Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for March 15, 2024

“I guess what they say is true . . . . a joke stretched out over three panels . . . . never amuses.”

I guess UPX is the same as waiting for a single punchline this week.

We were cautioned that nothing would happen in this strip today. As the soothsayer said, “Beware the Idle of March!”

Much like the jokes in this “storyline” never arrive.

I’m pretty sure someone mentioned it earlier, but may I refer readers to the early March 1989 “Calvin and Hobbes” arc where Calvin sent away for a flying beanie as an example of how to do this sort of thing competently?

Because there is absolutely nothing else you could be doing while you wait is there, Cranky?

Poor guy, waiting at the door at his age

Always thought that was a watched pot, but I guess the principle is the same.

Its called watching!

Crank opens door and finds one of those “You weren’t home. We’ll try to deliver again tomorrow” stickers stuck on the door.

Yes, I predicted it! Still waiting to the truck to arrive. In other predictions, I nailed the sun rising in the East today.

Now we know how to torture Crank!!!!!

The world is waiting for the sunrise…..

OR if and when it does arrive, (promised between 9AM and 10PM) it will get there about 9:55PM - in my experience :)

Did you open the door to check? It may be there already.

Just like pining away for a Pulitzer Prize doesn’t make one materialize…

Maybe a porch pirate snatched it

Ed’s right in a way. If you’re waiting for something from delivery companies and need it sooner, they will deliver it at their leisure. However, if it’s anything that can wait, it will come in as short a time as possible. It just seems this way – not that it actually is.

maybe ed can go by a overpriced hotdog and the package will be there when he gets back

what happen to the comments that say your mean if you dont think crankshaft is funny ?

A good pay-off for this arc would be tomorrow we see the UPX drivers in their break room with one of them bragging about how many seniors he had lined up at their front doors with one hand hovering over the doorknob.

Do ya think Batiuk ships his punch lines to Davis via UPX?

How many trucks of stuff from Beans End did Cranky order?

A continually watched for delivery takes forever and a day. Just try and figure a Prime delivery drivers route.

I believe Crank is about to boil!!!!