Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for June 16, 2023

Back to the Permian Period when you were hatched, you mean?

Speaking of moving backward, are the Grady Twins actually getting younger? They were high school students in the final months of FW and tweens here at the start of ‘23. Today they look like they’re 10 years old or so.

And an accident will soon happen.

I’ve got two writing desks and a drawing board. Now, if I just knew what to write about…

“Don’t throw the past away, you might need it some rainy day” PeterAllen “Everything Old Is New Again”

Check the back for a hole for the power cable and use WiFi for networking.

Downward, soon enough.

Those horrid twins, though.

“With any luck I’ll get about five years’ worth of use out of it before I retire.”

I thought she did her writing in the Book Store…

For a second, I thought that guy was Crank. Good move, avoid the disaster he brings.

Born in the 20th century…..trying to live in the 21th!

I would love to have a desk like that.

These are beautiful desks. All of the things needed for your work in the desk and when it’s rolled down, all of it is away from view and locked up – if there is a lock on it, that is.

The big payoff will be in tomorrow’s strip. What will the finale be? The roll top crashes down while she’s writing and breaks her fingers? It inspires her new bestseller, “Murder at the Furniture Store”?

Bet she finds a hidden compartment!

would love to havae one but alas no room

I love it

It is what it is!

Yes-this year my age is starting to go into reverse.

She’s flushed with pride, which tells you where this story has gone.

Roll top desks are great to hide the mess! They should modernize one for today’s world. I’d buy it!

Maybe, just maybe there’s a real story to be found in that old desk…..

It’s a beautiful desk, would love to find something like that. Too bad I don’t have the room in the apartment.

So did Lillian request the delivery guy to cosplay as Ed Crankshaft, or does he just do that normally?

Now get some nice fountain pens (50s Sheaffer Snorkel, 50s Parker 51, 60s Parker 45s, Maybe some Watermans – a 513 with a stub nib) along with some good fountain pen paper and you are good to go!

How much did Lillian pay for the desk? Did she ever buy a chair? Who are the men fulfilling the arduous task of moving that heavy solid wood desk? Did the furniture store throw in the delivery service because Lillian is such a sweetheart? Am I the only one who might have found the answers to these questions interesting?

Once again, the author chooses “wordplay” over actual story telling. Or humor. This feature hasn’t made me laugh once since swapping syndicates.

Can somebody please help me out here? Was there a joke in panel #2 in today’s strip? Lillian is old and tends to like old things ¯\(?)/¯

What happened to all the fun strips where Ed ran over a mailbox, blew up a grill or set a tree on fire?

Everything old is new again!