Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for September 29, 2024

Umm, Lillian, Lester bought those books to be distributed to any interested high school students, not for you to give to Ed.

Also…umm, Lillian, you might want to look out your door at the angry mob that appears to have gathered at the foot of the stairs and is defacing your sign.

Oh dear….vandals in groups this time. Go get ’em, Ed.

I’m not a long time reader of ‘Crankshaft’, so I’ve never seen him without glasses before. Never thought I’d say this, but some people look better WITH glasses…

So—the mob catches them with THE BOOK, and burn them both? Y’know, maybe this arc should go on to Halloween.

The torch & pitchforks crowd is comprised of Andrews McMeel execs and newspaper feature editors.

Does anyone have any clueless as to what’s going on here?

He could wait for the movie to come out.

OOPS! 1966 vs 2018. They made the 2018 version edgier, but the 1966 version was more faithful in portraying the ennui of everyday life. IMHO the 1966 version was better.

He can barely read and he’s going to start with Fahrenheit 451? Perhaps Green Eggs and Ham would be more his speed.

Well one of Les Moore’s poor students ain’t getting a book now because she is give it away to ol Cranky.

But waitsaminute. This book ain’t banned at all in the first place. It just not in one little school syllabus. That is all. Em students coulda gets em easily anywhere anytime anyways. (And not to mentions they is gonna fails the examination because of reading sometheeng outta school syllabus).

Hey waitsaminute. Then why all the sneaking books business when everyone is can gets em books anywhere. Me smells a rat here.

Oh waitsaminute. And now who is them clowns protesting outside and what on earth they is protesting for?

Now waitsaminute. This whole theengs is seem to a big sham scam to creates a big hypes for a book and makes its sales increase. Maybe Less Morre is even gets paid commission for that.

Now that is explains why special care was taken that them books was not even touched by fire in both attempts. Setting a couple of bottom stairs on fire and then hyping it up. What a sham scam!

In today’s society and all that is going on, I find it hard to believe people would be that upset over a book

WILL YOU GET A LIFE?! THEY’RE JUST BOOKS, PEOPLE! Last time I’ve checked, reading isn’t a crime!

Does the 6th panel remind anybody else of the final scene in Frankenstein (1931) when the mob sets the windmill ablaze, with the Monster trapped inside with nowhere to escape?

Angry Villager #1: “We have the Monster trapped in the upstairs bookstore. The McKenzie woman is with him.”

Angry Mob: “BURN THE MONSTER! BURN THE WITCH!!!”

Actually, the mob isn’t protesting ‘Fahrenheit 451’. They are protesting Lillian’s latest mystery, ‘Murder in the Bookstore’. The book sucked and they want their money back.

If Ed can’t read, how the heck did he pass the written portion of the CDL driving test to drive a schhol bus?

Actually, the mob isn’t protesting ‘Fahrenheit 451’. They are from the Home Owners’ Association giving Lillian a “gentle reminder” to fix her stairs, garage, and the sign. The HOA believes they’re an eyesore that will affect property values.

Well….if you cannot sell them…….give them away!!!!!

That movie “Fahrenheit 451” with Samuel L. Jackson was deep!

i wonder if estelle is protesting she gets angry over everything

Fahrenheit 451 is a good read about the banning of books and the people who wish to preserve books and about a man whose job it was to destroy books, became a preserver of books in a dystopian world.

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First time I heard about Fahrenheit 451 was in college (mid 60s). I saw the movie on TV. I thought it was ironic that it was on TV. Firehouse leader Captain Beatty goes to Montag in order to convince him that the fireman’s job is important. He explains that people began to lose interest in reading after the advent of television.

“The IQ of a trump rally is the IQ of its most stupid member divided by the number of trumpers,” (apologies to Terry Pratchett)

Attaboy Cranky….atta boy!

I know it’s supposed to be Cranky without glasses but it still doesn’t look like him. His nose is bigger and so is his chin. It looks like someone else is playing him in a reenactment scene. :-/

Why is Ed’s nose bigger in the flashbacks? It’s like Batuik followed the cereal companies’ portion reduction scheme.

I see we’re setting up for a rip off of the Atticus Finch speech at the jail, only this time it will be plodding, ham-fisted, and involve the whole town telling Tom…oops, I mean Lillian how great she is and maybe she should even get an award.

I almost hate to ask this, but… where’s Les, the instigator of everything that (somehow) got us to this point?

I have a horrible suspicion that tomorrow’s strip will be Les and CauCayla talking about a TV news story (not shown, of course; we’ll see the back of the TV set) about how an angry mob burned Lillian’s bookstore. Remember, tell don’t show, and also remember Les can do no wrong.

How did Ed read all those Bean’s End catelogues?

What about all those “Bean’s End” Catalogs. He ordered online!

Best Actress Award Winner Les Moore is fully aware that this situation has become dangerous and life-threatening. He has misused his position as a teacher and “local celebrity” to involve his students and put his friends and acquaintances in the middle of it. Les will evade the consequences of his actions, yet somehow, he’s going to take credit for everything. This undoubtably is Les’s finest achievement as the world’s smuggest and most unlikable dirtbag. I stand in line.

It wasn’t Lillian’s plan to circumvent the school administrations “approved list”. Why is Best Actress Award Winner Les Moore getting off scot-free?

Oh, how I hate him!

An angry mob! Yay! Maybe at last we’ll finally find out exactly what it is that is supposed to be so abhorrent about this book that it is causing them to attempt to burn down two book stores now and never having done so the other previous 70 years that it has existed and has been sold everywhere!

It only took nearly 40 days to get here but it is progress!

This was a great arc!

Read it then memorize it.

First time I’ve seen a man’s nose shrink as he’s gotten older.

I remember the original strip clearly—-thanx for the reprint—-but where’s HER oversize specs?