Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for July 24, 2023

“But—but—I’m on a fixed income! That was my life savings! WHAT DID YOU INVEST IT IN?!” Crankshaft: “My son-in-law bought SO MANY COPIES of comic books, he needed an imaginary gremlin to carry them! He has SO many X-Force #1s and Deaths of the Superman! We’re RICH! He also got Beanie Babies and POGs.”

The government’s hostility to businesses are making fatal shots on our retirement investments.

“OK, maybe sinking half our funds into Twitter wasn’t such a good idea. But we have it covered, since I invested the other half in cryptocurrency!”

“When is your son-in-law coming back from California with those red hot comic books we asked him to pick up?”

Gotta admit, though, today’s offering was by ’Shaft standards legit amusing. Thumbs up.

They likely had a sizable stake in SVB.

“I bought an expensive diamond and then I took a picture of it with my phone and then I smashed the diamond with a hammer. Now, all I have to do is sell the NiFTy pic and we’re in the money” (a real thing).

“I’m not sure that investing in ’Lisa’s Story’ was such a good idea”.

Making light of a bad deal…..

“Investing at comics books at our age, by buying them at top dollar at a convention may not have been the wisest choice.”

Hey, it’s Crankshaft. What’s he doing here?

Might be time to talk with Merrill Lynch, and, co. (Or, whatever name Chase has given them now.)

Now we are getting somewhere….Crankshaft!

I’m in agreement with Ralph. Not only is Ed right about their investment club, it could apply to who knows how many others.

Featuring Ed Crankshaft, not comic books, led to a decently funny strip. Who would have thought? The readers who kept asking, “Where’s Crankshaft” apparently.

Will we receive an entire story arc featuring Ed Crankshaft this time, or will it be another week of standalone strips?

Obviously, they didn’t invest in the mailbox manufacturing industry.

that Metamucil stock is finally paying off

Haha! XD