VOTE FOR THE 2022 FUNKY AWARDS! I’M NOT JOKING!
Voting will continue through January 21.
If we do not get enough votes, I will do nothing but post current Crankshaft strips and describe what is happening in each panel in mind numbing detail! This is a very real threat I am more than prepared to follow through on.
For Example.
First things first.
VOTE FOR THE 2022 FUNKY AWARDS, YOU BEADY EYED NIPICKERS!
And Also Here’s More Nominees.
Voting will continue through January 21.
Vote Early. Vote Late. Vote Often.
A community member’s failure to vote may result in loss of posting privileges, lifelong shame, and their username being added to The Wall of Dishonor along with other potential Les Moore sympathizers! (Note: None of this is true, probably. But you don’t want to take that chance, do you?)
A few weeks ago, when I was emailing an awards update to Epicus, I told him that I was planning on doing a couple deep dives during the time voting was active. I also asked him if there were anyone in particular he’d like to see.
He said, and I quote, “You are free to run wild, CBH.” So if you hate the next couple weeks of posts, you can blame him.
He also said, “I’ve always been a big Frankie fan LOL.”
And so, I’m pleased to present, a retrospective on Franklin Pierce.
Continue reading “A Frank Discussion”
RudimentaryLathe?
December 27, 2022 at 10:48 pm
Of course, he has to end this with one last shill for “Lisa’s Story.” That is 100% on brand.
The last Funky Winkerbean comic.
Back at their futuristic pad, Summer’s daughter (whose name we are destined never to know) admonishes her “sweetie” that it’s bedtime. Again, how old is this kid, that she needs to be told it’s time for bed? I’m thinking about ComicBookHarriet’s comment the other day about how “John Byrne, famously, struggled with drawing children.” Something else Byrne struggles with today is making Summer’s daughter appear feminine. Look at that man-face in panel 2. Jhayzus. Has Byrne inscribed some secret, hidden text in those weird, script-y eyebrows? Continue reading “(Winker)Bean’s End”
Who the hell names their kid “Story”? Oh…Lisa’s granddaughter is named “Lisa.” How many birthdays is this for her, anyway? Her height, relative to her mother’s, and her Judy Jetson attire suggest she’s a teen, but her reaction to seeing “her” name of the spine of the book is so childlike. Continue reading “Lisa’s “Lisa’s Story” Story”
“Wait, what’s that other book next to it?”
“Oh, that old thing? That’s just “Lisa’s Story”, the culmination of the life’s work of Tom Batiuk, the greatest writer of his generation.”
“Tom Batiuk? Oh yeah, we learned about him in ancient history class. He created such iconic characters as Ed Crankshaft, Phil Holt, and Adeela the Architect, right?”
“That’s right, dear! “Lisa’s Story” was the greatest love story ever told, and once you read it, your perception of what a comic strip can be will be forever changed.”
“Really? Because I always thought comic strips were supposed to be funny.” Continue reading “Nanna, Na Na Nanna, Hey Hey Hey, Good Riddance”
Son of Stuck Funky 