Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for April 21, 2024

To paraphrase Dorothy Parker, it is today’s cover that marks the first place in “Murder by Bookmobile" at which Tonstant Weader fwowed up.

“Kills the reader’s interest dead!” — “Makes Lisa’s Story seem like . . . well, trash, but not the sort that makes the EPA declare your reading room to be a Superfund site.”

If the white chalk outline was for Harry Dinkle, this book would easily make the New York Times best seller list.

I don’t understand why they think displaying a ‘toon sideways will attract more readers. Doesn’t do it for me…

Those women are involved with booking, book ‘em, Crank’o.

Here we go again with another “rotate it 90 degrees” aggravation.

Lilian is trying to sell her books from that vehicle. It’s a Murder-buy bookmobile.

“I’ll bet you still have some ‘book’ mysteries left, Lilian.”

The biggest mystery is why — or even whether — anyone buys her books.

AAAAUGH! Me neck!

Why didn’t he just end Crankshaft and keep doing Funky? Ed would have got more appearances there than he does in his own strip!

Please make it stop.

Just when you thought nothing could be worse than those “Sideways Sunday” AtomiK KomiX covers…

At least no formerly respected comic artist torpedoed his career by guest-drawing this and earning a “tip of the Funky felt-tip.”

21st century edition “Death by PowerPoint”!!!!!!

Is that chalk outline Lisa?

book ’em, Danno

Since the Bookmobile just drove over the victim a second ago, it killed a chalk outline?

whoever committed the crime wilberman will solve it

So the joke here is Lillian can’t sell any of her crummy books and they think that’s somehow funny?

“Hahaha, I bet nobody wanted to read your lousy book and you totally bombed out, Lilllian! It must have crushed your spirit to sit there the whole week and not have one single person come to your table!!”

“Buy something or get out.”

Do they still have bookmobiles? I shifted to e-books when I realized that I could downsize my bookshelves and save money in the process…

LOOK I DON’T READ DOWN TO UP: I READ LEFT TO RIGHT!