Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for October 23, 2023

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    J.J. O'Malley  over 1 year ago

    Oh, for the love ofā€¦you SHUT DOWN Montoniā€™s in the other strip last October, Batiuk! Did you FORGET that already? You devoted several days to talking about it closing and FW auctioning off all the memorabilia! Lillian even got her Tiffany lamp back!

    And incidentallyā€¦you had Mopey Pete ALREADY PROPOSE to Min-dull several YEARS ago! Did you forget the carinval engagement tiger. Tom? Did you forget how they went over to Bedside Manor to share the news with a wheelchair-bound Ed andā€¦

    Oh, is that it? Harley the Time-Traveling Janitor absorbed all that with his Chrono-Mop and now you want to start fresh with the old ā€œShe heard proposal, but he was talking about something else altogetherā€ misunderstanding trope? Oh, boy, canā€™t wait!

    Also, a boyfriendā€™s saving pizza for his ā€œbig movesā€ is a detail no woman should share with her mother.

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    Bill Thompson  over 1 year ago

    Sheā€™s so excited to know such a tiger of a man!

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    wherescrankshaft  over 1 year ago

    1) Montoniā€™s officially closed down in the last month of the Funky Winkerbean strip, and these two timelines are supposed to be concurrent now.

    2) According to the Funky Winkerbean strip, Pete Reynolds-Roberts is the highest paid comic book writer in the country, so he should be able to afford to do whatever he wants.

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    OldManOfHockey1  over 1 year ago

    Reopen the Valentine Theater? Move to California? Could either be the proposal?

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    Pongo olā€™ Boy  over 1 year ago

    Mr. Writer must be given a pass because itā€™s difficult to come up with a new idea every year or so.

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

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    j_m_kuehl  over 1 year ago

    Proposal, buys Montoniā€™s Brand and recipes and merges with the Valentine theater, so people can enjoy a Movie and Pizza

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    Bill Thompson  over 1 year ago

    Wait, are we sure that the generic blonde is Mindy? She might be the one who married Mopey Peteā€™s buddy Durwin or Dullard or whatever his name was. Or she might be the one who was once married to Funky, and then hooked up with Masone Jarre. She might even be one of the Doublenut Twins, giving us a Halloween scare.

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    sueb1863  over 1 year ago

    Wait a minute, Montoniā€™s is closed. Unless it reopened or something? But they sold all the furniture and fixtures.

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    French Persons' Savvy Selection of Screaming Elly Premium Member over 1 year ago

    I thought Montoniā€™s closed down?

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    elbow macaroni  over 1 year ago

    Back in the burned out house? Smoke, fire and water damage have made it unlivableā€¦

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    Blu Bunny  over 1 year ago

    Probably a job or business proposal.

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    rockyridge1977  over 1 year ago

    Expectations lead to heart break!

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    Mopman  over 1 year ago

    I canā€™t believe nobody has mentioned this yet, but Montoniā€™s closed. Itā€™s gone! They sold everything! Ed even referenced it being gone a few days ago! Is Batty not even going to attempt to be at all consistent anymore?

    (FYI ā€“ ā€œnobody has mentioned thisā€ was being facetious, as I know that about 6 people have already made the comment.)

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    RonBerg13 Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Hey!

    Itā€™s a comic strip.

    No one is forcing you to read it (in case you didnā€™t know that).

    Besides, comic strips are well know for time travel ability (called the Archives) and ā€˜funkyā€™ changes that occur in the present.

    So, just go along for the ride, but keep your hands and feet inside at all times, please.

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    seismic-2 Premium Member over 1 year ago

    People in Centerville have to drive to Westview to eat greasy pizza with stale crusts? Doesnā€™t Westview have its own places for lousy pizza?

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    tcayer  over 1 year ago

    Just the other day, they talked about Montoniā€™s in the past tense. Batty has completely given up on caring about this strip.

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    lemonbaskt  over 1 year ago

    this will be worse then bookclub week

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    Out of the Past  over 1 year ago

    Uh oh

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    Al Fresco, the Librarian  over 1 year ago

    Mopey Pete is going to Montoniā€™s to pop the question. Pepperoni or sausage?

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    Jim G Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Funky will soon step out of the shower and weā€™ll learn that the whole Montoniā€™s closing down thing was just a dream. In fact, this is all just a dreamā€¦or a nightmare.

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    Jim G Premium Member over 1 year ago

    ā€œPete always saves pizza for his big moves!ā€

    When it comes to Montoniā€™s, the ā€œbig movesā€ are/were usually in the bathroom an hour or two later.

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    grozar  over 1 year ago

    Release the KRAKEN!

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    EXCALABUR  over 1 year ago

    Wants to buy it and get it reopened

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    ToneeRhianRose  12 months ago

    Haha! (ļ¼¾ā–½ļ¼¾)

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