Crankshaft comic to feature a trip to Winnipeg for a game

[rebusrankin]

So the comic strip Crankshaft is going to be running a storyline between July 21st and August 17th about the characters coming to Winnipeg for a game. MOS will be in a few of the strips. Story in today's Free Press. Anyhow thought it was cool.

[Super Duper Negatron]

This is amazing, honestly.

[17to85]

5 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

This is amazing, honestly.

So it's inspired by Booch?

[HardCoreBlue]

1 hour ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

This is amazing, honestly.

I'm hoping 15 to 35 year olds read Crankshaft to alert them to the CFL 🙂

[kelownabomberfan]

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

So it's inspired by Booch?

I was thinking more like Speedflex lol...no offense Al...

[johnzo]

7 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

I was thinking more like Speedflex lol...no offense Al...

From the Crankshaft wiki:

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Crankshaft is a comic strip about a character by the same name — an older, curmudgeonly school bus driver

yup, checks out.

(like KBF, no offense intended here)

[kelownabomberfan]

2 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

So the comic strip Crankshaft is going to be running a storyline between July 21st and August 17th about the characters coming to Winnipeg for a game. MOS will be in a few of the strips. Story in today's Free Press. Anyhow thought it was cool.

from what I am reading the creator of this strip is from Ohio.  Why would Crankshaft be a CFL fan?  Is he related to Zach or something?  I'm just thinking that his US readership would be confused by an American attending a football game in July. Just curious as to the connection here as I can't read the Free Press in Kelowna.

 

 

2 hours ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

This is amazing, honestly.

I like how Americans think that Canadian Mounties in full dress uniform are security at every event in Canada ever lol...

Edited July 21 by kelownabomberfan

[bigg jay]

21 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

from what I am reading the creator of this strip is from Ohio.  Why would Crankshaft be a CFL fan?  Is he related to Zach or something?  I'm just thinking that his US readership would be confused by an American attending a football game in July. Just curious as to the connection here as I can't read the Free Press in Kelowna.

 

 

I like how Americans think that Canadian Mounties in full dress uniform are security at every event in Canada ever lol...

A little background is in order here: The Blue Bombers first came into Batiuk’s radar in 2011 during the National Football League’s work stoppage. Needing his football fix, Batiuk, now 78, discovered the Canadian Football League.

“I was looking for football to watch and found the CFL and became a fan of the Blue Bombers because they have the coolest name in football,” he said. “I started watching their games and then in Crankshaft, Dan Davis, my artist, and I would just start throwing in a Blue Bombers sweatshirt or T-shirt every now and then.”

https://www.bluebombers.com/2025/07/20/crankshaft-for-the-w/

 

[Noeller]

The whole Crankshaft Is Bombers Fan came about a few years ago I believe. I remember there being a FreeP article about this some time ago. Had totally forgotten about it. It might have something to do with Zach being an Ohio guy...

1 minute ago, bigg jay said:

A little background is in order here: The Blue Bombers first came into Batiuk’s radar in 2011 during the National Football League’s work stoppage. Needing his football fix, Batiuk, now 78, discovered the Canadian Football League.

“I was looking for football to watch and found the CFL and became a fan of the Blue Bombers because they have the coolest name in football,” he said. “I started watching their games and then in Crankshaft, Dan Davis, my artist, and I would just start throwing in a Blue Bombers sweatshirt or T-shirt every now and then.”

https://www.bluebombers.com/2025/07/20/crankshaft-for-the-w/

 

This....

Edited July 21 by Noeller

[Piggy 1]

1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said:

I'm hoping 15 to 35 year olds read Crankshaft to alert them to the CFL 🙂

I ream em every day ,and im ways older than that

29 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

from what I am reading the creator of this strip is from Ohio.  Why would Crankshaft be a CFL fan?  Is he related to Zach or something?  I'm just thinking that his US readership would be confused by an American attending a football game in July. Just curious as to the connection here as I can't read the Free Press in Kelowna.

 

 

I like how Americans think that Canadian Mounties in full dress uniform are security at every event in Canada ever lol...

Comics | ArcaMax Publishing.........this is where i read it. 

[kelownabomberfan]

went to the Crankshaft comic website and Riderfans have totally taken over the comments section, what a bunch of bozos.

[kelownabomberfan]

5 hours ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

This is amazing, honestly.

There's no way this guy is a true Bomber fan.  If he was able to get this close to O'Shea all he'd be talking about is roster management lol....

[WinnipegGordo]

So what's a bigger deal? 4 weeks of Crankshaft or 13 seconds on the Simpsons?

 

 

[kelownabomberfan]

^^^
Hope they scored some royalty bank off of that!

 

[SpeedFlex27]

2 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

^^^
Hope they scored some royalty bank off of that!

 

Probably not. Remember when the CFL would play their games on ESPN just to get exposure in the US for almost nothing.