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1. about 5 hours ago on Crankshaft

   They don’t fume and rage at the comic, they’re having fun mocking it. It’s called snarking. They post snark and have fun reading the posts of others.

   Also, your opinion of how they spend their time is irrelevant, isn’t it?

2. about 6 hours ago on Crankshaft

   Sounds like you had an engineering or mathematics degree. The AMC Pacer was one ugly car, but it was still better looking than a Tesla Cybertruck.

   There are a couple of coincidences here. My older brother graduated in 1984 and aspired to become an air traffic controller, especially after President Reagan laid off many due to the strike. He attended Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma for air traffic controller training. He claims he performed well in the coursework but ultimately failed the practical exam.

   The family I grew up in had an affection for AMC automobiles. The first car I remember was an AMC Rambler station wagon. Dad thought it was a good idea to haul a camper with a station wagon the size of the Rambler. I remember being scared to death as the camper swayed behind us as it pushed the Rambler down hills. Also, I remember the scary feeling of strong gusts of wind on the highway in the plains of Kansas, threatening to roll the car over.

   In the mid-1970s, Dad bought an AMC Hornet two-door. It had a 3-speed manual transmission, and the engine sounded like an army jeep from the movies. I don’t think the car had a parking gear. I remember my older brother parking the car by shifting the transmission into neutral and applying the parking brake. Whenever he sat in the car listening to the stereo with the engine shut off, people would tell him his backup lights were on. To this day, I believe my brother is still infuriated at Lee Iaccoca for what he did with AMC

3. about 9 hours ago on Crankshaft

   Does anyone want to hear how I started my accounting career? No? Sounds boring, doesn’t it?

4. about 11 hours ago on Crankshaft

   Somebody, please correct me if I’m wrong. Isn’t this the third time Skip has interviewed Batton Thomas about his career for a feature story? It’s the third interview, and Batton has yet to reach the point where he was hired by a major syndicate. Batton has yet to share how he started Three O’Clock High, the comic strip he is allegedly most known for.

   How many more of these bland, egotistical, obviously autobiographical “interviews” will TB inflict upon his readers in this strip’s future? Twelve? Twenty?

   Thus far, these Batton Thomas interview story arcs have been limited to one week each. I hope this bloviating Batton Thomas nonsense is over for now, and we get a completely different story arc on Monday. Anything but more of this. Please.

5. 1 day ago on Crankshaft

   Much like Best Actress Award Winner Les Moore, Batton Thomas bails on his students to pursue his dreams. It must be one of TB’s greatest fantasies.

6. 1 day ago on Crankshaft

   Join us on Crankshaft next week when Skip Rawlings interviews a homeless person* living behind the dumpster at Montoni’s about their uneaten pizza crust collection. After the Batton Thomas borefest, the readership of The Sentinel soars.

   *Wally Winkerbean? Is that you?

7. 1 day ago on Crankshaft

   Honk Mimimi. Much like the lack of color in today’s strip, my interest in this story arc has faded.

   Who else here would prefer reading the origin story of how Ed Crankshaft started driving school buses instead of this obviously autobiographical fluff piece? I know I would.

8. 1 day ago on Crankshaft

   You’re mocking somebody, aren’t you?

9. 2 days ago on Crankshaft

   Welcome to the commenting world of GoComics!

10. 2 days ago on Crankshaft

    I think we’re going to be reading this egocentric story arc for a while. Anybody else want to take a stab at writing the lyrics to of The 12 Days of Batton Thomas to the music of The 12 Days of Christmas?

    On the first Day of Batton, Tom Batiuk gave to him, A rowdy local school classroom

    On the second day of Batton, Tom Batiuk gave to him, Two sketch drawings, And a rowdy local school classroom

    On the third day of Batton, Tom Batiuk gave to him, Three sideways panels, Two sketch drawings, And rowdy local school classroom

    On the third day of Batton, Tom Batiuk gave to him, Four purchased papers, Three sideways panels, Two sketch drawings, And rowdy local school classroom