Recent Comments

1. 2 months ago on Crankshaft

   Batiuk already used the “retire” [leave your job]/“retire” [go to bed] pun in the last ever Funky Winkerbean strip. It’s been a year and a half; I’m surprised he hasn’t reused it yet. There’s always tomorrow….

2. 4 months ago on Crankshaft

   They need their newspapers to wrap their fish ‘n’ chips with.

3. 4 months ago on Crankshaft

   Say, wasn’t this John Darling fellow the father of Jessica Darling, whose father, John Darling, was murdered?

4. 5 months ago on Crankshaft

   HOLD THE PHONE!! John Darling, father of Jessica Darlingwhosefatherjohndarlingwasmurdered, was MURDERED?! Why hasn’t Batiuk ever mentioned this?

5. 6 months ago on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

   Sure, it’s true. But what if I told you the food you were eating was free from poison MOST of the time?

   Also, I’m amazed Zach made this mistake, but “data” is plural.

6. 6 months ago on Crankshaft

   Schulz was a meticulous craftsman who cared deeply about his characters and his audience. Batiuk is… uh, not that.

7. 8 months ago on Pluggers

   I thought Pluggers had manners? Loudly burping a stinky chili burp at a restaurant sounds like something a Gen Z-er would do and think it was cute. Yuck.

8. 9 months ago on Pluggers

   And, in a related story, it also stands for Buy More Insulin.

9. about 1 year ago on Crankshaft

   Hey, I thought it was pretty good work for a 3-year-old. Er, 2-year-old. Five-year-old? Seven-and-a-half year old? Preteen. Toddler?

10. about 1 year ago on Crankshaft

    Yes.