Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for April 04, 2024

A hole in the top and bottom.

A multitasking booth. Don’t forget the Poof.

Port-a-potties? At last Batiuk finds a quick way to dispose of his own strip!

Ed is well-versed in the use of “private viewing booths,” from the year that the Valentine Theatre was a bitty tar.

Did he bother to buy eclipse glasses?

Wonder what he’ll be charging for those…?

“I will cut holes in these rent-a-potties, therefore destroying them, leading to me being SUED by their owners!” “Gramps says we’ll be inbred idiots! SQUIIIILL!!”

That last Idea really stinks.

Don’t you think that the porta pot people would be a bit upset that you’re going to destroy their rental units by cutting holes in the top,

I think you’re overreaching yourself, Ed.

Ha ha ha, squillionaires because….um….people will be squinting?

I’m guessing he needs a permit from the city, which he probably doesn’t have, and his whole thing will get shut down.

Any attempt to view any given eclipse is a crapshoot. From planning a site, to setting equipment ready, watching the weather, avoiding hucksters & gougers (looking at you, major motel chains!), having plans B, C, & D road routes in case a chase is necessary to get out from under the weather, etc, etc, etc…

Had good luck in ‘17 & got a great view, but had to drive about 100 miles to get out from under clouds on eclipse day. Fingers crossed for monday, but the weather isn’t looking promising.

That’s it for me. I’ll wait until this particular set of the comic strip is over.

Any profit Cranky makes will go towards restoring the front lawn, which will be trampled into oblivion by thousands of strangers.

Is that idiot granddaughter some kind of parrot the way she’s always saying “gramps sez”?

This guy is really out there

Seat Licenses?; Ed is stealing the NFL owners favorite scam.

You know what is coming for Crankshaft, total overcast day.

The partial eclipse will last over two hours. In the path of totality, the total eclipse will only last up to 4 minutes…….purty much like a wedding or funeral!

Just wait, it will be cloudy that day.

The weather guy said it’ll be overcast from Texas to Vermont.

ed wont listen in english maybe the llongo tongue he will listen

This whole plan is headed right down the $hitter.

Here in San Antonio, the mass of people expected, Ed’s ideas would really work. Not to sure about the port-a-pots though.

Friend in Iowa City had Port-a-Potties for her yard parking customers on game days.

What ever happens……attaboy Cranky!

is he going to have a barbecue?

If that means broke, then he is right.

1) Where did he get the “money” to pay for all this stuff? (Does Scenterville even have a bank?)

2) And when / how was it delivered? Why didn’t we see that happening?

3) And what is he going to do with all that stuff after the eclipse? I doubt that the town dump is big enough to hold it all.

4) Oh, right. “It’s a cartoon.”

The clouds are going to block the view anyway.

Finally a decent story!

Cranky its either gonna rain or snow on your big day. Mother Nature is not easily made fun of while someone else profits.