Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for March 12, 2024

It’s like “Waiting for Godot”…if you take away the humor, pathos, drama, style, and symbolism and are left with just some guy waiting.

I like seeing Crankshaft this happy

… It is 10:00 pm. They’re not going to make a delivery this late. Your package probably went back to the sort center.

Its called waiting!

It’s nice to see Pmm changing it up a bit instead of her usual catchphrase, “What are you doing, Dad?”

Must be something he really needs, like diapers or something, if he’s standing by the door waiting like a dog.

OMG is he for real?

he’s for real—he’s the crabby old relative that is found in one of every three families.

The awaited package has something to do with food.

Seems to have that one focus……..always a “letdown” after the fact!

comics need some excitement not bad jokes . i propose a ladders tables and chairs match . the teams are cranky and lillian vs dr jeff and mary worth vs count crushinski and tildy special referee judge parker . the winners get a weekend trip to a bingo parlor !!!!

He must be a pretty rich guy

At least he’s not parked on the couch. Like me. I’d be hella parked.

So, the UPX strike got settled? Or has it been retconned so that it never happened (meaning, Batty Whack forgot his story lines AGAIN)?

And when Cranky is in the ‘toon, they make him look stupid not funny or ornery!

You know, Ed, you do have a five-days-a-week job and an on-again, off-again girlfriend you could be devoting this time and energy towards. Just saying.

I’m not sure if this was covered during the ‘UPX Strike’ arc, (and I just don’t feel like looking it up) but, W hiskey T ango the F oxtrot is UPX supposed to stand for? I’m sure Batty thinks he’s found a clever way of not using the name of an actual company. However, if a business is going to use three letters that don’t necessarily spell a word for its name, those letters will typically be the initials of some phrase that describes the business.

And between his ears is a stop gap.

He spoke? Nerts… I was hoping he’d died and gone into rigor mortis.

I just want to know where he puts all that stuff.

Who’s that old guy? This is the second day with him. : )

Of course, the reason the UPX truck is taking so long is that it’s stuck behind a school bus going extra slow.

On the plus side, this arc encouraged me to go back and read a good “waiting for a package” story—the one where Calvin orders the propeller beanie.