Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for February 17, 2024

Oh, an ice cube is little and so is the practice. This joke causes me to make the ha-ha. But if all goes well the cinderblock will have the last laugh.

Why does Cranky always wear a red coat? So you won’t see the blood.

This is the way the arc ends, this is the way the arc ends, this is they way the arc ends, not with a joke but a whimper.

Something tells me emergency personnel will be responding, but not for the ice cube.

Chainsaw blades and cinderblocks are not friends. He either needs a plywood pad or we will have a long arc of the unforeseen consequences of him sharpening a chainsaw.

No one could possibly be that stupid…

Miniature chainsaw ice sculptures are notoriously hard to do.

Whaaat? This supposed to be funny?

Panel 1: i’m not sure I ever want to get that close to Pmmm’s face.

That’s…just outright insane.

It’s Okay folks, Ed’s family has EMS on speed dial.

Very little.

Pfft! All he’s gonna get from that is diamond dust!

Why doesn’t Mindy just ask ‘Gramps’ wher he is going? He is still in earshot

Or the chainsaw will bounce off the cinder block and …

At least he has eye protection!!!!!

He needs someone to hold the ice cube.

better to practice with electric carving knife

Crank is a real moron and dangerous too.

Kiss that blade goodbye.

Even Crankshaft is NOT that stupid.

I think Ed should be banned from using a chainsaw.

What? No “One Minute Later:” with the EMTs standing around him?

What is that in the background? At first I thought it was a city. Upon enlarging it I’ve gone from trees to houses to a roller coaster.

That saw has no anti-kickback bar. Get the fire company number ready.

Is this all you can come up with guys…….??

Ha ha ha, it’s funny because he’s banned from the chainsaw ice sculpting contest, so he’s practicing for….um….

Funny approach --good job Tom and Dan

Blockhead.

How touching to see that Pmm has passed the Crankshaft-Murdoch family tradition of a woman mindlessly asking what Ed is doing on to her daughter Min-dull.

Enough. Move on.

Talking about starting out small