Johnny the Mediocre Human

Comics from Duke in the '90s

Johnny the Mediocre Human

Comics from Duke in the '90s

Mo the Bat

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Popularity rank 16 #166. Shouldn’t Nan be angry?

November 4, 1997

NAN: Simpson, I should generally be UPSET shouldn't I? I mean, the students STILL dislike us, and I just wasted a good hour getting BAT poopy out of the rug.

SIMPSON: Yes, Mrs. Keohane. You should generally be angry.

NAN: THEN WHY CAN'T I STOP SMILING?!
SIMPSON: I dunno, but it also worries me that your hair hasn't moved in a good 5 DAYS.

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Popularity rank 17 #162. Meeting the ad wizards

October 29, 1997

NAN: Simpson, send in Mo and Nick, I wanna finally meet these AD WIZARDS.

MO: Caio, nanny goat, wait'll you see this portfolio, it's a TOUR DE FORCE, a LIFE-CHANGER...

NAN: SIMPSON! You've handed over Duke's advertising to a BAT and a SQUIRREL?!

NAN: That's WAY too high on the evolutionaty scale!
SIMPSON: Well, the RATS we USUALLY use escaped to the Pits' kitchen and MYSTERIOUSLY disappeared.
MO: Oh, yeah. We forgot pants. Is that cool?

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Popularity rank 18 #161. Nan’s the man

October 28, 1997

MO: Simpson, BABY, I got the first slogan ALREADY! You ready? Here it is: "Nan's the MAN."
SIMPSON: Ah, Mrs. Keohane is a WOMAN.

A pause.

MO: I don't so much like the tone of your VOICE there, SIMPSON...

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Popularity rank 19 #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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Popularity rank 20 #108. All the little humans

May 2, 1997

MO: There go all the little humans. Scurrying around. Cramming for exams. Packing up. Going home.
NICK: Mm.

MO: Soon they'll be gone and the campus will be ours again, Nick! We'll have all summer to...

MO: To, ah, to....

MO: What is it that we do again?
NICK: Sneak into the clusters and play solitaire till housekeeping chases us out. Oh, and we frolic. Lots of frolicking.
NOTE: Good luck on exams! Later....

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