Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for February 22, 2024

Dream on, dude.

It is! And also the 4th day of the punchline being “Mocking mental illness is FUNNY!” Nice that his hat looks like it was run over by bulldozer—but the calendar is accurate! Yep, I like to see strips where the main guy looks like he lost ten fistfights with Andy Capp, but—THE 29TH IS ON A THURSDAY!

Also the fourth day without a joke this week. Funny how that works out, isn’t it?

Incidentally, Ed, it’s late February. Don’t you have a school bus driving job to go to?

Think of the mound of packages you’ll get all at once, Ed. That’ll send you over the moon.

Better find a new hobby, Cranky…

Put on your ruby slippers, click your heels three times, saying “there’s no place like home.”

He’s gotten used to “instant gratification”.

ANNOUNCER VOICE-OVER:

“In today’s ‘Wizard of Id’, the role of Spook will be played by Ed Crankshaft.”

1st panel, I feel like that at times and I’m not waiting on any strike to be over.

The strike ends. Ed waits anxiously for his first shipment.

The shipment of several boxes arrives.

He rejoices – then crams them into the garage where he’s hoarding all of his other unopened purchases. He then heads back to the computer to order more things he doesn’t need and will never use.

What’s that on the wall to right of calendar?

so just go out and knock over somebody’s mailbox

If this keeps up he’ll have to start shopping on amazon.

Why do strikers have to be so unreasonable?

Yeah, so?

Ooh, I got excited when I saw P1. Ed is finally paying for his willful destruction of property, his malicious, repeated behavior of endangering the lives of children……and then see that it was only his imagination. Darn.

I only have two panels.

Crank is in misery!!!!!!!….and time is time!!!!!!!

Dialogue from an old sitcom THE GOVERNOR AND JJ

“Good news,Governor. The s trike is over!”

“Which one? Transit, garbage, or teachers?”

“I don’t know. I’ll find out as soon as the phone strike is over”

FedEx: Your package will arrive Friday at 5pm. USPS: Your package will arrive sometime this year. Amazon: Your package is in transit, and here are 22 more things like it you may want to order. UPS: What package?

The strip isn’t funny, but I’m going to blow up panel 1 and hang it on my fridge!

ok lets see how bad luann is today

Maybe Ed has forgotten there are other mail order places on the net. He should start hunting around to find out better places and other delivery services. That is, if Tom Batiuk wants anything more to this story line!

Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen,

Nobody knows but Jesus.

Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen,

Glory, Hallelujah.

Pssst to Andrews-McMeel Syndicate: offer that first panel as a suitable-for-framing print. They’ll sell like hotcakes!

God forbid he should support his local garden center.

“he’s got the DT’s…”