That’s me just out of frame there drinking an iced mocha as I wander through a bookstore. I know Father’s day has passed, but, if you’ve got a dad who’s a baseball fan and whose birthday is coming up, Crankshaft’s Strike Four containing all of the baseball strips from Crankshaft might just fill the bill. Check out “Books” on this site.

Along the way, Funky’s 10th anniversary in 1982 passed unremarked. At the start when I first slipped into the ...