Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for December 03, 2023

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    J.J. O'Malley  11 months ago

    So, the only Montoni’s items that were auctioned off last Fall in FW were the “celebrity” wall photos and the Tiffany lamp that Lizard Lil repurchased? Everything else went unsold and has been sitting under sheets for a year? Makes perfect sense.

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    billsplut  11 months ago

    Wait, WHAT? Actual realism,actual sanity, actual ADVICE?! WHAT IS THIS TRIP COMING TO

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    Bill Thompson  11 months ago

    Mindy should look relieved, but she must know by now that Mopey won’t listen to the mocking laughter of experience.

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    benjnavarro28  11 months ago

    I never could run a business because that would just mean work is always there with me, and that would make it really hard to focus on my own creative projects. It can get intense. At least with my career path (software engineering), I can forget about work after I clock out and do whatever I want after that.

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    Bill Thompson  11 months ago

    “I never should have closed this place, just because I wasn’t making enough money to stay in business! What was I thinking?”

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    billsplut  11 months ago

    Maunday: “Mr…Wonkle…dong?…Please tell me you haven’t locked the bathrooms! I’m…very excited!” Funky: “Nah, the health department nailed those doors shut just before they closed us! SIGN HERE, Rube! Umm, I mean ‘PETE’!”

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    B UTTONS  11 months ago

    Somewhere in a lonely pizzeria

    there’s a guy starting to realize

    That eternal fate has turned it’s back on him

    His beacon’s been moved under moon and star

    Now that he has gone too far

    Where is he to go

    Help he is steppin’ into the twilight zone

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    PaulLeckner  11 months ago

    So, off topic. Did Funky and Cindy ever reconcile? Or, are they still divorced?

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    Macushlalondra  11 months ago

    He may have time to write since he probably intends to stick Mindy with all the actual work!

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    dputhoff62  11 months ago

    WHERE’S CRANKSHAFT?

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    ladykat  11 months ago

    Montoni’s will soon be bustling again.

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    Steve Dallas  11 months ago

    Pete supposedly co-wrote one or two huge Hollywood blockbusters but now needs to run a pizza joint in Nowhere, OH. Makes sense.

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    comixbomix  11 months ago

    At least someone thinks this thread is funny…

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    rockyridge1977  11 months ago

    Grandiose thinking of the youth!!!!!!

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    WilliamVollmer  11 months ago

    The booths, from what we can see under the shrouds look okay. But what about the rest of the place? I’d bet Pete would need new ovens at least to pass a health inspection, and, unless the town safety inspector is very lax, Pete will need a bunch of other upgrades.

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    Mopman  11 months ago

    Yeah, we got a joke today! I can tell by all of the roaring laughter in the last panel.

    It’s nice to see that apparently Funky, despite it being boarded up, has been paying someone to come in weekly and clean and polish the floor for the past year. You could probably eat off of it.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member 11 months ago

    Hmmmmm, I thought it was a “comic” strip………

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    GojusJoe  11 months ago

    Shouldn’t Ed be standing nonchalantly off to one side in order to continue the charade that this strip is still about Crankshaft?

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    sueb1863  11 months ago

    Wait until Funky finds out the only job Pete has ever had is writing comic books. Pete doesn’t know the first thing about business management or running a restaurant.

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    bwest.devore37  11 months ago

    Funky knows.

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    raybarb44  11 months ago

    My thoughts exactly…..

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    Brent Rosenthal Premium Member 11 months ago

    What’s with Funky wearing a tie?

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    Daltongang Premium Member 11 months ago

    Pete, Pete, Pete, you naive comic book artist. The real world is about to smack you in the face my boy and there will be no super hero’s to help you.

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    French Persons Premium Member 11 months ago

    Ha ha ha ha haaaa! Hire me as Santa Claus! Ho ho ho ho hooooo!

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    ToneeRhianRose  5 months ago

    Haha! (^▽^)

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