Crankshaft

Ed Crankshaft, a gruff, aging school bus driver, anchors this long-running newspaper comic strip from Andrews McMeel that began in 1992. Created by Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers, the series balances cranky humor with the everyday realities of small-town life and growing older. It matters as a warm, character-driven companion to Batiuk and Ayers' earlier Funky Winkerbean universe, offering a more curmudgeonly but equally heartfelt perspective.