Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for October 10, 2024

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    J.J. O'Malley  2 months ago

    …and that’s the first and last time I want to see “Lillian” and “flash” in the same sentence.

    By the by: Mopey’s contact list and Lil’s contact list combined does not explain what Ed’s bus driving comrades Rocky and Bill are doing there.

    Still, I do like Pmm standing back there with the Grady Twins trying to figure out if she’s related to them. “Is one of you Hannah? Is the other one Mindy? There’s too many generic blondes here!”

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    wherescrankshaft  2 months ago

    The store stands. The inventory remains. The book is still “not recommended” at one school. 40 days and nothing has changed.

    The Burnings©, everyone.

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    Blu Bunny  2 months ago

    For a grand total of what, about 10.

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    billsplut  2 months ago

    This is a painfully boring anticlimax, so I guess it is the climax! Unless Tom realizes he has more to not-say.

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    billsplut  2 months ago

    Tom is right at the cutting edge of “Omigawd, remember 15 years ago and ‘flash mobs’?!” and “Grandpa…What the heck was a ‘flesh mop’? Do you need your pills?”

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    scote1379 Premium Member 2 months ago

    ^ I see the usual negative Birds are here ! ^

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    Rhetorical_Question   2 months ago

    Where is the video surveillance tapes?

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    French Persons' Celebration of Peeved Harry Dinkle Premium Member 2 months ago

    Wow! How original!

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    Fetzee  2 months ago

    The police never bothered to show

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    Old Tarf Premium Member 2 months ago

    Good, timely arc. Thanks, Batiuk & Davis. Next.

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    Cabbage Jack  2 months ago

    Pete doing some fast talking to explain why he has a pair of 13 year old girls in his contacts

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    Cabbage Jack  2 months ago

    There’s some classic WInkerbean: can’t have a goil be the hero.

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    dave.mcconnell  2 months ago

    so all you folks can’t enjoy a beautiful idea you have to pick it apart then why are you reading comics

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    Mopman  2 months ago

    I’m trying to figure out how they “saved the day”. They showed up with signs promoting the opposite and the “angry mob” didn’t really care.

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    elbow macaroni  2 months ago

    The day isn’t saved until the Nazi mob is under arrest.

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    rockyridge1977  2 months ago

    Well….if it works…..it works!!!!!

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    Daltongang Premium Member 2 months ago

    As usual, stupidity slinks away like a thief in the night when confroneted by common, decent folks that aren’t buying their lies, misconceptions and ignorance.

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    puddleglum1066  2 months ago

    Nice of MoPete to take credit for whatever just happened, but he needs to get his sorry behind back to Montoni’s for tomorrow’s pizza party and smirk-a-thon!

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    lemonbaskt  2 months ago

    its already oct 10 so he had to wrap up to do pumpkin spice and last leaf on the tree jokes to keep up with the other cartoonist s out there

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    [Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce]  2 months ago

    And now that it’s all over, Nobody buys anything and Lillian is still behind on her rent

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    tcayer  2 months ago

    Why did Mindy have Lillian’s contacts? Did Mopey just happen to have that shirt lying around?

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    Mimi Premium Member 2 months ago

    Well. I have not been on the computer or the Go Comics since Sept 20 and have just power read this thread. This is the most powerful comic I have absorbed in a great while. When I saw the yellow tee-shirt, it jumped out at me and grabed me by the hair, shook me to the core and I bolted upright. Winkerbean. It hit a nerve. No one should be censored. Even the fans who wish to ‘pick’ the comics apart. Thanks for the reality check, Tom and Dan.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member 2 months ago

    First panel Cranky in the background…..second panel gone with the wind……

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    Surly Squirrel Premium Member 2 months ago

    What? That’s it? The conflict is over? What happened to the “compelling storyline” the puff piece mentioned? What happened to the “astute, insightful look” into book censorship? Where are the “a-ha moments that make you sit up a little straighter in your chair”? Did Batyuk sneak those into the strip when I wasn’t looking? Nobody knows how to sand down the edges on the drama of a story quite like Batyuk.

    I thought this story arc was supposed to run through October. What’s next? A three-week epilogue where everyone congratulates themselves for defeating (the literally) faceless horde?

    Mopey Pete: “Let’s all go for pizza at Montoni’s! Lillian’s treat!”

    Lillian: “We can all share stories where we’ve all enjoyed reading books. But first, let’s make sure all those kids get their books.”

    How saccharine. The line to puke forms behind me.

    The Burnings©. Yet another prestige arc brought to you by Future Pulitzer Winner When Hell Freezes Over Tom Batiuk.

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    seismic-2 Premium Member 2 months ago

    So, do the students still get their books (which were apparently undamaged in two bookstore fires)? Will Les Moore be forced to give the books out himself (which is of course what he should have done in the first place)? And will he get away with teaching the book, contrary to the explicit policy of the school board? Let’s not forget what this whole protest was all about. Oh wait, Batiuk forgot, so we can too. Let’s just hope the next story arc doesn’t keep changing while it’s going on, as this one did.

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    EntrancedCat  2 months ago

    Why did Pete take off his Miss Congeniality sash?

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    be ware of eve hill  2 months ago

    Scenes We’d Like to See (but never will):

    Best Actress Award Winner Les Moore: Hi guys! What’s up? Oh, my. What happened to your stairs, Lillian? It looks like you had a fire. Was there a fire? Are my students’ books all right? I knew I shouldn’t have trusted you. Why is everyone holding a sign? Why does everyone look angry? Was it something I said?

    Later on…

    Emergency Room Doctor: I’ve never seen anything like it. How many signs does this man have up his backside?

    Emergency Room Nurse: I counted 14. It’s going to hurt a lot to remove them. That man is going to have a lot of splinters and paper cuts.

    Best Actress Award Winner Les Moore moans in agony as he lies prone on the emergency room bed.

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    lemonbaskt  2 months ago

    skippy went home fast he only lives a arms length from lillian

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    Ionizer  2 months ago

    Well, still boring. Later

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