Gasoline Alley: The Complete Sundays Volume 1 1920-1922 by Frank King


Gasoline Alley: The Complete Sundays Volume 1 1920-1922
Title : Gasoline Alley: The Complete Sundays Volume 1 1920-1922
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ISBN : 1616553340
ISBN-10 : 9781616553340
Language : English
Format Type : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 128
Publication : First published October 24, 2014

Dark Horse is proud to present the first in a series that collects all the Sunday pages of the classic newspaper strip, in chronological order! While the daily pages focused on a continuing narrative, creator Frank King reserved the 'Gasoline Alley' Sunday strips for wonderful, inventive interludes in which Walt Wallet, and his adopted foundling son Skeezix, reflected upon the lessons of life and the beauty of nature. Reprinted in full colour, using the King family's collection of proofs, this giant-sized volume collects every 'Gasoline Alley' Sunday strip from 1920 through 1922.

Gasoline Alley: The Complete Sundays Volume 1 1920-1922 Reviews

  • Nathan Sizemore

    78/100

    Gasoline Alley is a beautiful comic with a beautiful premise (man raises an orphan boy who ages in real time), but I feel like the casual racism of the comic spoils it far too often. The Sunday strips in particular seem to fall back on racial humor very regularly, and every time Rachel appears in the strip, which is probably 50% of the time, the ugly way in which she's stereotyped is impossible to ignore.

  • Dale Muckerman

    I always wondered why people liked Gasoline Alley. Now I know. This strip offers good insight into the history of he comics and into American culture of the 1920s. I really liked the coloring and the totally imaginary strips. There was one strip in particular that referenced modern art and seemed to pre-image Peter Max. Lots of the strips refer to fishing and camping. Even more have to do with Skeezix wandering off and getting in trouble.