Your Favorite . . . Crab Cakes!

by Chuck Ayers and Tom Batiuk

Book Overview

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 decent streak a mile wide. Patiently explaining death to his grandson Max. Comforting his friend Ralph as Ralph's wife descends into Alzheimer's. Thrusting flowers and candy at his son-in-law on a nearly forgotten wedding anniversary. The star of the hit comic strip Crankshaft is a gentle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740726668
• ISBN13: 9780740726668
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

your favorite crabcakes - the crankshaft collection

book was wonderful, i am looking for a crankshaft book detailing ed's visit to the national world war two memorial in washington, d.c. the only suggestion i have is please put some packing inside. the box had been so horribly smashed that the carrier had labeled the box as having been destroyed. why my book didn't fall out defies logic. chuck

Do you like old men?

Crankshaft is the oldest, meanest, bus driver this side of the planet. No, really, they can see the traffic problems he causes from space. He is insulting, he runs over mailboxes and tries to outrun the kids he should be picking up. But this strip also deals with the issues of family, the generation gap, Alzheimers and the changing world. Sometimes touching, sometimes sad and most of the time very, very funny.

Crab Cakes-A Crankshaft Collection

I bought this book as a gift. It is wonderful! Crankshaft is one of our favorite comic strips. We subscribe to two newspapers mainly for the comics. L.Guzman (Dunsmuir,California)

FUNNY STRIP

THe wonderful thing about Ed crankshaft is that almost all of us know someone just like him. Someone who seems to be in a perpetually crabby mood and makes sure everyone around him knows it. But at his core Ed has a heart of gold. Ed's surrounded by his family members including his daughters and their families and it all leads to situations that we all encounter in every day life and these kind of family funny strips like Crankshaft, Drabble, Foxtrot and For Better Or Worse have always been preffered to me over strips involving funny animal types. Crankshaft is a strip that we can all relate to. Funny, witty, cantankerous but filled with warmth.

Very funny and interesting!

I recently came across Crankshaft as it's printed in newspapers in California, rather than in my hometown. I absolutely love the comic strip, so I quickly got this. This book is excellent. I was surprised as it was published this year, but the strips in the book were created about ten years ago. The Crankshaft comic strips are similar to Lynn Johnston's For Better or For Worse, as both strips show real-life situations and stories, while the family grows along with us. The Alzheimer story with two people associated with the Crankshaft family is very touching. All in all, it's a great book, and I absolutely loved it.