Well, this has certainly been a Halloween “Crankshaft” readers will never forget…no matter how much they try.
Just to sum up: the power is back on (we never saw what the problem was), the decorations are up (we never saw them hung), and what was supposed to be a story-writing contest devolved into Boy Lisa drawing a quintet of humor-free comic book covers (all complete with company logo and price, for some reason). Of course, there were no customers or even trick-or-treaters at Mopey Montoni’s. And zero appearances by the guy the strip is named after.
Maybe now we can find out if Eugene is still rowing in the middle of the lake, or if he collided with Gendry, who was rowing in the opposite direction.
Don’t worry, Generic Blonde character! Tomorrow the Doublenut Twins will shows up and paint over all this mess, causing it to have never happened. It will be Batiuk’s unconscious (how else?) tribute to Robert Heinlein’s fantasy short story “The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag.”
J.J. O'Malley about 4 hours ago
Well, this has certainly been a Halloween “Crankshaft” readers will never forget…no matter how much they try.
Just to sum up: the power is back on (we never saw what the problem was), the decorations are up (we never saw them hung), and what was supposed to be a story-writing contest devolved into Boy Lisa drawing a quintet of humor-free comic book covers (all complete with company logo and price, for some reason). Of course, there were no customers or even trick-or-treaters at Mopey Montoni’s. And zero appearances by the guy the strip is named after.
Maybe now we can find out if Eugene is still rowing in the middle of the lake, or if he collided with Gendry, who was rowing in the opposite direction.
Bill Thompson about 4 hours ago
Don’t worry, Generic Blonde character! Tomorrow the Doublenut Twins will shows up and paint over all this mess, causing it to have never happened. It will be Batiuk’s unconscious (how else?) tribute to Robert Heinlein’s fantasy short story “The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag.”
Bill Thompson about 4 hours ago
I want to ask the PBM how he breathes inside that unventilated stack of cartons and watch him retroactively die of asphyxiation.
Gent about 4 hours ago
Whews. Thanks goodnesses. If one more of em sideways and me woulda needs neck surgery for sure.
Gent about 4 hours ago
A halloween sans any customers is best halloween eh. How these clowns even stay in business?
top cat james about 3 hours ago
Time to put away your 45 year old elementary classroom decorations.
Argythree about 3 hours ago
Bring back Cranky now!!!
French Persons Premium Member 21 minutes ago
Good thing I forgot about it already.