Johnny the Mediocre Human

Comics from Duke in the '90s

Johnny the Mediocre Human

Comics from Duke in the '90s

Semester 1 of College

Spring '97

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#107. The “if-only”s

May 1, 1997

NARRATOR: The "if-only"s....
JOHNNY: If only I'd been MORE mediocre.
WILLIAM: If only I was a more interesting character than my computer...
STU: Oh, sir....

BEN: If only we'd featured my Nan poster more...
JEN: If only this strip had ONE reoccurring female character.
LABEL: Ben's girlfriend. Was in one strip.
MO: If only we had opposable thumbs...
LABEL: Well-placed table.
FRATMAN: If only I'd thrown parties with lots of Eighties and techno music, awkward dancing and cases of Milwaukee's Best.... Oh, wait.

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#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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