Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for February 06, 2025

“You’re all washed up, Harry!”

Heart attack, heart attack, heart attack, heart attack, heart attack, heart attack, heart attack, heart attack…

Ah, yes, now this is what readers come to “Crankshaft” for: flashbacks to old or imagined “Funky Winkerbean” stories starring Harry L. Dinkle. Who needs appearances by the old codger in the red jacket and baseball cap?

“Building the Ark will give you a heart atack-tack-tack-tack-tack” (With apologies to Billy Joel)

Harry ark, like this arc will sink like a lead anchor.

Here comes the flood of cancellations from newspaper editors.

Let’s hope that this “ark” doesn’t last for 40 days and 40 nights. Pray that Harry’s rain is short.

Boring…

Nice uni. He looks like a third world dictator. What a dork.

This is just bad

Stick a cigar in your ear and listen to the band

……..did not have to say it that LOUD!!!!!!

cranky enjoying a mr pibb and nachos as he watchs some dope yell at this dumb girl because she cant bowl

Enough of this! Bring back TPBM!

So… the point of this strip is that God is actually Princip’l Nate?

Guys like Dingles are the reason that kids who are accomplished band musicians won’t join the marching band. The guy at my HS had that effect on kids for sure.

It’s funny because the Voice From Above is in fact the voice of Satan, who is throwing his voice. Wait until Harry discovers that his Ark will have a giant hole in its bottom, sinking him when the flood comes.

Voice From Below: “Harry, become my agent of chaos and steal the Crankshaft comic strip from the title character!”

Will he become flotsam or jetsam? Stay tuned if you dare, or care, or are just here for the whining ;-)

This IS a nightmare for Dinkle. God is talking to Dinkle. Dinkle thought he WAS God.

God… what’s a cubit?

Batiuk, you ruined Dinkle as a character almost 20 years ago with the whole “tragically deaf – no wait! not anymore!.” Notwithstanding that his antics are heavily dated at this point and more off-putting than relatable, you can’t put the genie back in the bottle just by ruining Crankshaft with this garbage character.

Is he holding the word bubble from first case?