Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for February 17, 2023

Ed must have went ahead and started that puppy on eleven.

ooooooogh ooooooogh ooooooogh

It’s funny because he always destroys people’s stuff.

The trusty old Quick Melt 5000 still has it.

The Salvador Dalí of ice sculpture.

Stupid.

It’s FIRE. What did they expect to happen???

This is a level of stupidity previously unexplored by man.

I think Ed might have won that ribbon, he is great at creating disaster

The snow looks light and fluffy. Has anyone considered, you know, a broom?

they really didn’t see that coming??

Could have been a funny storyline, but the painfully obvious conclusion ended that chance.

Will someone please take that flamethrower away from Ed before he hurts somebody?

A leaf blower would have worked just fine.

I did not see that coming………

If there’s one thing I’ve learned after years of reading this strip, it’s “Don’t let Ed near any sources of combustion.”

And that’s the closest Batiuk will get to such a ribbon.

To paraphrase Oppenheimer, Now I am become Crankshaft, the destroyer of sculptures.

Haha! XD I’m surprised the ribbon survived!