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==Early years== [[File:Gasoline Alley panel 1920.tif|thumb|right|Young Walt Wallet (r.), 1920]] The strip originated on the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'''s black-and-white [[Sunday strip|Sunday page]], ''The Rectangle'', where staff artists contributed one-shot panels, continuing plots or themes. One corner of ''The Rectangle'' introduced King's ''Gasoline Alley'', where characters Walt, Doc, Avery, and Bill held weekly conversations about automobiles. This panel slowly gained recognition, and the [[daily comic strip]] began August 24, 1919, in the ''New York Daily News''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stevestiles.com/gasalley.htm|title=On The Road With Gasoline Alley|website=Stevestiles.com|access-date=24 December 2021}}</ref> Some of the early characters were based on people Frank King knew. Skeezix was based on his son Robert Drew King. Walt was based on "jolly" overweight bachelor and [[Western Union]] traffic engineer Walter W. Drew, who had "a wisp of unruly hair". Bill and Amy were based on [[Train driver|locomotive engineer]] William D. Gannon and his wife Gertrude.<ref>{{cite news|title=This Tells Who 'Gasoline Alley' Folk Really Are|last=Chase|first=Al|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=October 25, 1924}}</ref> Doc was based on Dr. Hughie Johnson.<ref>{{cite news|title=My Home Town, Where Gasoline Alley and I Grew Up|last=King|first=Frank|work=Chicago Tribune Magazine|date=May 22, 1955|page=29}}</ref>
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