Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for January 21, 2024

Okay, who broke the sixth seal? One more blunder like that and Le’slee Mh’oore will rise!

How do you make a racket at a funeral? That would be so disrespectful—oh, no, they’ve got Les Moore in a box! Quick, call for Dr. van Helsing!

How to Create a “Crankshaft” Sunday Strip in 2024:

Step One: Find old 1970s “Funky Winkerbean” Sunday strip where Dinkle complains about the football team holding on-field practice while he’s trying to rehearse the marching band.

Step Two: Have current artist change locale to St. Spires church.

Step Three: Alter wording where needed to reflect new setting and situation.

Step Four: Sit back and bask in adulation of readers.

Caution: Step Four may take a while.

I do like the grawlixes here! They represent what the reader is thinking: “OH GAWD, DINKLE HAS RETURNED!” If that is Dinkle? He looks different in every panel.

But they are rehearsing for the eventual creation of new choir members!

Where’s Crankshaft?!

They’re lucky it isn’t a rehearsal for Crankshaft’s funeral. They would suffer permanent loss of hearing from the loud cheering.

Harry Dinkle’s favorite hymn to be sung by his choir is, “How Great Thou Art.”

According to Harry Dinkle, the choir is more important in this church than any marriage rehearsal. They can take it elsewhere.

I guess this strip was leftover from the Funky days. Might as well use it. No one cares anyway…

And weddings, and funerals, and Sunday service, and holy days, and a whole bunch of other stuff.

…….and “choir” folks!!!!!

Funny, I thought churches were supposed to be for preaching the Gospel.

!!!

That choirmaster needs a reminder of what churches are really for.

Missing the REALLY big picture it would seem…….

Filling in for the vacationing Ed Crankshaft, we have the crabby and clueless Dinkle with today’s nonsensical rant.

ok let me go see if mary worth can top this

Man, who did the artwork here? It’s pretty bad.

Also, no church would book a wedding rehearsal and a choir practice at the same time.

Why all the grumbling? I was a longtime reader of Funky Winkerbean and love seeing some old familiar characters show up!

Would there be this much grumbling if Charlie Brown showed up?

Do people usually swear that much at wedding rehearsals?

No men in Dinkle’s choir?

This guy’s cranky enough.

Reuben Bolling’s “Super-Fun-Pak Comix” (also on GoComics) features a regular character called “Dinkle, the UN-lovable Loser.” Bolling’s “Dinkle” is still far more lovable than Batiuk’s.

(some guy in a hood walks inside the church, and takes his hood off, revealing it to be Varg Vikernes (if you dont know who he is, then Varg Vikernes is a Norwegian criminal/former black metal musician who burned several churches down between 1991 and 1994, and killed fellow musician and felon. Euronymous’

Varg: Such a nice church you’ve got here, Harry L. Dinkle, It’d be a shame if it were to suddenly burst into flames.

Dinkle: OH NO YOU DONT! (throws a rock at Varg’s head)

Haha! (＾▽＾)