Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for January 17, 2024

Pmmm: “The doctor was talking about the soft tissues between your ears!”

Crank’s masseuse appears to be built like a female East German Olympic athlete hopped up on steroids. She’s going to rip Ed in half and tear him into shreds. Pm is going to take Ed home in a bucket.

Looks like she can deal with Ed.

Wait until she really gets into those sore spots! Then the real fun starts.

Only thing I ever ripped was my pants.

Crankshaft needs to be hooked up with Sally Forth’s mother

I can say from experience that you don’t want any muscles “ripped”. (rotator cuff tear which healed, and biceps tendon tear that will never heal)

Crank’s brain has been “ripped” for years..

I gather that Ed means “rippled” instead of ripped.

……….having well-defined muscles; very muscular………better step up the protein in your diet!!!!!!!

Muscles aren’t soft tissue, so Ed’s attempt at humor falls flat, As evidenced by the blank expression on the masseuse’s face.

You’re not ripped, Ed, you’re all torn up.

dam three more days of this unfunny storyline pizza will look good next week

Ed, check your mail for advice. It should contain your latest rip post.

But (no bones about it) there’s nothing humerus.

With the exception of Ed’s beady eyes, the second panel looks like a cropped and enlarged portion of the right side of the first panel. Is this a speed record for a comic strip recycling its material?

No happy ending with that one

And once again BattyGPT can’t quite generate actual human dialogue, as in something like “I always wanted ripped muscles.”