Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for August 19, 2024

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    Bill Thompson  3 months ago

    Plumbing the depths of Batton Thomas is plumb crazy.

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    eromlig  3 months ago

    Life is rarely so tough that pizza and beer cannot help…

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    Surly Squirrel Premium Member 3 months ago

    The return of Skip Rawlings and Batton Thomas.

    Last week’s nostalgia has been replaced with this week’s nausea.

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    J.J. O'Malley  3 months ago

    Oh, for the love of…these two again?

    Is Skip Bittman so cash-strapped he takes Batton Thomas—Creator of the Once Nationally Distributed Comic Strip “Three O’Clock High”—out for “interview lunches” so he can write them off as a business expense?

    Also…“A longer and more in-depth piece”? You asked him three questions last time, Skippy: You thought (wrongly) that he had retired without checking to see how many strips he was working on; you asked him if he missed the strip he stopped doing without a word about the one still running; and you suggested (again, wrongly) that cartooning was a great way to make a living ( ha ha, inside joke). I can tell you what this interview is “destined for,” Batton, and it rhymes with “cash can.”

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    billsplut  3 months ago

    Say this in any celebrity voice you can: “So what exactly is this interview destined for again?” No, try it! Christopher Walken. Keanu Reeves. Morgan Freeman. Pee-Wee Herman. No matter which voice…sure sounds like something no one would ever say, don’t it?

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    Argythree  3 months ago

    Well, at least we saw Cranky over the weekend…

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    eced52  3 months ago

    In my town a pizza place would be the center of the community. Get it; community center?

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    Kitty Queen  3 months ago

    What a wonderful comic, I’ve been following Ed and family and friends for years.

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    Lord Flatulence Premium Member 3 months ago

    Or, in the common tongue: “Why are you doing this interview?”

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    Blu Bunny  3 months ago

    As Homer Simpson would say, Boooring!

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    KC135E/R BOOMER  3 months ago

    I guess Ed only shows up on Sundays now.

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    dputhoff62  3 months ago

    As Homer also would say, “Be more funny!”

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    French Persons Premium Member 3 months ago

    More ROMEOs?

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    Gent  3 months ago

    Well at least it is look like he going to records this interview.

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    rbrt6956  3 months ago

    So Batton’s question in the first caption is exactly what every Crankshaft reader is thinking right now. Apparently Tom thinks that by giving us a one week reprieve and a single Crankshaft appearance, it will make another week, we pray it is only one week, more palatable.

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    rockyridge1977  3 months ago

    Get on with it…….

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    Cabbage Jack  3 months ago

    Very in depth. Why, he’d only anticipated 2 misused quotes and 3 crappy puns, but lo! he got a 4th crappy pun.

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    Irish53  3 months ago

    All that they need now is for someone to take their order since Min-dumb and Shaggy are still outside messin’ around with the sign and pranking each other.

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    FassEddie  3 months ago

    Where’s Crankshaft? He’s out on the Business Route, looking for the Carefree Highway.

    Carefree Highway, let me slip away, slip away on you.

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    lemonbaskt  3 months ago

    you deserve a break today so get up and get away from crankshaft

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    tcayer  3 months ago

    Longer and in-depth. If it’s longer than the average person can read on the can, you’re both wasting your time.

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    wherescrankshaft  3 months ago

    “Do you like silver age comic books?”

    “Yes!”

    “Do you really like silver age comic books?”

    “Yes!”

    “Do you really, really like silver age comic books?”

    “Yes!”

    “Do you…”

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    John543  3 months ago

    Oh, lord, here comes the “When I found out my wife had cancer…” arc.

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    [Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce]  3 months ago

    Enter Harvard Harvard,The Talking Dog…..

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    Mopman  3 months ago

    Yes, this makes perfect sense. An extremely long 20 page feature on a random comic strip writer. People will be trying to get this paper from all over the country.

    Okay, waiting for people to chime in saying how heartwarming and cute this is. Or whatever

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    Mopman  3 months ago

    Hey, did Brewster Rockit move to Crankshaft-land? He’s doing a book signing!

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    puddleglum1066  3 months ago

    If Skippy’s not shouting, “Oh, Batton, I can’t quit you!” by the end of the week, I’m asking for my money back.

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    Strawberry King  3 months ago

    Pizza makes everything all better.

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