In 1987, he created his third comic strip, Crankshaft, based on the irascible school bus driver in Funky Winkerbean. Dan Davis He began his comics career as an inker primarily for DC Comics before moving into penciling and inking for DC and Bongo Comics ( The Simpsons ). Comics Kingdom - Crankshaft - 2020-04-12.
Posted byFebruary 24, 2020The Pomeroy Daily Sentinel is reporting that Crankshaft will replacethe Retail comic strip in a few AIM Media Midwest newspapers:If you like your newspaper’s comic strips locally sourced along with your produce, you’re in luck.Starting this week, The Daily Sentinel, Gallipolis Daily Tribune and Point Pleasant Register, is picking up “Crankshaft,” written and drawn by Ohio natives Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis. The King Features comic strip replaces “Retail,” which was retired by its creator on Feb. 23.“‘Crankshaft’ is a very Ohio-centric strip,” said Akron-born and Kent State-graduated Batiuk, who in 1987 spun “Crankshaft” off from the popular “Funky Winkerbean” strip he created in 1972. “It would probably have a greater relatability to people who live here in Ohio because I’m writing about my roots.”Davis, who lives in Celina and took over drawing the strip from Chuck Ayers in 2016, agrees that “Crankshaft” is infused with Ohio-ness, “a good Midwestern sensibility.”Some tidbits about gleaned from the article:Batiuk lets real life play out in both of his strips with serialized stories, drama and time jumps mixed in with the gags. A Batiuk character can live, laugh and die in the world he’s created.
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He says both his strips are “about a quarter inch removed from real life.”“I like telling stories,” he said, although instead of a gag a day in the final panel, “you’re doing more of a behavioral humor.