Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for January 01, 2024

“Gee, you know the names of two of the more common indigenous avian species, two that are often seen in grade school ‘Birds of North America’ posters! How do you do it?”

Also, since U.S. birds often migrate to Central and South America, wouldn’t “Western hemisphere” make more sense?

Name the bird to your left Lillian.

BIRD-BRAIN

Where’s Crankshaft? Playing second fiddle to Lizard Lil.

“And there, the very common Yellow-Bellied Crankshaft No-Punchliner!”

“Of course I know all their names! But that doesn’t mean we’re on speaking terms!”

Wait—it’s 2024!!! We was promised THE BURNINGS! Where am they?!

Happy New Year to all the Crankshaft fans and especially to all you naysayers and Crankshaft decriers especially Where’s Crankshaft - salud y felicidad

Nice bird drawings.

When you’ve got a bird brain, what can one expect?

She knows the name of at least one bird from the Southern Hemisphere, and there’s an example standing right next to her. It’s called the Dodo.

Happy New Year!

Don’t forget to mention the white hen on your head, Lillian. Bawk bawk.

Happy New Year!

Lil has a hobby outside the bookstore. What have you got outside of driving the bus, Ed?

My entertainment every morning after I feed them on the porch rail!!!!!

Wait, what about Montoni’s? We need MOAR Montoni’s.

Where’s The Pizza Box Monster? Lounging in Florida with Funky, collecting his share of the massive Montoni’s profits without having to do any work?

birdwatching then perhaps a nature walk then some senior citizen bump and grind

Uh oh, Ed’s face. What’s wrong with him? Why isn’t he scowling? It looks like he’s slowly learning how to smirk. His conversion to the Funky Winkerbean universe is almost complete.

Her sarcasm brought a smile to Crankshaft, who thinks she is just kidding!

Now SHE is a birder…..

Lillian is awesome.

“Don’t be ridiculous, Ed.”

Hey, now, why should he go and change something that he’s spent decades perfecting?

He’s smirking because HE knows some from South America!

(Crank douses Lillian’s head with three gallons of gasoline, and then sets it alight, which causes Lillian to burst into flames and she starts screeching like a black metal vocalist)