Johnny the Mediocre Human

Comics from Duke in the '90s

Johnny the Mediocre Human

Comics from Duke in the '90s

Topic

Comics about depression

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Popularity rank 1 #399. Bought by Disney

April 9, 1999

JOHNNY: So it's Disney, Ben, DISNEY. I can't believe what they've turned this strip into.

BEN: I dunno, Johnny, before the changes: I had a GIRL, a cool HAIRDO, the world was my oyster. But I was always DEPRESSED.

BEN: But NOT, they've fired Jen, my life is a SHAMBLES, and yet... my DEPRESSION is... gone.

BEN: I think unhappiness... makes me happy.
JOHNNY: WOW. Some lucky psych major's gonna get a master's thesis outta you...

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Popularity rank 2 #311. All a dream

November 11, 1998

BEN: I'm sorry it was all a dream, Johnny, but, LOOK, it's not impossible. You'll find someone eventually...
JOHNNY: I KNOW, (sniff) I know.

BEN: Not that it MATTERS, of course... I mean, we're all going to die eventually... (sniff) nothing matters... NOTHING...

BEN: Curse you! You cruel, foul world!

JOHNNY: Note to self: never ask an existentialist to cheer you up...
BEN: (sniff) Th-thanks.

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Popularity rank 3 #173. Prince Quirky

November 13, 1997

JEN: SO. How come some LUCKY girl hasn't snagged YOU yet, Johnny.
JOHNNY: HA HA, Jen.

JEN: No, I'm SERIOUS. You're not bad-looking, and you're cool in your own QUIRKY way.

JOHNNY: Well, there you GO.
JEN: WHAT?

JOHNNY: Jen. FAIR MAIDENS generally fall for Prince CHARMING, not Prince QUIRKY.

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Popularity rank 4 #99. Feel so small

April 21, 1997

JOHNNY: Sometimes I feel so small in this world. So insignificant. So tiny.

JOHNNY: Like I'm nothing more than a grain of sand. On a giant shoreline. That's slowly eroding away.

JOHNNY: Of course, I'm speaking METAPHORICALLY.

JOHNNY: Thank you.

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Popularity rank 5 #67. Why so depressed?

February 26, 1997

JOHNNY: Whoa, Ben, why so depressed? What's up?

BEN: I just feel so utterly and completely USELSS, like I just hae no real PURPOSE.

BEN: I feel like... I feel like...

BEN: I FEEL LIKE DSG!
JOHNNY: There, there. Let's go check some tents. You'll feel better....

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