The Crankshaft Awards! Day 6!

Despite today’s original strip having what a dedicated mortician of humor could classify as a recognizable joke, I can almost guarantee it won’t make next year’s shortlist for today’s award.

It would take either a superhuman feat of hilarity, or the sudden and violent death of a hated character, for any strip set in Komix Korner get a nomination for Best Strip.

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The Crankshaft Awards! Day 5!

Thus ends Back Pain Week, 2025. I can only assume we’ll get another installment next year. Or heck, maybe next week. Maybe we’ll go on a guided tour through Crankshaft’s decrepit old body as it breaks down for the rest of the year. A month cleaning ears clogged by bristly hair and wax. Two weeks treating varicose veins. A couple days grinding down fungus encrusted toenails with a dremel. An entire mega arc on hemorrhoids. A girl can dream.

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