Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for January 05, 2025

“Snow job,” also known as “Batiuk’s job description.”

The answer is blowing in the wind.

(Warning. Stay up wind, the answer may stink.)

Tommy loves Les, Lillian and Dinkle! His readers hate them. But this lady, who Tombo can’t even remember the name of, is history’s greatest monster. She stopped Tom one time at band camp, when he was face-first in a Tony Montana sized coke pile. SHE WILL PAY forever in his memory. Or maybe she didn’t let Tom go ahead of her in line at the grocery store in 1985. She had toothpaste and celery, but Tom had 3 carts worth! Let him go FIRST! TOM IS MORE IMPORTANT, and he NEEDS TO SNORT THE SNOW! (Hey, lady, just write a book, and to Tom yer Mother Theresa)

You’re not on the list because you didn’t qualify for the position.

Or, you could just come out and explain to Lena that, of the five people who have made up the bus garage bowling team for decades now, she is the worst bowler and therefore will serve as substitute. I mean, she must be aware of her lack of kegling ability, right? Just like she’s aware of how bad her brownies…oh, yeah.

Seriously, are we supposed to feel sorry for someone who can’t see the obvious?

13-0-3

Suggested bricks

Ahia snow is brown and smelly and comes from the northbound end of a southbound Angus? ‘Cause that’s what I smell here…

hey lena theres this guy called dirk that can give you bowling tips but be prepared to be called nerd old woman and bad baker

Whoa, Lena is out of character today. She knows what’s going on.

We don’t have to ask where is Crankshaft……..

………and it is getting deep!!!!!!

I have the proper answer to Lena’s question in the second panel, but I can’t say it here…!

“What’s this!?”

It’s a bowling league roster, you fool…! It even says so at the top!

Does this mean you cannot read?

A reliable sub IS the most important person on any bowling team.