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

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    Bill Thompson  11 months ago

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

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    Bill Thompson  11 months ago

    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!

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    J.J. O'Malley  11 months ago

    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.

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    billsplut  11 months ago

    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.

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    The Reader Premium Member 11 months ago

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

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    Fetzee  11 months ago

    Where’s Crankshaft?!

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    phritzg Premium Member 11 months ago

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

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    bluephrog  11 months ago

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

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    JudithStocker Premium Member 11 months ago

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

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    tcayer  11 months ago

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

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    ladykat  11 months ago

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

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    rockyridge1977  11 months ago

    …….and “choir” folks!!!!!

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    eced52  11 months ago

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

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    kathleenhicks62  11 months ago

    !!!

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    WilliamVollmer  11 months ago

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

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    raybarb44  11 months ago

    Missing the REALLY big picture it would seem…….

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    Mopman  11 months ago

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

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    lemonbaskt  11 months ago

    ok let me go see if mary worth can top this

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    sueb1863  11 months ago

    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.

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    Newenglandah  11 months ago

    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?

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    hyhybt  11 months ago

    Do people usually swear that much at wedding rehearsals?

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    EntrancedCat  11 months ago

    No men in Dinkle’s choir?

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    ChazNCenTex  11 months ago

    This guy’s cranky enough.

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    puddleglum1066  11 months ago

    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.

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    csroberto2854  11 months ago

    (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)

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    ToneeRhianRose  2 months ago

    Haha! (^▽^)

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