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

Oh boy.

Where’s Crankshaft?

Doppelganger? Is this Batiuk’s relatively subtle way of criticizing Davis’s artwork?

Cushlamachree, is there a Batiuk trope missing from today’s strip? It’s set in a Komix Korner whose sole patron is Batton Thomas (Creator of the Once-Syndicated Comic Strip “Three O’Clock High) standing around reading hardcover reprints. In walks Jfff (in his Blue Bombers sweatshirt), who of course has to refer to BT as “the famous cartoonist.” And topped off by Crazy Harry calling them “Captain Silver Age” and “Kid Silver Age” (which makes no sense, since both Batton and Jfff were kids in the early ’60s and seem to be within 10 years of each other’s age now). Oh, and DSH John is there, too. There is no real joke, of course, just the stage being set for a week or so of Silver Age comic book fanboy service.

Can we please go back to the Ohioana Book Festival?

I’m SO …. “confused!!!!”

:-(

GAAAAH! Not another korny week at Komix Korner.

Nice memories. Eons ago my dad was in the Air Force, stationed in Germany, and my mom used to leave me with a family friend who worked at the BX (Base Exchange) while she did some shopping. I would sit and read comics ‘off-the-rack’ until mom returned. That was a totally different world than we live in now.

“Are you here to award my Pulitzer Prize?”

Jeff only owns one sweatshirt it appears

Ugh, another week of comic book store “jokes”.

“Hey, Batton! This isn’t a library! Buy that or put it down and get out.”

Cripes. Didn’t we do this arc already this year? Twice?

Uh oh

Whoa! Is that K-2SO?

Silver Age comics, Zinc Age comic strip.

The only place anywhere where “Ladies Drink Free” hours (or whatever passes for that in a comics store), attracts zero takers.

A cast of unknowns. Where’s Crankshaft?

Looks like a good place to get molested.

That robot by the door looks like something Magnus the Robot Fighter would have fought in defense of North AM.

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Maybe it time this be renamed to Cranky Winkerbean. Or maybe to Funkyshaft. Which is better name? Answers now. Winner gets free autographed copy of Dinkle’s book as well as a free Bean’s End Catalogue.

Reunion of sorts!!!!

no shoes no shirts no service

how come the sensitive people never comment when theres no attempt at a joke at all

What’s that obnoxious, annoying clunking sound?

Oh, that’s just the dialogue in the Crankshaft comic.

That’s world famous cartoon strip creator to YOU, peasant!

Vigorous wanking going on today.

Hooray for Winnipeg!

It’s “The Inferior Four”

When you have a comic strip featuring nothing but bland characters, you inevitably end up with a bland comic strip.

How long will it be before one of these characters mentions “omnibus edition”?

On the plus side, Batton Thomas seems to understand pretty well that he’s a washed-up has-been. Know thyself, weed hopper…