Roses in December: A Story of Love and Alzheimer's [Crankshaft]

In this deeply personal one-shot from Kent State University Press, Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers step away from their long-running newspaper strip Crankshaft to tell a quiet, devastating story about Alzheimer's disease. The issue follows Ed Crankshaft as he cares for his wife, Doris, who has been diagnosed with the condition, grounding the narrative in the hard realities of memory loss and the small acts of love that persist. Released in 2015, this self-contained work uses the familiar characters to explore a universal human experience with honesty and tenderness, making it a poignant, standalone chapter in the Crankshaft universe.