CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Crankshaft (comic strip) - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"6f979ef0-19a9-4942-a4bb-dacbc72033de","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Crankshaft_(comic_strip)","wgTitle":"Crankshaft (comic strip)","wgCurRevisionId":1246984305,"wgRevisionId":1246984305,"wgArticleId":2613841,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Webarchive template wayback links","All articles with dead external links","Articles with dead external links from August 2017","Articles with permanently dead external links","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Articles needing cleanup from September 2022","Articles with bare URLs for citations from September 2022","All articles with bare URLs for citations", "Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from September 2022","All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify","1987 comics debuts","American comics characters","American comic strips","Comics characters introduced in 1987","Comics spin-offs","Fictional bus drivers","Fictional World War II veterans","Gag-a-day comics","Male characters in comics","Ohio in fiction","Works about old age"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Crankshaft_(comic_strip)","wgRelevantArticleId":2613841,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{ "search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":10000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q5182196","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons": "ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.quicksurveys.init","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Crankshaft (comic strip) - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crankshaft_(comic_strip)"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crankshaft_(comic_strip)"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Crankshaft_comic_strip rootpage-Crankshaft_comic_strip skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Crankshaft+%28comic+strip%29" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Crankshaft+%28comic+strip%29" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Crankshaft+%28comic+strip%29" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Crankshaft+%28comic+strip%29" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Characters_and_setting" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Characters_and_setting"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Characters and setting</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Characters_and_setting-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Continuity" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Continuity"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Continuity</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Continuity-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><i>Crankshaft</i> (comic strip)</h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="This article exist only in this language. Add the article for other languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-0" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Add languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="uls-after-portlet-link"></span><span class="wb-langlinks-add wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q5182196#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Add interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Add links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Crankshaft_(comic_strip)" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Crankshaft_(comic_strip)" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Crankshaft_(comic_strip)"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Crankshaft_(comic_strip)"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Crankshaft_(comic_strip)" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Crankshaft_(comic_strip)" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)&oldid=1246984305" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Crankshaft_%28comic_strip%29&id=1246984305&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCrankshaft_%28comic_strip%29"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCrankshaft_%28comic_strip%29"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Crankshaft_%28comic_strip%29&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q5182196" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American comic strip by Tom Batiuk</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Cleanup_bare_URLs plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-cleanup-link_rot" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/40px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/60px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/80px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>uses <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bare_URLs" title="Wikipedia:Bare URLs">bare URLs</a>, which are uninformative and vulnerable to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot">link rot</a>.</b><span class="hide-when-compact"> Please consider converting them to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Citation_styles" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">full citations</a> to ensure the article remains <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verifiable</a> and maintains a consistent citation style. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Sources_of_articles#Examples" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Sources of articles">Several templates</a> and tools are available to assist in formatting, such as <span class="nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://refill.toolforge.org/ng/result.php?page=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)&defaults=y">reFill</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ReFill" title="Wikipedia:ReFill">documentation</a>)</span> and <span class="nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://citations.toolforge.org/process_page.php?edit=automated_tools&slow=1&page=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)">Citation bot</a> (<a href="/wiki/User:Citation_bot" title="User:Citation bot">documentation</a>)</span>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-style: italic; background-color: #99C2FF; color: black; padding: 0.25em 1em; font-size: 125%;">Crankshaft</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Batiuk" title="Tom Batiuk">Tom Batiuk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Illustrator(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Chuck Ayers (1987–2017)<br />Dan Davis (2017–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current status/schedule</th><td class="infobox-data">Running daily & Sunday strip</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch date</th><td class="infobox-data">June 8, 1987<span class="noprint">; 37 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">June 8, 1987</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" title="Print syndication">Syndicate(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/King_Features_Syndicate" title="King Features Syndicate">King Features Syndicate</a> (1987–2023)<br /><a href="/wiki/Andrews_McMeel_Syndication" title="Andrews McMeel Syndication">Andrews McMeel Syndication</a> (2023–)<sup id="cite_ref-McMeel_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McMeel-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Crankshaft</b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Comic_strip" title="Comic strip">comic strip</a> about a character by the same name — an older, curmudgeonly <a href="/wiki/School_bus" title="School bus">school bus</a> driver —which debuted on June 8, 1987. Written by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Batiuk" title="Tom Batiuk">Tom Batiuk</a> and drawn by Dan Davis,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Crankshaft</i> is a <a href="/wiki/Spin-off_(media)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spin-off (media)">spin-off</a> from Batiuk's comic strip <i><a href="/wiki/Funky_Winkerbean" title="Funky Winkerbean">Funky Winkerbean</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ab120327_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ab120327-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to April 2, 2017, the strip was drawn by Chuck Ayers.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characters_and_setting">Characters and setting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Characters and setting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since <i><a href="/wiki/Funky_Winkerbean" title="Funky Winkerbean">Funky Winkerbean</a></i> ended in 2022, <i>Crankshaft</i> has incorporated many of the characters and storylines from <i>Funky Winkerbean</i> into the strip -- to the point that Crankshaft himself will now sometimes not appear in his own strip for weeks at a time. However, for the bulk of the strip's run, the major characters included: </p> <ul><li>Ed (Edward Roger Dale) Crankshaft Sr. is a widower with two daughters and a son (Eddie) who died as an infant. Crankshaft is a <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> veteran who, in his youth, was an aspiring <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> player who never made it to the major leagues (he played for the <a href="/wiki/Toledo_Mud_Hens" title="Toledo Mud Hens">Toledo Mud Hens</a> at his highest level) due to the conniving of another team member. He drives a <a href="/wiki/School_bus" title="School bus">school bus</a> for a living and is part of the company <a href="/wiki/Bowling" title="Bowling">bowling</a> team (though he is not a great bowler). He often acts irritable, angry, upset or grumpy to cover up the fact that he actually does have a soft, sweet side.<sup id="cite_ref-dailyink_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailyink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Pam Murdoch, Crankshaft's daughter, is a major fixture and is married to Jeff and has two children.<sup id="cite_ref-dailyink_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailyink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Max and Mindy Murdoch are the children of Pam and Jeff and Ed's grandchildren.<sup id="cite_ref-dailyink_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailyink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Chris, Crankshaft's other daughter, lives in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and only occasionally appears in the strips.</li> <li>Rocky and Bill<sup id="cite_ref-dailyink_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailyink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are bus drivers who are Crankshaft's co-workers.</li> <li>Lillian and Lucy McKenzie, neighbors to Crankshaft, are two elderly sisters who share a house (Lucy has since died, in February 2009).<sup id="cite_ref-dailyink_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailyink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Morgan and Chase Lambert are a young couple who also live in the neighborhood.<sup id="cite_ref-dailyink_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailyink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a long time, Chase and Morgan were well-off, upper-middle class, thanks to Chase's well-paying job at a financial firm. Many strips would feature Chase flaunting off his wealth and one-upping Crankshaft. Due to the Recession, Chase was laid off from his job in February 2010.</li> <li>Ralph Meckler is Crankshaft's best friend and is married to Helen. He is currently running for Mayor of Centerville.<sup id="cite_ref-dailyink_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailyink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lena is the manager of the bus garage where Crankshaft works. She is known for her undrinkable coffee and inedible baked cookies and brownies.<sup id="cite_ref-dailyink_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailyink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mrs. Thornton was Lena's predecessor as manager of the bus garage. She and Crankshaft had a strong dislike of each other, such that she tried to make him quit (by doing things like taking away his beloved bus #13 and assigning him to bus #0, the most run-down one in the fleet, and also assigning him to the Roughriders' route), but she was fired instead.</li> <li>Andy Clark and Rocky Rhodes are two of Crankshaft's co-workers. Andy is a middle-aged black man and habitually wears a green cap, while Rocky is a young white man and has a goatee.<sup id="cite_ref-andyrocky_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andyrocky-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lois is Crankshaft's girlfriend.<sup id="cite_ref-dailyink_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailyink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Grandma Johnson is the guardian of one of kids Crankshaft drives and becomes known as the only one able to catch Crankshaft's bus, leading to the two building an adversarial rivalry.</li> <li>The Roughriders were the toughest, most difficult kids in the Teddy Roosevelt High School district and frequent passengers on Crankshaft's bus. They are:<sup id="cite_ref-dailyink_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailyink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>Angel,<sup id="cite_ref-dailyink_5-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailyink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the lone female of the group and eventually a single mother.</li> <li>Marcus,<sup id="cite_ref-dailyink_5-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailyink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the lone Black member of the group.</li> <li>Shane,<sup id="cite_ref-dailyink_5-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailyink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the leader of the group, and he is never seen without his shades and backwards baseball cap.</li> <li>Cobey<sup id="cite_ref-dailyink_5-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailyink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Severo,<sup id="cite_ref-dailyink_5-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailyink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the tallest member of the group and who always wore his hair in a Mohawk ponytail.</li></ul></dd></dl> <p><i>Crankshaft</i> is known for recurring <a href="/wiki/Running_gag" title="Running gag">running gags</a>, such as: </p> <ul><li>all the bus drivers insulting the cooking efforts (especially the brownies and coffee) of Lena, a co-worker. Lena serves as the drivers' supervisor.</li> <li>Crankshaft constantly trying to outrun kids (and their mothers) who miss the bus. His reputation has become such that students can use "my bus driver is Crankshaft" as a valid excuse for being late to school. <ul><li>Additionally, Crankshaft will also drive his bus so slowly that long lines of cars end up trailing him (on one occasion, a police officer gives him a citation for having an "unlicensed parade" because so many cars are behind him). This actually led to the death of another bus driver, who was prevented from getting to a hospital by a Crankshaft traffic jam; Crankshaft himself seems blithely unbothered by this.</li></ul></li> <li>Crankshaft's coming up with different labor-saving gadgets (which often don't work or cause more damage)</li> <li>pouring too much <a href="/wiki/Aliphatic_compound" title="Aliphatic compound">lighter fluid</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Grill_(cooking)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grill (cooking)">grill</a>, causing it to explode whenever the grill is lit. <ul><li>As a result, the family enjoys a friendly relationship with the Centerville Fire Department. Pam has even installed a camera pointed at Crankshaft's fireplace so the fire department can know when Crankshaft's going to have a pending chimney fire.</li> <li>In a 2018 story, Crankshaft's grill gets launched into outer space, and in a May 2023 storyline, the launched grill hits the diverted asteroid <a href="/wiki/Dimorphos" title="Dimorphos">Dimorphos</a>, which ends up altering its course again to where the asteroid is projected to strike Earth. Crankshaft is nearly charged with "Eventual Destruction of the Earth" because of this, until the charges are dropped because the asteroid won't strike Earth for another 10,000 years, which would be past the statute of limitations for the charges against Crankshaft.</li></ul></li> <li>Crankshaft's bus backing over neighbor George Keesterman's mailbox while turning around in the cul-de-sac at the end of his route (although some strips have George Keesterman saving his mail box in time).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Crankshaft enjoys wild mushrooms, picks 'edible' ones and gives them to his daughter Pam to prepare. Pam always presumes they are poisonous, tosses them out and substitutes store-bought mushrooms. Ed doesn't notice the switch.</li> <li>Crankshaft blowing out his back and being laid up and not caring for it (the strip often attempts to find gallows humor in somewhat depressing situations)</li> <li>Flashbacks which include, but are not limited to, Crankshaft's days as a baseball player. Some flashbacks indicate that Crankshaft played professionally in the late 1930s, which would make the character well over 100 years old today; this continuity error has been largely ignored within the framework of the strip.</li> <li>Crankshaft is heavily involved with the Centerville Garden Club in which the strip includes him speaking to other club members which mostly include ladies.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Continuity">Continuity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Continuity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The continuity of <i>Crankshaft</i> was as much as twenty years behind that of <i><a href="/wiki/Funky_Winkerbean" title="Funky Winkerbean">Funky Winkerbean</a></i> at one point; strips in both comics in August and September 2011 show a character in the latter strip, a high school teacher with a daughter of her own, as a college-age student in the former. Crankshaft himself appeared on a couple of occasions in mid-2010s <i>Funky Winkerbean</i> as a much older, wheelchair-bound near-comatose husk. More recently, Batiuk appears to have <a href="/wiki/Retconned" class="mw-redirect" title="Retconned">retconned</a> this time disparity (and the older Crankshaft) out of existence. </p><p>Batiuk has attempted to tackle many serious issues in the strip, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adult_literacy" class="mw-redirect" title="Adult literacy">Adult literacy</a>: When Crankshaft revealed to his family that he could not read, the strip followed his efforts to learn.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease" title="Alzheimer's disease">Alzheimer's disease</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dementia" title="Dementia">dementia</a>: One of Crankshaft's friends, Ralph, has a spouse who no longer recognizes him. A neighbor, Lucy McKenzie, also exhibited symptoms and moved to a nursing home. The character died in the March 7th, 2009, strip.</li> <li>Access to higher education among the poor: Crankshaft recognized that the students on his bus route would never better themselves if they did not attend college, yet they were too poor to do so. Therefore, Crankshaft sold an extensive collection of movie posters to set up a fund so they could attend college after graduation. However, he never bothered to invest the money, so the students could only attend one semester. In the June 29, 2011, strip, it is revealed that all the "roughriders" he sent to one semester of college have graduated, and since Crankshaft could not attend all their graduations, they brought the graduation to his porch.</li> <li>Recent history: The anniversary of the May 4, 1970, <a href="/wiki/Kent_State_shootings" title="Kent State shootings">shooting and killing</a> of Kent State University students by Ohio National Guard troops was commemorated through flashbacks of Pam and Jeff's involvement. It is also revealed that Crankshaft fought in the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Battle of Normandy</a>. Chris was also present in Manhattan during the <a href="/wiki/September_11_Attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="September 11 Attacks">September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rape" title="Rape">Rape</a>: <i>Crankshaft</i> became the subject of some degree of controversy when a 2007 strip had Ed Crankshaft expressing the idea that only young, attractive women need to fear sexual assault, implying that rape was in some sense a compliment.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was pulled from publication in at least one paper.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><i>Crankshaft</i> often features <a href="/wiki/Flashback_(literary_technique)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flashback (literary technique)">flashback</a> scenes involving Ed (or one of his friends) as a younger individual. Between <a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving" title="Thanksgiving">Thanksgiving</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> of 2005, flashback scenes were used extensively in a storyline that had Ed and several of his war buddies visiting the <a href="/wiki/National_World_War_II_Memorial" class="mw-redirect" title="National World War II Memorial">World War II Memorial</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_DC" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, DC">Washington, DC</a>. </p><p>Daily strips commencing July 20, 2009, appear to show Ed Crankshaft in a state of grave decline, his life flashing before his eyes as he attends a Little League baseball game. This narrative development was immediately preceded by the death of Tom Batiuk's father, Martin.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later revealed to be a fast forward, and the strip went back to more familiar adventures the next week. This timeline eventually came back starting in late 2017, but in the sister strip <i>Funky Winkerbean</i> which, because of two time skips, takes place several decades later than the <i>Crankshaft</i> series. On September 9, this included this first appearance of the older and sicker Crankshaft in 8 years, showing him living in a nursing home.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This story line also featured other members of the cast visibly older as well and implies a possible relationship between his granddaughter Mindy Murdoch and <i>Funky Winkerbean</i> regular Pete Roberts-Reynolds. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-McMeel-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McMeel_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/crankshaft-comic-strip-joins-andrews-mcmeel-syndication/">"<i>Crankshaft</i> Comic Strip Joins Andrews McMeel Syndication"</a>. 17 November 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Crankshaft+Comic+Strip+Joins+Andrews+McMeel+Syndication&rft.date=2022-11-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.andrewsmcmeel.com%2Fcrankshaft-comic-strip-joins-andrews-mcmeel-syndication%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACrankshaft+%28comic+strip%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://comicskingdom.com/crankshaft#authors">"Crankshaft"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Crankshaft&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcomicskingdom.com%2Fcrankshaft%23authors&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACrankshaft+%28comic+strip%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ab120327-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ab120327_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBiliczky2012" class="citation news cs1">Biliczky, Carol (March 27, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ohio.com/news/kent-state-unveils-mural-by-funky-winkerbean-creators-1.285917">"Kent State unveils mural by Funky Winkerbean creators"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Akron_Beacon_Journal" title="Akron Beacon Journal">Akron Beacon Journal</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Akron,_OH" class="mw-redirect" title="Akron, OH">Akron, OH</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 28,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Akron+Beacon+Journal&rft.atitle=Kent+State+unveils+mural+by+Funky+Winkerbean+creators&rft.date=2012-03-27&rft.aulast=Biliczky&rft.aufirst=Carol&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohio.com%2Fnews%2Fkent-state-unveils-mural-by-funky-winkerbean-creators-1.285917&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACrankshaft+%28comic+strip%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBatiuk2017" class="citation web cs1">Batiuk, Tom (29 March 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://funkywinkerbean.com/wpblog/the-secret-sauce-the-more-things-change/">"The Secret Sauce-The More Things Change"</a>. <i>funkywinkerbean.com</i>. Bantom, Inc<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 April</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=funkywinkerbean.com&rft.atitle=The+Secret+Sauce-The+More+Things+Change&rft.date=2017-03-29&rft.aulast=Batiuk&rft.aufirst=Tom&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffunkywinkerbean.com%2Fwpblog%2Fthe-secret-sauce-the-more-things-change%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACrankshaft+%28comic+strip%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dailyink-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-dailyink_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dailyink_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dailyink_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dailyink_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dailyink_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dailyink_5-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dailyink_5-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dailyink_5-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dailyink_5-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dailyink_5-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dailyink_5-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dailyink_5-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dailyink_5-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dailyink_5-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dailyink_5-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131015114825/http://dailyink.com/features/Crankshaft">"About Crankshaft"</a>. DailyINK. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dailyink.com/features/Crankshaft">the original</a> on 2013-10-15<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-11-08</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=About+Crankshaft&rft.pub=DailyINK&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdailyink.com%2Ffeatures%2FCrankshaft&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACrankshaft+%28comic+strip%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-andyrocky-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-andyrocky_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTom_Batiuk_&_Chuck_Ayers2013" class="citation web cs1">Tom Batiuk & Chuck Ayers (2013-08-28). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://joshreads.com/images/13/08/i130828crankshaft.jpg">"Crankshaft"</a>. King Features Syndicate<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-11-08</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Crankshaft&rft.pub=King+Features+Syndicate&rft.date=2013-08-28&rft.au=Tom+Batiuk+%26+Chuck+Ayers&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fjoshreads.com%2Fimages%2F13%2F08%2Fi130828crankshaft.jpg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACrankshaft+%28comic+strip%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20101114&name=Crankshaft">http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20101114&name=Crankshaft</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">E & P staff. (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003663619">"'Crankshaft' Comic Criticized for Implying Older Women Are in Less Danger of Being Assaulted"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090726181301/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003663619">Archived</a> 2009-07-26 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i>Editor & Publisher</i>. Retrieved October 30, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rieckman, Stew. (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071028/OSH07/710280537/1128/OSHnews">"Crankshaft crossed the line so we gave him time out"</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged August 2017">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup>. <i>The Oshkosh Northwestern</i>. Retrieved October 30, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2009/07/16/obituaries-for-july-16-2009/">Elyria Chronicle Telegram obituaries 16 Jul 2009</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://joshreads.com/2017/09/family-matters-2/">"Family matters – the Comics Curmudgeon"</a>. 9 September 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Family+matters+%E2%80%93+the+Comics+Curmudgeon&rft.date=2017-09-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fjoshreads.com%2F2017%2F09%2Ffamily-matters-2%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACrankshaft+%28comic+strip%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gocomics.com/Crankshaft"><i>Crankshaft</i> at GoComics</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.toonopedia.com/crank.htm">Toonopedia entry</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Andrews_McMeel_Universal" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Andrews_McMeel_Universal" title="Template:Andrews McMeel Universal"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Andrews_McMeel_Universal" title="Template talk:Andrews McMeel Universal"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Andrews_McMeel_Universal" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Andrews McMeel Universal"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Andrews_McMeel_Universal" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Andrews_McMeel_Universal" title="Andrews McMeel Universal">Andrews McMeel Universal</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrews_McMeel_Publishing" title="Andrews McMeel Publishing">Andrews McMeel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrews_McMeel_Syndication" title="Andrews McMeel Syndication">Andrews McMeel Syndication</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Press_Syndicate" title="Universal Press Syndicate">Universal Press Syndicate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uclick" title="Uclick">Uclick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Editors_Press_Service" title="Editors Press Service">Atlantic Syndication</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Comic strips<br />(current)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Adam@home" title="Adam@home">Adam@home</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Argyle_Sweater" title="The Argyle Sweater">Argyle Sweater</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baldo_(Hector_Cant%C3%BA_comic_strip)" title="Baldo (Hector Cantú comic strip)">Baldo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Biographic_(comics)" title="Biographic (comics)">Biographic</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Breaking_Cat_News" title="Breaking Cat News">Breaking Cat News</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/C%27est_la_Vie_(comic_strip)" title="C'est la Vie (comic strip)">C'est la Vie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Close_to_Home_(comic_strip)" title="Close to Home (comic strip)">Close to Home</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Compu-toon" title="Compu-toon">Compu-toon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cornered_(comics)" title="Cornered (comics)">Cornered</a></i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Crankshaft</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doonesbury" title="Doonesbury">Doonesbury</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Duplex" title="The Duplex">The Duplex</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_5th_Wave_(comic_strip)" title="The 5th Wave (comic strip)">The 5th Wave</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fluff_(comic_strip)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fluff (comic strip) (page does not exist)">Fluff</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/FoxTrot" title="FoxTrot">FoxTrot</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fred_Basset" title="Fred Basset">Fred Basset</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fusco_Brothers" title="The Fusco Brothers">The Fusco Brothers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Garfield" title="Garfield">Garfield</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gaturro" title="Gaturro">Gaturro</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ginger_Meggs" title="Ginger Meggs">Ginger Meggs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Bleachers" title="In the Bleachers">In the Bleachers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Judge_Dredd" title="Judge Dredd">Judge Dredd</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La_Cucaracha_(comic_strip)" title="La Cucaracha (comic strip)">La Cucaracha</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Li%C5%8D" title="Liō">Liō</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lockhorns" title="The Lockhorns">The Lockhorns</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Loose_Parts" title="Loose Parts">Loose Parts</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mike_Lester" title="Mike Lester">Mike du Jour</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mutt_and_Jeff" title="Mutt and Jeff">Mutt and Jeff</a></i> (reruns)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nancy_(comic_strip)" title="Nancy (comic strip)">Nancy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Adventures_of_Queen_Victoria" title="New Adventures of Queen Victoria">New Adventures of Queen Victoria</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Non_Sequitur_(comic_strip)" title="Non Sequitur (comic strip)">Non Sequitur</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Off_the_Mark_(comic_strip)" title="Off the Mark (comic strip)">Off the Mark</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Overboard_(comic_strip)" title="Overboard (comic strip)">Overboard</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Peanuts" title="Peanuts">Peanuts</a></i> (reruns)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pearls_Before_Swine_(comics)" title="Pearls Before Swine (comics)">Pearls Before Swine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Phoebe_and_Her_Unicorn" title="Phoebe and Her Unicorn">Phoebe and Her Unicorn</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pibgorn_(webcomic)" title="Pibgorn (webcomic)">Pibgorn</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pickles_(comic_strip)" title="Pickles (comic strip)">Pickles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pooch_Caf%C3%A9" title="Pooch Café">Pooch Café</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Real_Life_Adventures" title="Real Life Adventures">Real Life Adventures</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Red_and_Rover" title="Red and Rover">Red and Rover</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stone_Soup_(comic_strip)" title="Stone Soup (comic strip)">Stone Soup</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tank_McNamara" title="Tank McNamara">Tank McNamara</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thatababy" title="Thatababy">Thatababy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tiny_Sepuku" title="Tiny Sepuku">Tiny Sepuku</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tom_the_Dancing_Bug" title="Tom the Dancing Bug">Tom the Dancing Bug</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wallace_the_Brave" title="Wallace the Brave">Wallace the Brave</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ziggy_(comic_strip)" title="Ziggy (comic strip)">Ziggy</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Comic strips<br />(historical)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Boondocks_(comic_strip)" title="The Boondocks (comic strip)">The Boondocks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brainwaves_(comic_strip)" title="Brainwaves (comic strip)">Brainwaves</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes" title="Calvin and Hobbes">Calvin and Hobbes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cathy" title="Cathy">Cathy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Dog_(comic_strip)" title="Citizen Dog (comic strip)">Citizen Dog</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cleats_(comic_strip)" title="Cleats (comic strip)">Cleats</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Condorito" title="Condorito">Condorito</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cul_de_Sac_(comic_strip)" title="Cul de Sac (comic strip)">Cul de Sac</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dilbert" title="Dilbert">Dilbert</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Downstown" title="Downstown">Downstown</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_Brown" title="Encyclopedia Brown">Encyclopedia Brown</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Far_Side" title="The Far Side">The Far Side</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/For_Better_or_For_Worse" title="For Better or For Worse">For Better or For Worse</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Geech_(comic_strip)" title="Geech (comic strip)">Geech</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ink_Pen" title="Ink Pen">Ink Pen</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/James_Bond_comic_strips" title="James Bond comic strips">James Bond</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kelly_%26_Duke" title="Kelly & Duke">Kelly & Duke</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kudzu_(comic_strip)" title="Kudzu (comic strip)">Kudzu</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lucky_Cow" title="Lucky Cow">Lucky Cow</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maintaining" title="Maintaining">Maintaining</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mullets_(comic_strip)" title="Mullets (comic strip)">Mullets</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/PreTeena" title="PreTeena">PreTeena</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ronaldinho_Gaucho_(comic_strip)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ronaldinho Gaucho (comic strip)">Ronaldinho Gaucho</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What_the_Duck" title="What the Duck">W. T. Duck</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Van_Von_Hunter" title="Van Von Hunter">Van Von Hunter</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Brandon-Croft" title="Barbara Brandon-Croft">Where I'm Coming From</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You_Can_with_Beakman_and_Jax" title="You Can with Beakman and Jax">You Can with Beakman and Jax</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Editorial<br />cartoons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lalo_Alcaraz" title="Lalo Alcaraz">Lalo Alcaraz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Auth" title="Tony Auth">Tony Auth</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Reporter" title="Bad Reporter">Bad Reporter</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Carlson" title="Stuart Carlson">Stuart Carlson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Lester" title="Mike Lester">Mike Lester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_McCoy" title="Glenn McCoy">Glenn McCoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Oliphant" title="Pat Oliphant">Pat Oliphant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Rall" title="Ted Rall">Ted Rall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Sargent" title="Ben Sargent">Ben Sargent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Toles" title="Tom Toles">Tom Toles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Waghorn" title="Kerry Waghorn">Kerry Waghorn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lifestyle</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Nick_Corcodilos" title="Nick Corcodilos">Ask the Headhunter</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dear_Abby" title="Dear Abby">Dear Abby</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Focus_on_the_Family" title="Focus on the Family">Focus on the Family</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Randy_Cohen" title="Randy Cohen">On Ethics</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/News_of_the_Weird" title="News of the Weird">News of the Weird</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scott_Burns_(newspaper_columnist)" title="Scott Burns (newspaper columnist)">Scott Burns</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earthweek" title="Earthweek">Earthweek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hidato" title="Hidato">Hidato</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Magic_Eye" title="Magic Eye">Magic Eye</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mini_Page" title="The Mini Page">The Mini Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Motley_Fool" title="The Motley Fool">The Motley Fool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Parker_(puzzle_designer)" title="Timothy Parker (puzzle designer)">Timothy Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_News_Service" title="Religion News Service">Religion News Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wonderword" title="Wonderword">Wonderword</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zweih%C3%A4nder_(role-playing_game)" title="Zweihänder (role-playing game)">Zweihänder Grim & Perilous RPG</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="King_Features_Syndicate_comics" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:King_Features_Syndicate_Comics" title="Template:King Features Syndicate Comics"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:King_Features_Syndicate_Comics" title="Template talk:King Features Syndicate Comics"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:King_Features_Syndicate_Comics" title="Special:EditPage/Template:King Features Syndicate Comics"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="King_Features_Syndicate_comics" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/King_Features_Syndicate" title="King Features Syndicate">King Features Syndicate</a> comics</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Alex_Hallatt" title="Alex Hallatt">Arctic Circle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baby_Blues_(comic_strip)" title="Baby Blues (comic strip)">Baby Blues</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Barney_Google_and_Snuffy_Smith" title="Barney Google and Snuffy Smith">Barney Google and Snuffy Smith</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beetle_Bailey" title="Beetle Bailey">Beetle Bailey</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Between_Friends_(comics)" title="Between Friends (comics)">Between Friends</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bizarro_(comic_strip)" title="Bizarro (comic strip)">Bizarro</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blondie_(comic_strip)" title="Blondie (comic strip)">Blondie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brilliant_Mind_of_Edison_Lee" title="The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee">The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carpe_Diem_(comic_strip)" title="Carpe Diem (comic strip)">Carpe Diem</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Curtis_(comic_strip)" title="Curtis (comic strip)">Curtis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Deflocked" title="Deflocked">Deflocked</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dennis_the_Menace_(U.S._comics)" title="Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics)">Dennis the Menace</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dustin_(comic_strip)" title="Dustin (comic strip)">Dustin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Family_Circus" title="The Family Circus">The Family Circus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Flash_Gordon" title="Flash Gordon">Flash Gordon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Funky_Winkerbean" title="Funky Winkerbean">Funky Winkerbean</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gearhead_Gertie" title="Gearhead Gertie">Gearhead Gertie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A4gar_the_Horrible" title="Hägar the Horrible">Hägar the Horrible</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hi_and_Lois" title="Hi and Lois">Hi and Lois</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/David_Reddick" title="David Reddick">Intelligent Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Judge_Parker" title="Judge Parker">Judge Parker</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kevin_and_Kell" title="Kevin and Kell">Kevin and Kell</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Laff-a-Day" title="Laff-a-Day">Laff-a-Day</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Legalization_Nation" title="Legalization Nation">Legalization Nation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mallard_Fillmore" title="Mallard Fillmore">Mallard Fillmore</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mark_Trail" title="Mark Trail">Mark Trail</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marvin_(comic_strip)" title="Marvin (comic strip)">Marvin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mary_Worth" title="Mary Worth">Mary Worth</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mother_Goose_and_Grimm" title="Mother Goose and Grimm">Mother Goose and Grimm</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mutts_(comic_strip)" title="Mutts (comic strip)">Mutts</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Fastrack" title="On the Fastrack">On the Fastrack</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Phantom" title="The Phantom">The Phantom</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Popeye" title="Popeye">Popeye</a></i> <ul><li><i>Olive & Popeye</i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prince_Valiant" title="Prince Valiant">Prince Valiant</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pros_%26_Cons_(comic_strip)" title="Pros & Cons (comic strip)">Pros & Cons</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rae_the_Doe" title="Rae the Doe">Rae the Doe</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rex_Morgan,_M.D." title="Rex Morgan, M.D.">Rex Morgan, M.D.</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rhymes_with_Orange" title="Rhymes with Orange">Rhymes with Orange</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Safe_Havens" title="Safe Havens">Safe Havens</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sally_Forth_(Greg_Howard_comic_strip)" title="Sally Forth (Greg Howard comic strip)">Sally Forth</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sam_and_Silo" title="Sam and Silo">Sam and Silo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sherman%27s_Lagoon" title="Sherman's Lagoon">Sherman's Lagoon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shoe_(comic_strip)" title="Shoe (comic strip)">Shoe</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Six_Chix" title="Six Chix">Six Chix</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Slylock_Fox_%26_Comics_for_Kids" title="Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids">Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids</a></i></li> <li><i>Take It from the Tinkersons</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tiger_(comic_strip)" title="Tiger (comic strip)">Tiger</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Todd_the_Dinosaur" title="Todd the Dinosaur">Todd the Dinosaur</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zippy_the_Pinhead" title="Zippy the Pinhead">Zippy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zits_(comics)" title="Zits (comics)">Zits</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Abie_the_Agent" title="Abie the Agent">Abie the Agent</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ace_Drummond" title="Ace Drummond">Ace Drummond</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Crumm" title="Agatha Crumm">Agatha Crumm</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alphonse_and_Gaston" title="Alphonse and Gaston">Alphonse and Gaston</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Amazing_Spider-Man_(comic_strip)" title="The Amazing Spider-Man (comic strip)">The Amazing Spider-Man</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/And_Her_Name_Was_Maud" title="And Her Name Was Maud">And Her Name Was Maud</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apartment_3-G" title="Apartment 3-G">Apartment 3-G</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Archie_(comic_strip)" title="Archie (comic strip)">Archie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Art_Linkletter#Art_Linkletter's_Kids" title="Art Linkletter">Art Linkletter's Kids</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Barney_Baxter" title="Barney Baxter">Barney Baxter</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baron_Bean" title="Baron Bean">Baron Bean</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Better_Half" title="The Better Half">The Better Half</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Betty_Boop" title="Betty Boop">Betty Boop</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Betty_Boop_and_Felix" title="Betty Boop and Felix">Betty Boop and Felix</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Ben_Bolt" title="Big Ben Bolt">Big Ben Bolt</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bleeker:_The_Rechargeable_Dog" title="Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog">Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boner%27s_Ark" title="Boner's Ark">Boner's Ark</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brick_Bradford" title="Brick Bradford">Brick Bradford</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bringing_Up_Father" title="Bringing Up Father">Bringing Up Father</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buckles_(comics)" title="Buckles (comics)">Buckles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buz_Sawyer" title="Buz Sawyer">Buz Sawyer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Kate" title="Captain Kate">Captain Kate</a> </i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Count_Screwloose" title="Count Screwloose">Count Screwloose from Tooloose</a></i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Crankshaft</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crock_(comic_strip)" title="Crock (comic strip)">Crock</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Disney_Christmas_Story" title="Disney Christmas Story">Disney Christmas Story</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Disney_Christmas_Story#Disney_Holiday_Story" title="Disney Christmas Story">Disney Holiday Story</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Donald_Duck_(comic_strip)" title="Donald Duck (comic strip)">Donald Duck</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Kildare" title="Dr. Kildare">Dr. Kildare</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dumb_Dora" title="Dumb Dora">Dumb Dora</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Edge_City" title="Edge City">Edge City</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Etta_Kett" title="Etta Kett">Etta Kett</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Felix_the_Cat" title="Felix the Cat">Felix the Cat</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Flapper_Filosofy" title="Flapper Filosofy">Flapper Filosofy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Fibbs" title="Franklin Fibbs">Franklin Fibbs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gil_(comic_strip)" title="Gil (comic strip)">Gil</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Grandma_(comic_strip)" title="Grandma (comic strip)">Grandma</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Grin_and_Bear_It" title="Grin and Bear It">Grin and Bear It</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gummi_Bears_(comic_strip)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gummi Bears (comic strip)">Gummi Bears</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Half_Hitch_(comic_strip)" title="Half Hitch (comic strip)">Half Hitch</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Hooligan" title="Happy Hooligan">Happy Hooligan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hazel_(comics)" title="Hazel (comics)">Hazel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Heart_of_Juliet_Jones" title="The Heart of Juliet Jones">The Heart of Juliet Jones</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hejji" title="Hejji">Hejji</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Henry_(comics)" title="Henry (comics)">Henry</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Incredible_Hulk_(comic_strip)" title="The Incredible Hulk (comic strip)">The Incredible Hulk</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inside_Woody_Allen" title="Inside Woody Allen">Inside Woody Allen</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Hazard" title="Johnny Hazard">Johnny Hazard</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Carioca" title="José Carioca">José Carioca</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jungle_Jim" title="Jungle Jim">Jungle Jim</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Katzenjammer_Kids" title="The Katzenjammer Kids">The Katzenjammer Kids</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Royal_Mounted" title="King of the Royal Mounted">King of the Royal Mounted</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Krazy_Kat" title="Krazy Kat">Krazy Kat</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Annie_Rooney" title="Little Annie Rooney">Little Annie Rooney</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Iodine" title="Little Iodine">Little Iodine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Jimmy" title="Little Jimmy">Little Jimmy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Little_King" title="The Little King">The Little King</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lone_Ranger" title="Lone Ranger">The Lone Ranger</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mandrake_the_Magician" title="Mandrake the Magician">Mandrake the Magician</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_(comic_strip)" title="Mickey Mouse (comic strip)">Mickey Mouse</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dave_Breger" title="Dave Breger">Mister Breger</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moose_%26_Molly" title="Moose & Molly">Moose & Molly</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Cage" title="My Cage">My Cage</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Norb_(comic_strip)" title="Norb (comic strip)">Norb</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Norm_(comic_strip)" title="The Norm (comic strip)">The Norm</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oh,_Brother!_(comic_strip)" title="Oh, Brother! (comic strip)">Oh, Brother!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ollie_and_Quentin" title="Ollie and Quentin">Ollie and Quentin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ozark_Ike" title="Ozark Ike">Ozark Ike</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pajama_Diaries" title="The Pajama Diaries">The Pajama Diaries</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pete_the_Tramp" title="Pete the Tramp">Pete the Tramp</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Piranha_Club" title="Piranha Club">Piranha Club</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Polly_and_Her_Pals" title="Polly and Her Pals">Polly and Her Pals</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quincy_(comic_strip)" title="Quincy (comic strip)">Quincy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Radio_Patrol_(comic_strip)" title="Radio Patrol (comic strip)">Radio Patrol</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Red_Barry_(comic_strip)" title="Red Barry (comic strip)">Red Barry</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Redeye_(comics)" title="Redeye (comics)">Redeye</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reg%27lar_Fellers" title="Reg'lar Fellers">Reg'lar Fellers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Retail_(comic_strip)" title="Retail (comic strip)">Retail</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rip_Kirby" title="Rip Kirby">Rip Kirby</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Room_and_Board_(comic_strip)" title="Room and Board (comic strip)">Room and Board</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rusty_Riley" title="Rusty Riley">Rusty Riley</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sam%27s_Strip" title="Sam's Strip">Sam's Strip</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scamp_(comics)" title="Scamp (comics)">Scamp</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Secret_Agent_X-9" title="Secret Agent X-9">Secret Agent X-9</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Silly_Symphony_(comic_strip)" title="Silly Symphony (comic strip)">Silly Symphony</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Skippy_(comic_strip)" title="Skippy (comic strip)">Skippy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Steve_Canyon" title="Steve Canyon">Steve Canyon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Steve_Roper_and_Mike_Nomad" title="Steve Roper and Mike Nomad">Steve Roper and Mike Nomad</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mischa_Richter" title="Mischa Richter">Strictly Richter</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Teena_(comic_strip)" title="Teena (comic strip)">Teena</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/They%27ll_Do_It_Every_Time" title="They'll Do It Every Time">They'll Do It Every Time</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tillie_the_Toiler" title="Tillie the Toiler">Tillie the Toiler</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tim_Tyler%27s_Luck" title="Tim Tyler's Luck">Tim Tyler's Luck</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tina%27s_Groove" title="Tina's Groove">Tina's Groove</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Toots_and_Casper" title="Toots and Casper">Toots and Casper</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Triple_Take" title="Triple Take">Triple Take</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trudy_(comics)" title="Trudy (comics)">Trudy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tumbleweeds_(comic_strip)" title="Tumbleweeds (comic strip)">Tumbleweeds</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tundra_(comic_strip)" title="Tundra (comic strip)">Tundra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Remus_and_His_Tales_of_Br%27er_Rabbit" title="Uncle Remus and His Tales of Br'er Rabbit">Uncle Remus and His Tales of Br'er Rabbit</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney%27s_Treasury_of_Classic_Tales" title="Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales">Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What_a_Guy!" title="What a Guy!">What a Guy!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Winnie_the_Pooh_(comic_strip)" title="Winnie the Pooh (comic strip)">Winnie the Pooh</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wonder_Woman_in_other_media#Other" title="Wonder Woman in other media">Wonder Woman</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Ireland_Cartoon_Library_%26_Museum" title="Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum">Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Press_Association" title="Central Press Association">Central Press Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DailyINK" title="DailyINK">DailyINK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Kennedy" title="Jay Kennedy">Jay Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Comics" title="King Comics">King Comics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Features_Syndicate" title="King Features Syndicate">King Features Syndicate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Cartoonists_Society" title="National Cartoonists Society">National Cartoonists Society</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Funnies" title="The Sunday Funnies">The Sunday Funnies</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kings_Watch" title="Kings Watch">Kings Watch</a></i></li></ul> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)&oldid=1246984305">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)&oldid=1246984305</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1987_comics_debuts" title="Category:1987 comics debuts">1987 comics debuts</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_comics_characters" title="Category:American comics characters">American comics characters</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_comic_strips" title="Category:American comic strips">American comic strips</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Comics_characters_introduced_in_1987" title="Category:Comics characters introduced in 1987">Comics characters introduced in 1987</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Comics_spin-offs" title="Category:Comics spin-offs">Comics spin-offs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Fictional_bus_drivers" title="Category:Fictional bus drivers">Fictional bus drivers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Fictional_World_War_II_veterans" title="Category:Fictional World War II veterans">Fictional World War II veterans</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Gag-a-day_comics" title="Category:Gag-a-day comics">Gag-a-day comics</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Male_characters_in_comics" title="Category:Male characters in comics">Male characters in comics</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Ohio_in_fiction" title="Category:Ohio in fiction">Ohio in fiction</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Works_about_old_age" title="Category:Works about old age">Works about old age</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Webarchive_template_wayback_links" title="Category:Webarchive template wayback links">Webarchive template wayback links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_dead_external_links" title="Category:All articles with dead external links">All articles with dead external links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_dead_external_links_from_August_2017" title="Category:Articles with dead external links from August 2017">Articles with dead external links from August 2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_permanently_dead_external_links" title="Category:Articles with permanently dead external links">Articles with permanently dead external links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_needing_cleanup_from_September_2022" title="Category:Articles needing cleanup from September 2022">Articles needing cleanup from September 2022</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_bare_URLs_for_citations_from_September_2022" title="Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations from September 2022">Articles with bare URLs for citations from September 2022</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_bare_URLs_for_citations" title="Category:All articles with bare URLs for citations">All articles with bare URLs for citations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_covered_by_WikiProject_Wikify_from_September_2022" title="Category:Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from September 2022">Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from September 2022</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_covered_by_WikiProject_Wikify" title="Category:All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify">All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 22 September 2024, at 05:34<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crankshaft_(comic_strip)&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-d465dfd78-s5slh","wgBackendResponseTime":679,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.375","walltime":"0.503","ppvisitednodes":{"value":1419,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":63210,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":2352,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":17,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":5,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":49184,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":0,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 409.510 1 -total"," 33.73% 138.145 1 Template:Reflist"," 21.07% 86.284 6 Template:Cite_web"," 20.34% 83.297 2 Template:Navbox"," 20.09% 82.285 1 Template:Andrews_McMeel_Universal"," 18.83% 77.117 1 Template:Short_description"," 11.88% 48.635 2 Template:Pagetype"," 11.54% 47.267 1 Template:Cleanup_bare_URLs"," 10.92% 44.714 1 Template:Infobox_comic_strip"," 10.61% 43.447 1 Template:Ambox"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.216","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":6002895,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-d465dfd78-s5slh","timestamp":"20241126124342","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Crankshaft (comic strip)","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crankshaft_(comic_strip)","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q5182196","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q5182196","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2004-07-29T07:10:10Z","dateModified":"2024-09-22T05:34:06Z","headline":"comic strip"}</script> </body> </html>