Batiuk graduated from Kent State University in 1969 and began his career teaching junior high arts and crafts in Elyria. While teaching, he began drawing a panel called “Rapping Around” for the Teen ...
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.