Pete is jealous. Somebody couldn’t even bother to decide on his last name. And whatever it is, Mindy looks like she doesn’t want it for her married name.
Attempting to track the relative position of each character this week is giving me motion sickness. Are there mirrors involved? Are they orbiting one another? Are they performing some form of Sicilian fertility dance?
How about a square dance? Allemande Left with your corner! Do si do! Promenade!Reply
J.J. O'Malley 5 months ago
Nope, that’s too low-hanging a fruit for me to even consider. See you all Saturday.
Bill Thompson 5 months ago
Pete is jealous. Somebody couldn’t even bother to decide on his last name. And whatever it is, Mindy looks like she doesn’t want it for her married name.
Bill Thompson 5 months ago
Your parents chose your last name, and why are you surprised it wasn’t their last name?
benjnavarro28 5 months ago
I do think it’s pretty amusing that the darkest, most depressing strip in the newspaper (so I’ve been told anyway) was called…Funky Winkerbean…
B UTTONS 5 months ago
Pete will adopt for his pseudonym … Crankbean
Jacob Mattingly 5 months ago
Okay I wanted a fist fight but these two going on a road trip to punch out their creator is better.
Macushlalondra 5 months ago
In your case, Ed, it was to describe your personality. That’s why we call you Cranky. But a better name would’ve been Pyromaniac.
The Reader Premium Member 5 months ago
There is probably a website somewhere. (AI for the weird win!)
French Persons Premium Member 5 months ago
Whyyy. Dead St. Lisa, of course!
sueb1863 5 months ago
Well, names are artificial, so you can call yourself anything you want. Although if you want to legally use it you need to file paperwork.
oakie817 5 months ago
don’t these two already know each other?
shstuart Premium Member 5 months ago
Classic!
ladykat 5 months ago
The author.
Blu Bunny 5 months ago
Same person that ran this strip into a hole. Soon be a black hole.
rockyridge1977 5 months ago
A jab at all the negative comments about F and C!!!!!!!
Blaidd Drwg Premium Member 5 months ago
Remember when Montoni’s Pizza on the glass used to be red??
jtburgess Premium Member 5 months ago
I don’t know. Is his real name Batiuk?
csroberto2854 5 months ago
Funky: My surname was anglicized from an Russian surname that’s very hard to pro-
Crank: GET OUT OF HERE YOU COMMIE!
(Funky beats Crank up while Popey Meat/Mopey Pete/Droop Dawg/Mopey McMopester and Mindy/Generic Blond Woman look on in horror)
raybarb44 5 months ago
A very rich man maybe?……
tcayer 5 months ago
CRANKSHAFT because you drive a bus… No idea where Winkerbean came from?
lemonbaskt 5 months ago
what name would you prefer ed CRABSALAD
Brian Perler Premium Member 5 months ago
“We should sue someone for giving us these stupid names.”
“Good a call! I’ll get my lawyer, Amicus Breef, on it.”
“Okay, new plan. I call it ‘The Burnings’…”
Surly Squirrel Premium Member 5 months ago
Attempting to track the relative position of each character this week is giving me motion sickness. Are there mirrors involved? Are they orbiting one another? Are they performing some form of Sicilian fertility dance?
How about a square dance? Allemande Left with your corner! Do si do! Promenade!Reply
Sheldon A Wiebe Premium Member 5 months ago
Game, set and match to Funky Winkerbean.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 5 months ago
The OTHER site has no comments—-so I’ll go off course here.
Will somebody PLEASE tranquilizer-dart Sally Forth’s mother??
Mimi Premium Member 5 months ago
ask if you can buy the sauce recipe.
carsc23 Premium Member 5 months ago
I only started reading FW and Crankshaft in the last 4-5 years. Are we to believe the two title characters have never met until this week’s storyline?
Trevor.brown 5 months ago
How is Funky as old as Crankshaft when he was a high schooler when Ed was an old bus driver?