Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for August 10, 2024

Sounds like Skip’s newspaper articles, too.

“Well, Cap’n 8-Track, maybe you shouldn’t of ordered Monton’sPepless Peperoni Pizza, by cracky!”

“In fact. I’m so bored with the whole thing my strip’s latest storyline is simply two geezers with increasingly irrelevant jobs sitting around a pizza parlor talking about how old and out-of-touch they are!”

School starts soon. Will we get to see our school bus driving pal at all?

“So many papers have dropped my strip, the syndicate finds me more liable than reliable.”

You is better off being YouTuber these days than cartoonist. It’s called YouTubing!

“You’re paying for this, right?”

Is it more cancer-y and death-y?

Dying ain’t much of a living, boy.

Judging from yesterday‘s strip, they are eating one piece of pizza per day.

I mean, if content like this is what you’re selling…

Someone should do a comic strip about a guy doing a comic strip about a guy doing a comic strip about a guy doing a comic strip about a guy doing a comic strip

Where’s Crankshaft? It’s Saturday. He’s haggling for glassware at Yard Sales. He doesn’t buy any of the glassware, he just wants to see “how low they’ll go.”

The person speaking in the last panel must be Battiuk’s “self-portrait” of himself speaking as to why the “crankshaft” themes are so stale lately.

This may look awful on the surface but there is a good life lesson here. The one thing you should always remember when sitting around talking about yourself: no one cares.

I’m not as lively as I used to be either

Aging is no fun

Today’s strip is…is….Zzzzzzzzz

It’s funny because Skippy thinx that people will want to read a lame article about a lame cartoonist

next week pete comes out and it becomes hilarious im sure

Let’s see. On Monday, Skíp didn’t even know Batton Thomas’ name. Skíp is not writing anything down or recording anything on a mobile device. Is Skíp really writing an article on Batton Thomas and Three O’clock High, or is he doing all this just to get a free lunch? The last time we saw Skíp in Montoni’s, Ed Crankshaft picked up the check and paid with the funds from his penny sock.

Skip: “My wallet is in my left rear pocket and I’m having trouble reaching it.” Skip strains and swivels in his chair like a dog chasing his tail.

it sure is … for the artist agent … syndication … media platform

Nothing is as good as it used to be. Whine moan complain. Oh, woe is poor ol’ T̶o̶m̶ ̶B̶a̶t̶y̶u̶k̶…. I mean Batton Thomas. What a miserable character. I bet people cross the street to avoid him when they see him approaching.

Westviewian: “Oh, no. Here comes ‘Old Miserable’, Batton Thomas. All he does is complain. Let’s cross the street before he sees us.”

Speaking of Old Miserable, has anyone seen DQ1 lately?

Now cartooning is al about the merchandising. Ask Jim Davis.

Well if it’s no longer lively I guess that’s your fault. And apparently Batton is not a fan of the pizza as he pushed the piece closer to Chip between P2 and P3.

Don’t forget you are getting older…..brother!!!!

It’s a living anyway.

If it wasn’t for websites like this one we’d have to read comic strips through an electron microscope