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The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 15: 2014-2016
The latest chapter in The Complete Funky Winkerbean saga covers the years 2014-2016 and begins five years after the strip’s most recent time-jump. The Funky gang are now in their late forties and raising teenagers of their own. The Starbuck Jones storyline continues as Holly searches for the final five issues of the comic book to send to Cory in Afghanistan. Elsewhere, there is a memorable class reunion, the character of Mason Jarr is introduced, and the cast decamps to Hollywood as Lisa’s Story is about to be adapted into a movie.
The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 15: 2014-2016
The latest chapter in The Complete Funky Winkerbean saga covers the years 2014-2016 and begins five years after the strip’s most recent time-jump. The Funky gang are now in their late forties and raising teenagers of their own. The Starbuck Jones storyline continues as Holly searches for the final five issues of the comic book to send to Cory in Afghanistan. Elsewhere, there is a memorable class reunion, the character of Mason Jarr is introduced, and the cast decamps to Hollywood as Lisa’s Story is about to be adapted into a movie.
Tom Batiuk
Creator of Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft
Tom Batiuk was a junior high school art teacher in Elyria, Ohio, when he created a comic panel aimed at teens for the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram. That panel was the precursor to what became Batiuk’s award-winning comic strip Funky Winkerbean.Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. Batiuk has been recognized for his humorous and entertaining portrayals of the students and staff at Westview and acclaimed for his sensitive treatment of social and educational issues.