Maybe I slipped and hit my head this week and don’t recall it, but today’s concluding vignette isn’t that bad. It’s not a knee-slapper joke or clever quip, but a nice enough slice of life that really does feel in character and a quarter-inch from reality. I say a thumbs up with a C-plus grade.
And so begins the story arc of Ed dealing with CTE which will end with him, somehow, acquiring Bull Bushka’s old high school football helmet which he will wear as he drives his schoolbus filled with children over one of the many cliffs of Ohio.
The humor is in Crankshaft’s (there he is) curmudgeonliness. He is a good old guy who is only guilty of malapropisms and an unfortunately proclivity for being a fire bug. The strip is clever, well drawn, and filled with running gags. A good diversion in this world of division and strife. If you can’t see how good this thing is then you need to try harder
Bill Thompson 8 months ago
“Well, the mortician was busy . . . "
J.J. O'Malley 8 months ago
Maybe I slipped and hit my head this week and don’t recall it, but today’s concluding vignette isn’t that bad. It’s not a knee-slapper joke or clever quip, but a nice enough slice of life that really does feel in character and a quarter-inch from reality. I say a thumbs up with a C-plus grade.
Argythree 8 months ago
So Cranky CAN be normal. Nice to know…
B UTTONS 8 months ago
… I am still writing you out of my will Pam.
Hamady Sack Premium Member 8 months ago
Next stop . . .
Fetzee 8 months ago
Next week Crankshaft has trouble ordering seeds from bean catalogue on his computer
Mopman 8 months ago
So his head hurts, his neck hurts, his back hurts, but getting examined by a doctor relieved all that? Did he get a shot of morphine?
rockyridge1977 8 months ago
……his left brain is coming back!!!!!!
ladykat 8 months ago
You’ll have to; Ed won’t.
lemonbaskt 8 months ago
well if he was gonna die nobody wanted his organs anyway
WilliamVollmer 8 months ago
Ed’s improvement in his physical well being, is tempered by the hurt to his wallet.
DawnQuinn1 8 months ago
Huh?? Who are YOU and what did you do with J.J. O’Malley? lol
Foob 8 months ago
And so begins the story arc of Ed dealing with CTE which will end with him, somehow, acquiring Bull Bushka’s old high school football helmet which he will wear as he drives his schoolbus filled with children over one of the many cliffs of Ohio.
FassEddie 8 months ago
Get yourself some YakTraks, folks! I keep a pair in every car!
puddleglum1066 8 months ago
In the spirit of today’s strip, I’m rounding my comment up to a smirk.
chief tommy 8 months ago
The humor is in Crankshaft’s (there he is) curmudgeonliness. He is a good old guy who is only guilty of malapropisms and an unfortunately proclivity for being a fire bug. The strip is clever, well drawn, and filled with running gags. A good diversion in this world of division and strife. If you can’t see how good this thing is then you need to try harder
PaulLeckner 8 months ago
Crankshaft has a hard time showing gratitude.