Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for July 04, 2024

And of course nobody mentioned that beforehand.

Well, you can’t say today’s entry isn’t patriotic.

Putin, Xi, and Kim are on the phone with the White House. They are claiming Cranky’s grill is an act of war.

Well Pete welcome to the family!

And we have lift off…… almost.

With some exceptions, it seems that many comics today fall into a few different categories: 1 – “Legacy” comics, i.e., re-runs for dead cartoonists, or “retired” cartoonists too lazy to work for their meal ticket.. 2 – So boring that watching paint dry is considered dangerous.. 3 – Drawn by insufferable, entitled, embittered narcissists who think they’re owed some great debt from society.. I’ll let you figure out who’s who…

I’m guessing people who attend his cookouts must sign waivers first . . .

The artwork is unbelievably bad. I guess Davis couldn’t find any appropriate Chuckie Ayres clip art.

The dumb grill thread again

So this makes…..sense? Lighter fluid, gasoline, and….fireworks to light the grill? Fireworks that you have to light?

The fire from the roof will fall into the grill and start the coals. Call it a win.

Ya think?!

INCOMING !

OK I’ll say it. Who has two picnic tables in their backyard?

Actually I’m happy to have a week with Cranky even if it includes Mopey Pete.

No, it definitely wasn’t.

Crankshaft’s hand would be blown off, if he survived at all. Really scraping bottom here.

bah humbug lets check gil thorps cookout i could use a lemonade

Imagine that!!!!!

Ya think!

Crankshaft isn’t repeating his old mistakes, he’s making new ones

Points for creativity

Long past time to retire, Tom.

We all know the definition of insanity. Does he ever actually COOK anything?

Not gonna lie, I actually liked today’s strip. For once, Batty was topical.

Once, we were camping, and I had a huge bag full of all different fireworks. I pulled out a Roman candle, stuck it in the sand on the beach, and lit it. The first fireball launched with a muted PUHH sound, went like 8 feet in the air, and arced back and landed right int the bag of fireworks! We all dove for cover, as the bag exploded into a 10-minute fireworks display that rivaled any professional display. What were the odds?

I’m glad Ed tells us he was using fireworks to start the grill in panel two, because otherwise I’d have no idea at all what panel one is supposed to be. Microscopic examination of deformed sperm, maybe?

Who had the bigger disaster? Ed or Lio?

The man’s a menace to society.

Why are there always so many complaints about this strip? If you don’t like it, please stop reading it and spare the rest of us who understand that comic strips are a fantasy of the authors and will not appeal to everyone. The comments here are most often complaints about the author.. on other strips, the comments are advice to one of the characters, which is equally inane. This is fantasy, not the real world.Enjoy Crankshaft or don’t enjoy it. Please spare the rest of us your whining.

ya’ think?

Looks like a pretty spectacular display, though!

Notice how the first panel is against a black night-time background, while the second panel is against the blue sky of afternoon. Apparently Ed bought his fireworks from TimeMop®, the Rather Elegant Solution™.

and the tradition continues

Pretty tho.

A culinary first—-hamburgers well-done with M80 Sauce