Johnny the Mediocre Human

Comics from Duke in the '90s

Johnny the Mediocre Human

Comics from Duke in the '90s

Ben

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Popularity rank 46 #170. Work hard, play hard

November 10, 1997

JEN: Ben, I TOLD you, I'm on a STRICT work hard, play hard schedule, right now, I'm working, I've NO time for you.

BEN: So I just have to live by YOUR schedule? I don't know if I can DO that.
JEN: HEY! I got #23 right! A free MINUTE just opened up!

BEN: I mean I have NEEDS, too, I'm not- MMPH!
SOUND: SMOOCH

JEN: ON TO #24!
BEN: I- I could live by this schedule.

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Popularity rank 47 #169. Meet Jen

November 7, 1997

BEN: We're about to have a few strips with my girlfriend, JEN.

BEN: You may WONDER why, in one and 2/3 semesters, you've never really SEEN Jen much, WELL, the answer is simple.

BEN: She's a premed.

JEN: I've been HIGHLIGHTING for 8 months.
BEN: NOW, don't sell yourself short, you used those CLICKY PENS, too.

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Popularity rank 48 #141. Housing problems in Hell

September 30, 1997

BEN: So, what's been the biggest PROBLEM with this whole "hell" thing?
GREG: Housing.

GREG: Now that we're HELL, we have to put up everyone who's been naughty since the DAWN OF TIME. It's a tight squeeze.

GREG: Right now, I'm stuck in an octuple with a Spanish warlord, Lizzie Borden, 4 of Ali Baba's 40 thieves, and the inventor of B.O.

JOHNNY: STILL. Beats Trent.
GREG: Yeah, STILL beats Trent.

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Popularity rank 49 #140. Ben’s UNC friend from high school

September 29, 1997

BEN: Oh, hey! It's Greg, one of my friends from high school. What's up!

GREG: Hey, Ben.
BEN: SO, this little ordeal should cause you to slip a notch or two in the old US NEWS, huh? Heh, heh...

GREG: Good LORD, our entire campus engulfed in FLAMES, our administration taken over by SATAN, our food lines clogged with DEMONS, and STILL all you Dukies think about are RANKINGS!
LABEL: Flames!

BEN: No, I'm thinking about basketball, too.

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Popularity rank 50 #121. Fall 97 welcome back

September 2, 1997

BEN: Hello, JOHNNY, the lovable main character of the strip.
JOHNNY: Hi to you, BEN, my alternative roommate who acts as a contrast to my shallow life...
LABEL: UPC!

JOHNNY: And hello, William, my nerdy CPS major roommate.
WILLIAM: Hi, I'm using STU, my PC with budding artificial intelligence.
STU: Greetings.

JOHNNY: And look, it is NICK the squirrel and MO the bat who often insert their own views on Duke life.
MO: Hey.

JOHNNY: Say, who's up for another semester of wordy storylines, shoddy character development, and cheap Trent jokes?
ALL: Viva la Keohane!

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