Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for July 31, 2024

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    Bill Thompson  3 months ago

    Somehow the word zeppelin makes it through all the smoke.

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    B UTTONS  3 months ago

    … then the EPA remembered the political candidates were in the area holding rallies.

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    grozar  3 months ago

    Go on, Pmmmmm! Move your hand closer to the grill!

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    French Persons Premium Member 3 months ago

    Huh?

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    Gent  3 months ago

    They is care only about climate change and not about climate damage eh.

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    Jacob Mattingly   3 months ago

    An actual joke… and one that’s suprisngly progressive. Credit where it’s due I didn’t expect Tom bautik to be the kind of guy who knows climate change is real as he has aggresive old uncle energy for days.

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    mountainclimber  3 months ago

    Persistent smoke in the air this summer here in the southwest due to the forest fires in the northwest.

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    Doctor Toon  3 months ago

    2 wildfires here in Northern Colorado

    Can see the plume of smoke from our front yard

    100 degree high projected for the day with bad air quality

    The powers that be are telling us it’s best to just stay inside

    Except for the folks being evacuated

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    rockyridge1977  3 months ago

    Gonna take a lot of soap to wash all that off!!!!

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    ladykat  3 months ago

    Just shut off the grill, ed.

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    lemonbaskt  3 months ago

    bottle that air sell it as extra dry liquid smoke

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    tcayer  3 months ago

    How does “climate damage” result in black smoke?

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    Cabbage Jack  3 months ago

    He do keep trying to make “Climate Damage” a phrase. Just like “vendo” “solo car date” “we stand in line” and all other odd little Battyisms

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    JPuzzleWhiz  3 months ago

    Where’s Crankshaft? I can’t see him in all that smoke! d;o)

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    [Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce]  3 months ago

    Remember—-only you can prevent hamburger fires….

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    Brent Rosenthal Premium Member 3 months ago

    One too many “that’s” in the punchline.

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    puddleglum1066  3 months ago

    That 23-word Zeppelin containing what passes for a punchline captures all that was wrong with Act III Funky Winkerbean and whatever Crankshaft has become since the hostile takeover. Look at the load Batty is trying to cram into that balloon: 1) damate climage is making the forests burn, 2) smoke from the forests burning in somewhere else is polluting the air in the midwest, 3) this phenomenon is no longer remarkable (necessary to set up the “joke”) and 4) the EPA is apparently blaming Ed for what has become the New Normal™ (the “punchline”).

    There might be a joke in there, but there is so much exposition required, so much Batty must tell the readers, that by the time we finally get to the punchline (such as it is), we’ve forgotten what we’re supposed to laugh at.

    Backing over mailboxes was so much more straightforward…

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    Strawberry King  3 months ago

    On top of old Smokey all covered with snow. I lost my true lover by courting too slow.

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