Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for October 08, 2024

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    Bill Thompson  about 7 hours ago

    It’s a good thing those picket signs have all those sticks. They can double as canes for this lame, limping story.

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    J.J. O'Malley  about 7 hours ago

    “There’s gonna be some trouble tonight! A very Royal Rumble, that’s right!”

    By the by, where’s the lighting coming from for all those signs to be clearly read in the middle of the night outdoors? The only illumination was a single bulb over the staircase of Lizard Lil’s garage. And who’s the gal in the green dress hidden by DSH John’s sign?

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    Rhetorical_Question   about 7 hours ago

    Call the police!

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    B UTTONS  about 7 hours ago

    Each of you may remove a copy of the book if any one of you can pass though our reCAPTCHA authentication system

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    gammaguy  about 5 hours ago

    I’m wondering if Batiuk got this idea from the neighborhood anti-racist demonstrators who confronted the travelling racists in England.

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    Gent  about 4 hours ago

    “.Want it gone from your store..” What? WHAAAT?

    So now this not about not having book in school syllabus? And what does they means gone from “YOUR” store? What is use of book is gone from one particular store when it is easily available everywhere else on this planet? It’s called going?

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    French Persons Premium Member about 4 hours ago

    Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

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    Gent  about 3 hours ago

    Free People? You means like there is Paid Peoples too? “LOL”

    And what Free People you is talking of anyways? You is means to free all them peoples in jails and prisons? Which other people is not free here now? These is all looks quite free to me as they is all is doing what ever they is wants to be doing.

    Read Freely? You is means no more paying money for books? Well me is likes that idea as me can bearly affords to buyings much books. “LOL”

    And what Read Freely anyways? That book they want to goes away from this one particular bookstore is available everywhere else anyways. Nobody is restriction anyone from reading it. Just not part of one school’s syllabus that is all, which you knows if you been paying attention to this “story line” since this begin.

    What is goal of protesting mob? To removes one particular book in a particular bookstore? When it easily available everywhere else? “LOL”

    What was goal of burning two bottom stairs then? “LOL”. And nobody is calls the cops too. Even after this placards mob is shows up soon after. “LOL”

    What is point of placard protests in middle of night when everyone else is sleeping? That too, now it is done by two groups. “LOL”

    Why and how Les Moore could set this book for syllabus even whem school board was set some other book? Does one man has more power and control over that school? And nobody ever say anything or protest against him? Even when all this happen because of him in the first place? “LOL”

    And why he brings this books here to another town to distributing it to his students when he coulda easily distributing them books to students there in his town itself in the first place? “LOL”.

    Man there so many more corny contradictions and incoherent inconsistencies in this preposteridiculudicrous plot. “LOL”

    This sure is the most convoluted funniest genius parody me has ever see. “LOL”. Kudos! Ya just gotta appreciating that!

    And what’s that red sign over there? Ban Bans? What? What a oxymoron! “LOL”

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    sueb1863  about 3 hours ago

    Don’t they have any other neighbors? NObody else who lives around there has called the cops??

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    Surly Squirrel Premium Member about 2 hours ago

    This story has the feel of a vapid amateur play. Any second now I expect the curtain to close and everyone to take a bow.

    Announcer: “Tonight’s play was presented by the Batiuk players. Thank you for coming. Please drive safely.”

    Lillian: “Oh, well. An actress is only as good as the material she’s given.”

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    Cabbage Jack  about 1 hour ago

    As usual, Tom misses the point. Book bans aren’t banning books from stores, its related to presence in schools. He’s bending over backwards to make Lillian (canonically, a psychopathic monster) into a hero and doing his absolute best to confront nothing while claiming to be so brave.

    I’m not going to comment on the absolutely idiotic way the Bat-Protesters arrived.

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    ksu71  40 minutes ago

    Holy Cow! Skip got out of bed. How come he’s not holding a sign with his right han… Oh sorry B̶e̶c̶k̶y̶ er Skip.

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    ksu71  37 minutes ago

    Glad Mopey Pete’s here to show us with his t-shirt the real reason for this arc.

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    Irish53  34 minutes ago

    P 3 (Lil): “… Moose…Rocco…escort them off the property please (giggle)…”

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    elbow macaroni  28 minutes ago

    So, the MAGA mob is against the free enterprise system?

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    ladykat  22 minutes ago

    I’m glad Lillian has supporters.

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    Cabbage Jack  less than a minute ago

    Remember people: The Burnings canonically end bookstores and collapse society in the world for generations. The Burnings, which affected a portion of a staircase and small local bookstore which was completely insured. Maybe Tom does actually deserve an award for all this: The coveted Wettest Fart of 2024.

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