The syndicated comic strip, which appeared in more than 400 newspapers at its peak, concludes Saturday after a 50-year run. Cartoonist Tom Batiuk was 25 years old when the strip debuted in 1972. Now ...

It's the end of an era. And the end of the story for "Funky Winkerbean." Akron-born Tom Batiuk has announced that the 50-year story arc of the newspaper comic strip "Funky Winkerbean" will end on Dec.

Funky Winkerbean fans knew the grim ending was near. The comic-strip character has been battling breast cancer all summer. But as readers mourn Lisa Moore, they may find some comfort in knowing that ...

Crankshaft and the now retired Funky Winkerbean comic strips are both from the Tom Batiuk, with Dan Davis sharing a byline on the former. Crankshaft was a spin-off from the high school-aged Funky ...

FUNKY WINKERBEAN’S band director is blitzing ABC Sports today. Harry L. Dinkle, the “world’s greatest band director” in the daily comic strip, urges readers of today’s cartoon to clip and mail to ABC ...

The final Sunday strip, which ran on Dec. 25, shows more than 50 characters gathering at a church concert. Among them are Batiuk, his wife Cathy, and retired Akron Beacon-Journal editorial cartoonist ...