Frank O. King (1883-1969) created what is arguably the longest-running story in comic strip history, Gasoline Alley. Begun in 1919 as a simple topical gag strip about the new fad of automobiles, in 1921 the tone of the feature changed forever with the introduction of a foundling baby named "Skeezix." Inspired by King's own son, Robert Drew, the life and development of Skeezix soon became the strip's focus, following him through childhood, adulthood, and his own eventual parenthood. Neglected for nearly eighty years, this gentle masterpiece of comics is collected here for the first time ever, a fifty-year long "graphic novel" which captured the flavors of its time as well as the ineffable sense of all of life's passage. Supplemented by dozens of King's personal photos, new biographical notes and appendices, Walt and Skeezix can now finally take its place as one of the most human comic strips ever drawn.