Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for December 25, 2023

Is this entire week just going to be one long victory lap? Let’s find out! Maybe one of those boxes has an entire run of The Flash comics from the 1960s, or banded stacks of $100 bills!

Where’s Crankshaft?

… Pete, they are not returning their purchases for nothing … the items will be returned as is … the purchase price … small mark up … and storage fees … cash.

You can pay them with pizzas.

For those who will (inevitability) say “If you hate it, why do you read it?!” My dudes, I watch Ed Wood movies. The Battyverse surprises you endlessly, and in the same way as Plan 9. It’s just that here, the car crashes happen a lot slower.

I hope we get many more episodes about the wonderful new pizza place!

1) One way to deal with buyer’s remorse.

2) But watch out when they start returning original pizzas that they didn’t eat.

Where does it claim to be an authentic Tiffany lamp? I’ve seen those style lamps in many pizza places, like Pizza Hut, over the years. They are bringing back memorabilia of the place, there was a story line about the band box once, pictures and trophies that were once part of the place people loved. Many times, you hear of places closing and people buying parts as souvenirs to remember it by, even bricks of the walls. Currently there is someone offering pieces of his cut up suit. And can’t those be just random customers, we don’t need to know every person who lives in a comic strip town. Chill out and enjoy the warm fuzzy part, it’s only a comic strip.

Why is this strip still called Crankshaft?

A seething Crankshaft is watching all this and, as his anger rises, he’s building up to his “Do the Right Thing” moment

Merry Christmas!!

Just in time for Christmas!

Crankshaft off for Christmas?

I can’t believe the Zits dad wearing a blonde wig is giving back the bowling trophy he/she bought at auction. I mean, that prized possession must have set her back cents!

I hope that Lil and company aren’t expecting Pete and Mindy to refund the money they spent on that stuff.

Community helping others who need help!!!!!!

This strip should be retitled – The Return of Funky Winkerbean

Great news let the party begin

Like they need that old bowling trophy…

it looks like two people are returning a box of menus ? inquiring crankers wanna know whats in those boxes

Pizzas are on us……

I hope that Tony Montoni himself makes a reappearance sometime.

P 2: “…we’re only returning it because it’s worthless junk that wouldn’t even sell on eBay…”

The only smart person is Crankshaft………..whatever he took, he’s keeping!

You left out Bah humbug.

I know that a lot of you commenters hate this particular comic strip (I’ve always wondered about why you read it, but, then, there are monks who whip themselves, so…),,,

But… Merry Christmas and Happy New year anyway!!

This is nice. But also REALLY weird.

Jeez, from reading some of these comments it feels some some folks feel entitled to a strip that panders to their sensibilities. It’s just a strip and go with the flow. If you don’t like what the author is doing stop reading it.

They even repaired the Band Box so it works again.

I love how something like this brings a community together!