Tom Batiuk Author

Tom Batiuk is a graduate of Kent State University, USA. His Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft comic strips are carried in more than 600 newspapers worldwide and have an audience of more than 60 million readers. Written by Batiuk, Crankshaft was syndicated in 1987.

Chuck Ayers is a graduate of Kent State University, USA. Following graduation, he became the editorial cartoonist for the Akron Beacon Journal. He’s been the artist on Crankshaft since its inception.

Foreword author Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H., is an Alzheimer’s specialist with Johns Hopkins Medical Center and coauthor of the million-selling book The 36-Hour Day.