Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for September 12, 2023

No need to feel sorry, Ed, not when your words about your breed inspire such schadenfreude!

The terrified first grader realizing that even her Grammy dies—that look on the child’s face -the horror, knowing Grammy will get pneumonia because of this sociopathic madman, he who lives only for the cruelty he commits- Now, THAT’S funny! —10/10, Hannibal Lecter

Think twice, Ed, she’ll probably out live you!

4th panel, better say sorry or I’ll use my umbrella on you where you sit!

Crank, grandma probably filed a file cabinet worth of complaints already … want more?

Tom’s that old man shrieking at the 16 year old cashier in the express lane because his “50% off a Moons Over My Hammy” Denny’s coupon that expired when Bush was president isn’t being honored in the Publix for his Metamucil.

Gawd..

Okay, the joke today isn’t bad. The set-up, however, makes little sense. This past Spring we had the great “all the parents are dropping their kids off and picking them up” moment. If that’s still the case this Fall, why is Cranky even driving a bus? If it’s not, doesn’t the school district have a list of which students need bus service and plan his route accordingly, so that this shouldn’t come as a surprise to him?

“Just shut up and take my grandkid to school, you miserable old geezer!”

He’s prolonging the conversation to keep them standing in the rain. They finally just turn around and walk off.

Have you seen a school loop line lately? No thanks, no way. If I had to drive my child to school, you can believe I’d drop him off a block away and let him walk the rest of the way just to avoid that traffic jam. BTW – (not kidding here) when I grew up, I walked my .7 mile to school every day – to and from – all weather – starting from my first day at kindergarten. It was uphill both ways.

Yeah, the comic was crap

Come on Granny! Report Crank to supervision! Get old butt-face FIRED!

Ed, I hope that commentary wasn’t part of plan to get Grandma to go out with you? Because that line failed as much as the line you threw out back in the day.

Why read this comic if you don’t like it are you that bored

why isn’t ed driving the short bus ?

unfortunately there is another dying breed – school bus drivers

So… he drives a school bus. He is actually grilling a guardian who is trying to send their kid to school.

Just drive Ed

I’ll give Crankshaft some credit for the last panel, at least he acknowledged that what he said in Panel 2 wasn’t quite right.

I wonder if “vanishing breed” might have been better?

Yes it s funny. Cherish each day. Don’t be such a worry wort. Stop the don and gloom.

Stop analyzing…….go to the political cartoons…laugh!

Actually, Ed’s spot-on: Granny is known all over town for how she colors fabrics. (I was going to say “how she colors her hair,” but the GC colorist kinda shut that out by making it Gray Number Four.)

(Joke credit to Rich “Svengoolie” Koz, who once turned Lon Chaney’s “Wolfman” line “I just want to die” into the opening of a hair-dye ad parody.)

But… if all the parents are driving their kids to school, how is Crankshaft not out of a job?

No apologies necessary, I represent that remark…..

At least he did not say she was in grave condition!!!!!

Haha! (＾▽＾) From the look on her face, she’s not the only 1!