Gasoline Alley Vol. 1: 1964-1966

The year 1964 was a momentous one in the history of Gasoline Alley - it's when Frank King officially handed the baton to Dick Moores. King continued to help plot the strip but it's Dick Moores who takes center stage. More so than any other newspaper strip, Gasoline Alley is renowned for its strict continuity and this is our chance to see Moores - who continued writing and drawing the strip until 1986 - make it his own. Forty-plus years earlier, Walt Wallet found baby Skeezix in a basket on his doorstep and in the 1964-1966 strips reproduced in this volume. Skeezix is now middle-aged and has a family of his own. For the first time since they appeared in newspapers fifty years ago, readers can enjoy these classic strips featuring Walt and his wife Phyllis, Skeezix and his wife Nina, Corky, Clovia, Slim, Avery, Mr. Pert, Joel, Rufus, and a whole cast of familiar characters.

Dick Moores served as a journeyman artist/writer for decades before he came to?Gasoline Alley?and found fertile ground for creating his masterpiece. He began his cartooning career as an assistant to Chester Gould in the 1930s, then created his own strip,?Jim Hardy. He later joined the Disney comics division, drawing Mickey Mouse, Brer Rabbit, Scamp, Goofy, and many other characters. He left Disney in 1956 to become Frank King's assistant on the?Gasoline Alley daily.