Johnny the Mediocre Human

Comics from Duke in the '90s

Johnny the Mediocre Human

Comics from Duke in the '90s

Semester 3 of College

Fall '97

71 comicsFrom the beginning Most popular

#151. Ben’s depressed

October 14, 1997

BEN: (sigh)
SOUND: (door) SLAM

JOHNNY: Oh, WHAT? Are you DEPRESSED again? Will you just bite the bullet and get some PROZAC already...

BEN: There's a lot of love in this room.
JOHNNY: You want love? Listen to Hanson. I just paid $8 for a SNAPPLE. FREAKIN' Bryan vending machines.

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#152. Free speech

October 15, 1997

NICK: What do you think about free speech, Mo?
MO: Oh, WELL, I think it's to our country.

MO: Without it, we're just We couldn't or even

NICK: And what do you think about the white washing of the East Bridge?
MO: I'll tell you what I think...

MO: and that's no bullshit

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#153. What’s wrong with Ben

October 16, 1997

JOHNNY: Sorry I blew up, Ben. What's a' matter?
BEN: AH, just life in general...
SOUND: pat pat

JOHNNY: BEN! Your life is GREAT! You make good GRADES! You have lots of FRIENDS! You have an INCREDIBLE girlfriend!

JOHNNY: I don't make good GRADES! I don't have a GIRLFRIEND!

JOHNNY: Now I'M depressed.
BEN: Welcome to the fold.

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#154. Hard bearing your soul

October 17, 1997

BEN: It's just HARD being in a daily comic strip, bearing my SOUL out there 5 DAYS a week.

A pause.

JOHNNY: That's your SOUL?

JOHNNY: Nice SOUL.
BEN: Oh, CRAM it, UPC boy.

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#155. You think too much

October 20, 1997

JOHNNY: Oh, LOOK, this is STUPID!

JOHNNY: You're only DEPRESSED 'cuz you THINK too much! You need to live like ME!
NOTE: Happy b-day pops!

BEN: What, by eating Cheese Nips and watching the USA Network?

JOHNNY: RIGHT! OOO, look, "La Femme Nikita"! Mmm...
BEN: It's WORKING, my brain just made a squooshing sound...
TV: USA: The cure for the common education.

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