Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for January 07, 2024

How do you get three Sunday papers in Reduce Speed, Ahia?

Hey, over in Lio there’s a guy in a red hat cleaning dead leaves out of his gutter!

So, the Murdoch household is filled to the brims with delivered newspapers, eh? Exactly which print editions is Jfff subscribing to? The only local rag is the irregularly-distributed Centerville Sentinel, of which he and Pmm are seeming shareholders. What else do they get? The Cleveland Plain Dealer? The Wall Street Journal? USA Today? Grit, America’s Family Newspaper? Seems like a weak premise stretched just to present Jfff’s strangely premeditated “punchline.”

Since when do you listen to a paper? Wading it up and throwing in the fireplace to start a fire! That Crank does.

WHEN are these people going to dump those dorky glasses from the 80s?

And none of them carry “Crankshaft”.

Give it up, Weird Al—No one will ever write a better song parody than Batiuk here.

You really couldn’t come up with a word to replace “listen”, Tom? “I’ll sit and read them all by myself.” Took me two seconds to come up with that, and it fits 1000% better. (I’d say it’s like he’s barely even trying, but that’s been pretty evident for a while now.)

Eventually, as the newspaper fold, the number will decrease.

Might a comics paper with a page of news be workable?

Good answer. I miss being able to afford a printed newspaper.

Very creative……sorry it is not appreciated!!!!!!

Give it up, Batty. Print is dead.

Oh, Jeff? Bruce Springsteen’s lawyers called….

Without printed newspapers our puppy would have no place to pee in the house.

I hear in Britain newspapers on paper are holding on better than here.

Love this one!

Pam: You know, Jeff, a simple “yes” could’ve been fine.

At least he has one, unlike you. lol

There might be a battle brewing. Who gets admitted to Bedside Manor first, Ed or Jfff?

As many have pointed out, who “listens” to the newspaper? And why is Jfff calling himself a paperboy? He doesn’t deliver papers.

Those are the actual notes to the song. Apparently, the cartoonists are musicians.

I like his way better.

Wretched.Today’s strip reminds me of those TV commercials where somebody starts singing. When one of them comes on. I hit the “Mute” button. If I want a musical, I’ll find one on TCM.

How did Jfff think of lyrics so quickly?

Where’s Crankshaft?

Probably too embarrassed to appear in this strip!

Several lawsuits against Mad magazine back in the ‘60s established that publishing your own words and saying “to the tune of…” is legally protected under the “fair use” doctrine. However, I do not think that doctrine protects actually duplicating the copyrighted musical notes. It’ll be interesting to see if Batty gets a friendly note from Bob Seger’s lawyers.

Even the Comox Valley Record has gone electronic. I do like being able to get several “papers” via the internet.

I’ve got to say, I used to read the comics in the newspapers, it took 2 papers to get them all. Then, I’d say at least 10 years ago (maybe more), the papers in my area (Dallas & Fort Worth) cut way way back on the comics, and made them smaller and smaller, and that’s when I fired the Newpapers and switched to the “net”. bye bye newspapers, you shot yourselves in the foot.

Newspapers don’t need charge and will still work when they get wet.

Clever ♥♥ :-)

Jfff’s comic book dork is on the front page..

I prefer reading my news rather than having it thrown at me.

I must say … a creative take on my favorite Bob Seger song.

Haha! (＾▽＾)