This strip marks the first appearance of Phoebe, Puck’s roommate and one of the primary characters in the series. Besides being the daughter of Satan (who controls the university), she’s actually a good-hearted, twitty sort of character. She’s the direct […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the first appearance of Daphne’s consistent outfit with the ‘Gosh Kosh’ jeans and the backwards baseball cap. The joke here was lost on some: another play on Puck’s terrible mothering skills. A decade later, I’m not even sure […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another bit of a rush job on the drawings, but it gets the point across. This is the second panel to feature Puck’s standard outfit: the vaguely ‘Catholic schoolgirl’ outfit with a micro-miniskirt and a sweater vest. I’m not sure […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is about the furthest extent of ‘university humour’ as it was used in the strip. I tried to shy away from ‘academic comedy’, but it slips in now and again. This one takes a pot shot at the Humanities […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This strip is one of the first jokes playing on the contrast between Daphne’s cute exterior and her cynical, worldly personality. She’s an old soul. I have yet to explore her mysterious background (which makes sense, because I never really […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Puck’s atrocious mothering skills would serve as great fodder for many future strips, though no example is quite as blatant as this one.
This one really split the population in two, kind of like pumpkin pie. (You either love it or you hate it; know what I mean? Man, do I hate pumpkin pie.) Some people thought this one was funny, some didn’t. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
