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Tom Batiuk, Cullen Murphy
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This latest installment of The Complete Funky Winkerbean presents the comic strips from 2008, 2009, and 2010 and ushers the original Funky characters into middle age. In true Funky fashion…
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Created in 1972, Funky Winkerbean was a comic strip that portrayed high schoollfe. It has now evolved into a mature series of real-life stories examining social issues. In 1999, Lisa…
Created in 1972, the comic strip featuring Funky Winkerbean has evolved into a mature series of real-life stories. In 1999, Lisa Moore, one of Funky’s friends, discovered she had breast…
Tom Batiuk was a junior high school art teacher in Elyria, Ohio, when he created a comic panel aimed at teens for the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram. That panel was the precursor…
Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. This second volume, which presents strips…
Prelude is a collection of the early comic strips that bring Lisa and Les together. Introduced to readers of Funky Winkerbean in late 1984 as she experiences SAT test anxiety…
A three volume set of comic strips, featuring Lisa, first introduced to readers of Funky Winkerbean in late 1984. The set includes Prelude, The Last Leaf and Lisa’s Story: The…
In this seventh volume, we see the changes in tone that now characterize Funky Winkerbean. Funky becomes more of a reality-based comic strip that depicts contemporary issues in a thought-provoking…
Funky Winkerbean, a newspaper staple since 1972, is one of the few comic strips that allows its characters to grow and age. With this ninth volume of the collected Funky…
Follow award-winning cartoonist Tom Batiuk as he chronicles the lives of the students and teachers at the fictitious Westview High School. Fans will enjoy the progression of Funky’s subtle evolution…
In this third volume, award-winning cartoonist Tom Batiuk continues to chronicle the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. Funky Winkerbean fans are introduced to…
In this fourth volume, award-winning cartoonist Tom Batiuk continues to chronicle the lives of the students and teachers at the fictitious Westview High School. By the 1980s Batiuk’s talent for…
By this point in its evolution, Funky Winkerbean is resonating with its readers and its popularity is growing. Crankshaft, the irascible bus driver, and Betty, Westview High School’s secretary, are…
In this eighth volume, Funky Winkerbean continues to move forward in real time, tackling issues of relevance and substance with characters whose lives are increasingly fateful and destined.
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Funky Winkerbean, a newspaper staple since 1972, is one of the few comic strips that allows its characters to grow and age. This tenth volume, spanning from 1999 to 2001…
Tom Batiuk,Roy Thomas
Since its newspaper debut in 1972, the comic strip Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the journey through life of a group of students from the fictitious West View High School. This…
Relationships move to the front of the stage in this eleventh volume of The Complete Funky Winkerbean as the lighthearted dalliances of the past segue to the more mature partnerships…
Chuck Ayers,Tom Batiuk
He blusters and grumbles. He rants and raves. He tries to outgun the school kids chasing after the bus on his route. But in his heart, Ed Crankshaft has a…
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Tom Batiuk,Chuck Ayers
The school bus driver everyone loves to hate is back with a second collection of his crotchety antics–and is guaranteed to deliver busloads of laughs. Crankshaft’s pranks, found in over…
The first collection from the popular new comic strip introduces Crankshaft, a crusty old bus driver with a heart of gold who grumbles through life at the head of his…
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The Toledo Mud Hens - a farm team for the Detroit Tigers - once had a budding pitcher named Ed Crankshaft. At least that’s how partners in cartooning, writer Tom…
Since its debut in 1987, Crankshaft has engendered reader loyalty and affection with its wry wit, engaging storylines, and identifiable characters. Created by Tom Batiuk and drawn by Chuck Ayers…
Kurt J Kolka,Tom Batiuk
Millions of Americans follow the adventures of Beetle Bailey, Blondie, Luann, Dick Tracy, Gil Thorp and other top comic strip characters. We love to laugh at their adventures-and their misadventures…
