Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for June 28, 2024

Yeah, Mindull, there’s plenty of room for his green and blue shirts, his black t-shirt and matching pants, and his Daffy Duck pajamas.

Why are you asking him? You’re the one who is engaged to him. You know what clothes he has.

“No, DAD! I meant enough room to hide his corpse!” ED: “Just say yes, Blobfish, and shuffle off.”

Are you joking, Min-dull? Your fiance’s only worn the same two or three shirts in all the years the two of you have been together! Mopey could keep his entire wardrobe in one of those cardboard boxes!

At least Cranky is back again…

Now there is some good advice!

So this maroon keep his precious komix boox collection inside dehumidifier or inside one of em steenky rotten cardboard boxes that is rotting away from funguses and millions of silverfishies colonies in em.

When did Crank get so short and fat?

You get the mortgage she gets the house, even steven.

Pete, you have all of those boxes

“No, not fot your clothes, Silly. This is where you’re going to sleep.”

Courtesy question…….

Cranky speaking from experience….

pizzabox monster has bigger wardrobe then worn down pete

O.M.G. Crankshaft has been in the comic for THREE DAYS IN A ROW! Will the Joy, will the Excitement EVER END????

This is awful, awful stuff. Why did Batty ruin what was a paint-by-numbers enjoyable strip that could have Beetle Bailey’d off into the sunset if he was going to replace the content with this dull crap?

The voice of knowledge-“yawn” he is so wrong!!!

A friend of mine heavily renovated a 93 old home. He took a hall closer & added in attic space to build 10’ by 7’ walk in closet. He installed shoe racks all around the floor. He added shelves, drawers, and a major hanger area.When his g/f (now wife) moved in she took over 85% for herself.

Why is Crankshaft always lingering around?…..Kinda creepy.

Take heed , young man. That is the wisdom of the experienced, senior male, speaking.

Ed Crankshaft; Life Coach.

Now that’s a scary thought! Humorous, but scary!

How about buying a new wardrobe and you can use it, Mindy! Let the poor guy have his space in the closet (for clothes!).

Wow. This has been a real blast. /s

Can we go through the refrigerator next? It’s probably best to save the bathroom for last.

Ed is actually giving good advice here, Pete. Just deal with the limited closet space, not that you really need a lot of it, anyway.

You are all reading this incorrectly. When Minty says “Will this be enough room for you?” she is gesturing with her RIGHT hand.

Imagine what a cartoonist not hobbled by Batiuk’s self-imposed rules might do from this starting point: it’s pretty generally agreed that newlyweds have to either get a new house/apartment or do a major renovation. This avoids conflicts over “she’s changing his house” or “he’s changing her house.” I got married 39 years ago, and my bride moved into my house because we both liked the location. Within two years we had gutted the house out to the shell, completely revised the floor plan (laying the new rooms out together), and installed structural bracing to support a second floor we designed and installed eight years later. We are still living in that house today.

My point being, a skilled writer could use this week as a jumping-off point for a long and interesting story about how MoPete and Minty eventually come to turn his dismal walk-up into their home. Or how they eventually locate and move to their Dream House, which the highest-paid artist in the Komix business should easily afford. Maybe buy an abandoned church (St. Spires after Harry’s awful choir direction drives the congregation away—I mean, this being the Battyverse, after Harry’s superb choir direction grows the congregation to the point where it needs a bigger building) and turn it into a neat and quirky home befitting komix artist/pizzeria owners. There could be conflict along the way, even threats of breakup (one of the leading causes of divorce, right up there with money, is remodeling or moving), with resolution. There could be the opportunity for original art. There could be growth and choices…

Oh right. This is Batty. Forget I said anything.