ... Black-and-white or black and white) can refer to a general term used in photography, film, and other media (see black-and-white). ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

It became a strip, and then the Sunday version moved from “The Rectangle” to a full color page of its own. The Sunday pages, particularly of the '30s, had neither traditional gags nor fantastic adventures, but instead presented a gentle view of nature or imaginary daydreaming with expressive art. This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ...

Captain Joseph Patterson, the Tribune's editor, wanted to attract women to the strip and had Walt Wallet, the protagonist, find a baby on his doorstep — the only way to introduce a baby into the strip due to Walt's status as a confirmed bachelor at the time. Walt Wallet eventually married Phyllis Blossom. The baby, Skeezix (slang for motherless calf), grew up, the first occasion where real time continually elapsed in a major comic strip unlike such examples as the Katzenjammer Kids. Joseph Medill Patterson (January 6, 1879 - May 26, 1946) was an American journalist and publisher and the older brother of fellow publisher Cissy Patterson. ... A nude contemporary European woman (depilated). ... The protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. ... Katzenjammer Kids is probably the worlds second oldest comic strip (after The Yellow Kid, which ran from 1895-98) and the oldest one still in syndication. ...

Gradually, the Gasoline Alley characters married, had kids, and it became the first comic strip-soap opera in the post-War babyboom 1940s, before there was even such a genre as the conventional soap opera. A 15-minute radio version of the strip was developed and broadcast for a time in the same decade, sponsored by spark plug and parts maker Autolite, which focused upon Skeezix as a young adult running a gas station and garage. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the use of images on this page may require cleanup, involving adjustment of image placement, formatting, size, or other adjustments. ... // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television...

The strip is still published in newspapers today. Skeezix has become an octogenarian. Walt's wife Phyllis, aged an estimated 105, died in the 26 April 2004 strip, leaving Walt a widower after nearly eight decades of marriage. An octogenarian is a person in the age group of 80 to 89 years old. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

King was succeeded by his former assistants, Bill Perry taking responsibility for Sunday strips in 1951, and Dick Moores (first hired in 1956) for other days in 1959. When Perry retired in 1975, Moores took responsibility for Sunday strips as well. Moores passed away in 1986, and Gasoline Alley has been written and drawn by Jim Scancarelli, fomerly assistant to Moores. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Dick Moores is a comic strip creator whose work included the comic strip Gasoline Alley. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jim Scancarelli is a cartoonist who has been writing and drawing the comic strip Gasoline Alley since 1986. ...

The strip and its creator, Frank King, have been recognized with the National Cartoonist Society Humor Strip Award for 1957, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1985, and their Reuben Award for 1958. Jim Scancarelli received the National Cartoonist Society Story Comic Strip Award for 1988 for his work on the strip. The National Cartoonists Society is an organization of professional cartoonists created in 1946. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... The Reuben Awards, named for Rube Goldberg, are presented each year by the National Cartoonists Society. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The strip has been reprinted from time to time. There are some examples of Sunday full pages in Bill Blackbeard's The Comic Strip Century and many years of Dick Moore's dailies and Sundays have appeared in Comics Revue monthly, as well as the first strips by Jim Scancarelli. In 1995, the strip was one of 20 included in the Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative US postage stamps. In 2005, the first of a series of books reprinting the series has begun, published by Drawn and Quarterly and edited by Chris Ware. The series is called “Walt and Skeezix”, and the first volume covers 1921–22, beginning when baby Skeezix appears. Full page is a format of newspaper comic strips. ... Bill Blackbeard is a writer-editor and the founder-director of the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art, a comprehensive collection of comic strips and cartoon art from American newspapers. ... Comics Revue is a monthly small press comic book published by Manuscript Press. ... The Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative postage stamps was issued by the US Postal Service in 1995 to honor the centennial of the newspaper comic strip. ... This 1974 stamp from Japan depicts a Class 8620 steam locomotive. ... Drawn and Quarterly is a Canadian comic book publishing company, headed by publisher Chris Oliveros, and based in Montréal, Québec. ... The cover to the collected edition of Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware Franklin Christenson Ware (born December 28, 1967) is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, best-known for a series of comics called the Acme Novelty Library, and a graphic novel, Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. ...

• Walt and Skeezix: Volume One, 1921–22, ISBN 1-896597-64-5
• Walt and Skeezix: Volume Two, 1923–24, ISBN 1-896597-99-8

External links

• UComics
• Toonopedia
• 30's Sunday pages
• Gasoline Alley Pinbacks
• NCS Awards
• Wallet family tree