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Gasoline Alley
Never a masonic remark, but there are several references to fraternities such as Avery's membership in the Elks, Doc's college fraternity or Mr. Wicker's membership as Grand Exalted Great Dane in the fictional I.O.G.D., the Independant Order of Gay Dogsin the days when gay meant uninhibited and carefree.
Left Walt : "No king, queen, millionaire or brick mason has anything on us today!"
Below left Avery : "He won it on the square didn't he? What could be fairer?"
Below Doc : "He's a fraternity brother of mine."
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25 July 1924
26 March 1924
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Above Doc : "And bridge, golf, and lodge meetings."
Left Walt : "On the square....honest."
Below Avery : "The Elks hold their convention in her town next year and I want to stay there."
Below left Walt : "Yes sir. There's just one square thing to do...."
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Detail illustrations from Walt & Skeezix Book Two, Gasoline Alley Selections from 1923 - 1924. Frank King. Frank O. King Ê(1883/04/09 - 1969/06/24). Montreal : Drawn & Quarterly Books ; New York : Distributed in the United States and abroad by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005- . ISBN: 1-896597-99-8
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