Recent Comments

1. 18 days ago on Crankshaft

   Me (at workplace): Hello, tech support. I need a new monitor. It fell over and broke.

   Tech Support: Again? You’ve got to stop reading Tom Batiuk sideways strips.

2. 18 days ago on Crankshaft

   If your name is “Reeky Rat”, or “Shady Shrew” some jacka​ss named Slylock Fox will continually accuse you whenever a petty crime is committed. You have no shot at a normal life. No shot.

3. 18 days ago on Crankshaft

   Mouse control is also rotated 90 degrees, which takes some getting used to. It works, which is the main thing.

   There was a guy who wrote a JavaScript a few years ago to rotate a comic strip 90 degrees, which was pretty cool. I can’t remember if that was on GoComics or the Comics Kingdom. Unfortunately, due to all the website updates, it no longer functions well. For example, on GoComics, the image rotates, but the bottom of the strip is chopped off by the top of the comments area.

   Another way is to read the comic strip in your smartphone and turn off auto-rotate. You need to turn off auto-rotate, or you’ll be like a dog chasing its tail.

4. 19 days ago on Crankshaft

   Years ago, in a Crankshaft_/Funky Winkerbean crossover, Lillian thought about putting her house up for sale and moving into a retirement home. Best Actress Award Winner Les Moore and his spouse the Not Quite Dead Yet St. Lisa almost bought Lillian’s house. Lillian changed her mind about moving and kept the house, leaving the Moore’s to find a home in Westview.

   Wouldn’t it have been great to have seen the Best Actress Award Winner Les Moore, the victim of Ed’s endless shenanigans? (contented sigh)

5. 19 days ago on Crankshaft

   I’m confused. Where’s Lillian? Isn’t this her comic strip now? /s

6. 20 days ago on Crankshaft

   What’s this? A Crankshaft comic strip featuring physical comedy and two original Crankshaft characters?

   Welcome back!

7. 21 days ago on Crankshaft

   But seriously, at this point, I’m just grateful The Burnings© is over (I hope). I’ll take Lillian and Ed discussing falling leaves over Batty’s ineffectual prestige arc any day.

   Things could be worse than what we’re currently viewing. Considering how stories have been this year in “Cranky Funkershaft,” I’m happy we’re not reading “Skip Rawling’s: The Batton Thomas Interviews — Part III”.

8. 21 days ago on Crankshaft

   Lillian has appeared in the strip about 45 of the last 50 days. I think Batty has a crush on ol’ Lil. I wouldn’t be surprised if he renamed the strip Crankshaft — Featuring Lillian McKenzie.

   Can Lillian’s spindly old legs support the whole strip?

9. 22 days ago on Crankshaft

   More unanswered questions. What would happen if a student’s parents refused to let them read Fahrenheit 451? Would they have to repeat Best Actress Award Winner Les Moore’s class? What if Best Actress Award Winner Les Moore chose an equally controversial book the following semester? I hope his course is an elective and not a required class necessary to graduate.

   What if the student refused to read the book because they were afraid of what might happen to them?

   I’d ask Batty, but he moved on from this story 11 months ago.

   Batty: Onward and upward! Excelsior!

10. 22 days ago on Crankshaft

    A brief poll. How many people would have enjoyed The Burnings© more if the mob had beaten Best Actress Award Winner Les Moore to death, and the gang gave him a viking funeral on Summit Lake? There’s a burning we can all enjoy.