Here’s a writing tip: Don’t make jokes that draw attention to your worst tendencies as a writer.
Today’s joke in Crankshaft was that the insufferable Batton Thomas called himself the “doppelgänger” of the slightly less insufferable Jeff Murdoch. Complete with umlaut. One of those worst tendencies is how Tom Batiuk loves to get little details like this right, while ignoring the basic history of his own world and characters.
But that’s not the worst tendency I’m here to talk about today. The below images are of nine different women from the Funkyverse:
And to show that they all don’t just look alike, here are some hints about the group:
- Five of them have made some kind of audio-visual product. (Obviously, #2 is one of those.)
- Four of them are in long-term relationships with comic book-addicted dorks.
- Three of them have only been seen as high school students.
- Two are members of the original high school class of Funky Winkerbean.
- Two of them are identical twins, who somehow manage to look different despite being indiscernible.
- The number of characters who also appeared in both Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft is… well, your guess is as good as mine.
- Amazingly, only one of them has written a book. And that book was only mentioned once.
Post your guesses in the comments. I’ll give everyone a day or two before I reveal the answer. Have fun!
(UPDATE: CSRoberto aced this quiz in the very first post. Alternate quiz: tell me who these women are, but wrong answers only, a la Y. Knott and The Drake Of Life’s posts. Have fun!)
Son of Stuck Funky 
