The Crankshaft Awards 2023, Part 2!

Seems like Tom decided to have his own little comics awards season in February of this year too. But I’m shocked on how he judged and awarded ‘Death of the Justice League’. You’d think he’d be happy to that the series brought back to the fore one of the mopiest, wingiest, most melodramatic DC characters of the Bronze Age. The Pariah! The guy who dramatically whined his way through the destruction of an entire multiverse with a mouth so wide you’d could fit Solomon Grundy’s fist inside.

You think Tom would have just eaten up Dark Crisis, especially when it starts with Pariah killing his dead wife for not being real enough. Even in a endless universe, it’s all about HIM, and his torment.

Les Moore would be proud.

Speaking of Torment!

Cranky Awards season marches on!

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The Crankshaft Awards 2023: Part 1!

Welcome nitpickers, and snarkers, and funkers of all ages to the First Annual Crankshaft Awards! In honor of our surviving strip, its surviving protagonist, and the dedicated team of dedicated cartoonists that put Crankshaft together, I have created the following award to hand out.

In this piece, I tried to capture the essence of Crankshaft in 2023. Thus, I spent about ten minutes using art I stole off of Google scribbling this together in MS Paint and called it good enough.

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What Are The Burnings?

Don’t forget to vote in the 2023 Crankshaft Awards! Voting remains open for about another 2 days.

I recently made my predictions of which Funky Winkerbean characters are likely to appear in Crankshaft in 2024. A major factor in these predictions was my guess at what The Burnings will be about, and which characters they will affect. And I already think I was wrong.

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You Don’t Have To Live Like A Refugee (More Predicted Funky Winkerbean Character Appearances In Crankshaft In 2024)

Don’t forget to vote in the 2023 Crankshaft Awards! Voting remains open for about another 5 days.

In Part 1 of this series, I predicted the seven Funky Winkerbean characters that will appear most often in Crankshaft in 2024. Here’s a recap of characters we’ve discussed so far, ranked by predicted most appearances:

  1. Mopey Pete Roberts/Reynolds (probability of appearing at least once in 2024: 99.9999%)
  2. Mindy Murdoch (99.9999%)
  3. Les Moore (99%)
  4. Dead Lisa (probability of being mentioned 99%; probability of actually appearing 20%)
  5. Dinkle (100%; has already appeared)
  6. Atomik Komix staff: Flash Freeman, Phil Holt, Darin Fairgood (55%)
  7. Pizza Box Monster (98%)

Dinkle’s off to a fast start, while Les and Lisa aren’t out of the gate yet. Continue reading “You Don’t Have To Live Like A Refugee (More Predicted Funky Winkerbean Character Appearances In Crankshaft In 2024)”