Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for April 27, 2024

“Thanks! What did you like the least? The ten-year cancer wallow? The guy with CTE committing suicide? The violinist getting her ARM ripped off??” Guy: “Umm, yeah, great to meetcha, but—Gotta Go!” Bottom of the Barrel Thomas follows him: “The teen pregnancy? The DATE RAPE, that was cool right, when I MADE MY DAUGHTER READ ABOUT IT? The LITERAL EXTINCTION OF MOST OF HUMANITY THAT MY DAUGHTER CAUSED?! Oh, OHH, wait until THE BURNINGS!” (TOM slumps in a corner) “Why do no grandmothers put my strips on their fridges?”

“Big Prozac in particular loves me!”

“‘Almost’ every day? Why, the day ‘Three O’Crock High’ debuted is still known as Lemming Monday!”

Ain’t it conceited narcissism if author’s caricature in his own komix is gets praises by fictional fans?

“Bummer who?——Oh, sorry, I thought you were the guy who does ‘Rex Morgan, MD’!”

“‘Almost" every day. Batton was too lazy to create a Sunday installment.

More self-congratulatory nonsense. What are the odds that Batty will keep this going another week… with the apex being some big surprise award?

“Well, true, but you had such great ideas! What you did with that little boy and his stuffed tiger was pure genius.”

“Um, that’s Bill Watterson.”

“Oh – didn’t you do Calvin and Hobbes?”

“No. I did Three O’Clock High.”

“Oh! Wow, this is embarrassing! I’m at the wrong bookstore!” runs out, passes a bunch of people coming in “He’s not Bill Watterson.”

Crowd: “Oh.” they all leave too

At least someone is getting a laugh ‘almost’ every day…unlike readers of this strip.

Batton: My comic sucks, what didcha expect?

If the cartoonist continues this book-signing nonsense into next week, we can start calling him “One-Trick Batiuk.”

I call foul! That hastily made “meet the author” sign isn’t at an angle and sloppily taped to the wall! How did Batty let Davis get away with that?

Panel three: If you ever wondered what Komix Koroner John would look like without that dead skunk on his head… well, now you know.

Customer: “Oh, you’re the real Batton Thomas? Signing your own collection of Three O’Clock High strips? Sorry. I thought this was a signing for The Collected Three O’Clock High Snark boxed set.”

Batton (sighs): “That’s over at the big-box bookstore in the mall. This store isn’t big enough to handle the crowds.”

is Crankshaft going to show up for this?

Most readers just call him Batty

I guess that is calling a spade a spade!!!!!!!………. they speak clearly and directly about things, even embarrassing or unpleasant things.

meanwhile a casting director bringing his parakeet to the vet spots three children to be in his remake of children of the corn

This arc is a cry for help.

WHO is this? and Where is Crankshaft?

How much do you have to pay them?

Until this week, I didn’t think you could depict such blatant masturbation in a newspaper strip.

Why is everyone so negative? I see nothing wrong with this story arc.

Tell me what is funny about today’s strip.

To all those who entertain us daily with their witticism of the day, our eternal thanks……

The fan reminds me of Buck Bedlow, a.k.a. Cinderblock head. Cinderblock head Jr.?

He has a bit of a flap-top, too. Frankenstein’s Monster Jr.? It makes sense that Batton Thomas’ number-one fan is some monstrosity from the ranks of the freshly resurrected.

The funniest part is that he looks like a different person in each of the three panels. Clip art from three different sources?

Maybe Dan Davis did it.

EEENNNDDD!!!

I agree with James Noury. The negative comments here are really senseless and unproductive. If you can’t stand it don’t bother to read it. Move on to the next comic.