What is What Is?   Exactly what it says The Cast   Stars of the show Archive   The comic strips Facts   Conception and creation Injokes   References to get Extra   Bonus stuff Links   Other comics to enjoy Contact   Talk to me Show your support!   Yeah, do it! What Is was published every weekday in the Badger Herald from August 1999 to May 2002. The archive was made possible by ATP Autosite, so thank you, ATP!

Injokes Arranged alphabetically for your convenience. Aren't I considerate? Boris Strips mentioning Boris and Natasha refer to the characters that adorned The Badger Herald's comic page in the Fall of 1999. Boris is the Nihilistic Comix Editor, making quotes with a deadpan expressions, while Natasha is his intern. Actually, you know that last strip in Fall 1999's Out Of The Box section? It had a photocopied clipping of Natasha in the original copy. Davy was very helpful in that he placed the actual clip-art over the grey Natasha in the published version, so that it looked better. Nowadays Boris has been replaced by Rocky the Raccoon. Joe Joe came about after a request from a real-life friend to draw him into the strip, "it doesn't matter what I do or say, you can make fun of me." So I did. :) Remember, this comic Joe is an exaggerated parody, no connection to the real-life model (except for the looks and name and the Grateful Dead thing, of course). During early Spring 2000, I was a bit hesitant to use comic-Joe, since I didn't know if I still had carte blanche to do so, but the real Joe has assured me that I'm free to do anything with comic-Joe, so yay for us! Now I get to parody comic-Joe to bits. ;) Natasha Refer to Boris Non Compos All mentions of Brad, Ryan, and Non Compos refer to the comic strip Non Compos by Brad Manker, previously published in the Daily Cardinal. Crossovers and guest stars involving Brad's characters have been fun, so thank you, Brad! His comic strip isn't running anymore, but you can always visit his website for the archives. And on April 2, 2001, he sent me this -- isn't he a great guy? :D Ryan Refer to Non Compos Toast All references to Toast are of character from the White Bread And Toast comic strip, also published by The Badger Herald. I didn't gain permission from Mike Berg to speak of his characters in my strip at the time, but when I finally did meet him he told me he really liked them, so hooray!