Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for October 11, 2023

Max to his mates: “Don’t bogart that joke! Leave some for the readers!”

And now he’s just a half-baked half-back.

Day three of this humorless saga, reminds us, once again, all this takes place at the fabulous ‘MARGO Lanes.’

This bowling arc is going nowhere fast. Mr. Writer is really mailing this one in.

HIS Eagle Will Soon Soar Again! One Nation Under GOD! GOD Bless America!

The frightening Halloween scarecrow turns up.

Batty plans to continue the run of humor-free strips, right to the bitter end. (2024?)

“They’re so drunk that’s the only way they can stand up.”

Crank probably drove his bus!

ha

“Axelrod was a quarterback in high school.” So… does that mean we’ll get to “delight” in another CTE story? One can only hope.

Also, should we be asking why Rocky is wearing Andy’s shirt? (Even the creators of the strip don’t care enough to remember which character is which, I guess.)

Hey, Batty Whack?

We get it, they’re at Margo Lanes. We don’t need that fact rammed down our throats every day!

So Mary gets bumped for Lena, who can’t bowl?

Max keeps having to remind them to Roll the ball toward the pins.

The owner doesn’t like it when they try to Pitch the ball overhand.

Haha! (＾▽＾)