It’s that time again: Today at ComicsAlliance, I’ve tallied up August’s Most Depressing (And Confusing) Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft strips, which this month involve multiple timelines, head trauma, and Les continuing to be the worst human being I have ever heard of.

Seriously, does anyone like that guy?

Also, I have to admit that I find it interesting that summer (the season, not the character) seems to bring the crazy out of Batiuk. Last July brought us time-traveling Funky, this year it’s the eerie foreshadowing of Les’s impending death by blunt force trauma.