Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for December 18, 2024

The 3 Stooges did this joke better ninety years ago.

Wait a minute…Ed may have contracted some sort of debilitating condition that could eventually leave him sucking on an oxygen tank, unable to speak, and living in isolation at Bedside Manor Retirement Home?I’m there for it!!!

Glitter lawsuits, huh? Now we know why the Valentine strip club shuttered.

am i in the right place? cranky has appeared in 3 of the last 4 strips [and counting]

Love the GIANT 28’’ Sony Trinitron TV from the late 90s. And the announcer, who looks like they plopped a wig on a blobfish.

Who is Billings?

Glitter terrible and better be banned.

I’m afraid that Ed got into the wrong brownies.

…..always trying to make a “buck”!!!!!!!…..they never win……rich on the fees!!!!!

Attention; the surgeon general has convinced the attorney general that living is hazardous to your health.

dont let the kids near gary glitter

tom hanks collects old typewriters interesting hobby tom

Whenever i need legal advice, i retain the sevices of Ruly, Kempt, Shevelled, & Couth.

Lawyers getting desperate?

There are PI lawyers who will sue for millions for ANY malady. Why? They get 28-35% of the settlement, that’s why. Then they blame the insurance companies for high rates. Why are the rates high? PI lawyers suing and getting multi-million dollar settlements. The money for those settlements has to come from somewhere, and the rates companies charged are governed by law. Insurance fraud alone is a multi-BILLION dollar scam.

Wow. Mister Tom “Cancer is no laughing matter” Batuik making a mesothelioma joke. I guess missing out on that Pulitzer yet again has finally broken his spirit.

A pretty good one. Kind of Christmassy and a lawyer joke. Might look good on the wall at the office party.

OK… having worked in a school and having had to shake the glitter out of my clothes when I got home, I’ll give the premise of this strip a grade of “B plus.” The execution brings it down a bit, as the “Ed watches a story on TV rather than interacting with the other characters” device is lifted straight from the very lazy “Shoe,” and the law firm name lands far short of “Dewey, Cheatham and Howe.” But back on the plus side… it’s Ed! In a midweek strip! That’s gotta be good for something. I give this one a “gentleman’s C” grade overall.

Can’t think of it… there’s a new one out there, had a laugh about. Darn memory.

Well, if Crankshaft fought in WWII he would a lot older than 90 years old

I’m not sure if today counts as an Ed appearance. I think that’s a cardboard cutout of him. It never moves.

Could also hire the firm of Duey, Screwum and Howe

“Don’t let your Christmas turn into a holiday horror. Call us!”

Something I don’t understand, and no, it’s not an oddity of the strip, but something that’s happened in the real world.

When they were still common items, NOBODY said “VHS player.” They were called VCRs. Why did the term change?