Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for December 06, 2024

Even Harry’s own mouth cannot believe the inane things it’s forced to say, and it spends most of Panel Three trying to escape his face and finally be free. Would that we would likewise be rid of Dinkle tomorrow, but obviously Batiuk will be stretching this out for at least another week.

I just don’t care about these Winkerbeanies, having never known them. Holding out for Crankshaft.

Panel 3: He looks constipated.

Where’s Cranky?

“Except the trombonists. YOU guys can text while you play.”

Ohhhh, Batty… You’re even older and more out of touch than you think you are! Kids haven’t “texted” in class in at least a decade. That’s at least three different social media platforms ago.

How long until pinned-up sleeve Becky makes an appearance?

Actually, that’s a very good rule.

Meanwhile down at the Dale Evans Ed tells the boys:

“Should have seen this mother trying to get to the bus with her sons Sousaphone. I slowed down so could almost catch up.”

This is godawful.

Dun dun dun…

How can you do that while working on an instrument? :\

….imagine that???

“…especially if you’re texting Crankshaft.”

will they play any songs pizza box monster can dance to ?

Considering 95% of instruments have to be played two-handed, that’s a completely unnecessary warning

Is this Funky Winkerbean or Crankshaft? Batty doesn’t seem to know…

Hurr Durr Young people and their phones…amiright fellow geezers?

Dinkle “has a few rules”…and how many he has is how many days he’ll spend telling them what they are.

What a well-behaved classroom. These Centerville students have no clue how to treat a substitute teacher, especially a strict, humorless, taskmaster like Dinkle. At my high school, a substitute teacher would often arrive to the classroom to find the door locked or totally missing.

Scenes we’d like to see: A band member distracts Dinkle while a drummer plays the correct cadence on the classroom bell. Class dismissed early!

Why is Dinkle available? Did Becky finally grow a spine and kick Harry’s obnoxious backside out of her band room? A move that was long overdue.

I have to wonder, did megalomaniac Harry Dinkle have anything to do with the Centerville band director’s illness? Did Dinkle sell the Centerville band director a tainted turkey?

“You’re not our teacher! You can’t tell us what to do!”

Dear Moderators:

My original post earlier today read as follows:

“9437317027265742381”

This is a message written in T9 texting format which says “Where’s Crankshaft?”. I thought it was appropriate as a response since the original strip mentions “no texting”, so I provided that “text” for the post. I also thought it appropriate since Crankshaft isn’t here today, and it’s some Funky Winkerbean character who literally nobody likes there instead.

Thank you for your consideration.