Yeah, cause Sayid’s the guy whose opinion matters. No offense to the dude but I’d care about someone who has more than one page of archived comic appearances.
MAN, it must be convenient knowing who in your life only gets a tiny sliver of panel time and whose opinion can be safely disregarded.
Yotomoe
There is no way I’m anything more than a minor character, right? Like there’s a solid chance I’m like a background character who appears in one shot. Or maybe I’m just related to a character that has a throwaway line about having a cousin or something.
Sirksome
That’s what I’m hoping. I couldn’t handle the pressure of being a main character.
AFriskyJacket
You’re a reoccurring character in the story of MY life Yotomoe!
MegaBee
Everybody’s the main character of their own story.
Yet_One_More_Idiot
Nah, I think I’m unlucky enough to only be a secondary character in my OWN story…. xD
Paradox
Yeah, but is your story a story worth reading?
Christina
As a lurker who comments once every three months or less (but always reads the comments) you’re one of the main cast here for sure!
i mean i wouldn’t care if he dislike’s danny’s current “vibe” but i suppose it would be inconvenient if he ended up not helping/extending the time b/c of his personal biases (that said soundproof room aside and access to other instruments, theyu don’t /have/ to use the music room if sal’s just practicing singing)
Sayid knows and is just fucking with Sals mind. The question of him “Is that the room with the ukulele sound?” 3 strips ago wouldn’t make sense if ukulele sound leaks out of every room.
And I’m there before you know it
I’ll be gone before you see me
Do you think you can imagine
Anything so lonely
And I know you’d really like me
But I never stick around
‘Cause time keeps dragging on
And on
And on
And on…
If I don’t know I’m just gonna have a hotdog, thank you.
Bicycle Bill
Putting chili over spaghetti, then burying the whole mess with shredded cheese? Judas Priest, that’s an abomination even worse than those four-eyed freaky things McD’s is throwing in with their “Adult Happy Meals”.
OBBWG
Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it. Mounds of mild Wisconsin Cheddar will melt any cheesehead’s heart. And the chili is mild and tasty.
Robo-Vac was a character Willis originally created in elementary school as a superhero parody. He later became an in-universe comic book character in the Walkyverse (Shortpacked!, It’s Walky!, et al.) that those versions of Joe and Danny were fans of, much like Dexter, Monkey Master, and Ultra Car are in-universe cartoon characters in Dumbing of Age. Unlike the latter three, Robo-Vac wasn’t a real person in the Walkyverse. One major character in It’s Walky! looked suspiciously like him when seen in silhouette, but that was a red herring.
I remember *so* much speculation on the forum that The Wanderer was really Robo-Vac, or that The Wanderer was built by Joe to look like Robo-Vac and then sent back in time. It was great.
Enviro-Yak was originally brought in to pick up the mantle of Enviro-Mental after that villain’s final defeat, which may or may not have had something to do with cease and desist letters from Hanna-Barbera, but after the Universal Cleansing event his origins were retconned. Current canon has a shaggy, hairy, smelly environmentally-minded anti-police hippy reporter getting transformed into an anthropomorphic yak by soy milk contaminated with Green Corrupter Venom.
Originally he was presented as a pure villain, seeking to sabotage the police department by getting himself into office, ending its partnership with Robo-vac, and replacing him with an army of objectively inferior Sucky Bots.
Post-Ditko, writers found it difficult to square Enviro-Yak’s environmentalism as being in opposition to Robo-Vac’s mission. There were a few contrived plots that attempted it, Enviro-Yak only ever really worked as an anti-police villain in Robo-Vac stories. However, Enviro-Yak was able to enter the larger canon, and could be found in other heroes’ stories working as either adversary or ally. He even got his own series as an eco-terrorist antihero. Eventually he settled into the role of sometimes-adversary, sometimes-antagonist, sometimes-inevitable-enemy-mine-teamup with a variety of superheroes.
Unfortunately (and despite his name) he was still best known for his anti-police philosophy. As the modern readership was increasingly seeing police brutality, corruption, and bigotry as serious issues, Enviro-Yak became a lightning rod for fan flame wars. No matter who the writers tried to please a whole bunch of fans would be pissed off, and so Enviro-Yak slowly stopped appearing at all. His last showing was in 2018, where he rants a bit about how the police-reform activist community has gotten too toxic for him and announces that he’s going to take a break from that for a decade or so to focus on plastic washing up on beaches in Bulmeria.
….
Oh, wait, you wanted to know what he LOOKED like. The yak in Zootopia was a shout-out, and basically that’s what Enviro-Yak looks like.
You know what’s funny and sad. I was this guy.
I bought the Ukulele. I wore the hat.(an heirloom from my aunt that I put Earthbound pins in). I brought it everywhere and learned to play the songs from adventure time and Steven Universe. I was absolutely this guy. And the only reason I’m not still this guy is that I got tired of dragging around the Ukulele that nobody wanted to listen to.
I mean I still have the Uke. And the Hat. I can always go back to being this guy.
138 thoughts on “Behatted”
Ana Chronistic
https://photos.app.goo.gl/hQPMGWUJorSAWMag8
Caro
poor sal. you’ll never recover from this
Leorale
Haha, yep, time to run away to Bulmeria.
Sirksome
Yeah, cause Sayid’s the guy whose opinion matters. No offense to the dude but I’d care about someone who has more than one page of archived comic appearances.
AlexanderHammil
MAN, it must be convenient knowing who in your life only gets a tiny sliver of panel time and whose opinion can be safely disregarded.
Yotomoe
There is no way I’m anything more than a minor character, right? Like there’s a solid chance I’m like a background character who appears in one shot. Or maybe I’m just related to a character that has a throwaway line about having a cousin or something.
Sirksome
That’s what I’m hoping. I couldn’t handle the pressure of being a main character.
AFriskyJacket
You’re a reoccurring character in the story of MY life Yotomoe!
MegaBee
Everybody’s the main character of their own story.
Yet_One_More_Idiot
Nah, I think I’m unlucky enough to only be a secondary character in my OWN story…. xD
Paradox
Yeah, but is your story a story worth reading?
Christina
As a lurker who comments once every three months or less (but always reads the comments) you’re one of the main cast here for sure!
anon
i mean i wouldn’t care if he dislike’s danny’s current “vibe” but i suppose it would be inconvenient if he ended up not helping/extending the time b/c of his personal biases (that said soundproof room aside and access to other instruments, theyu don’t /have/ to use the music room if sal’s just practicing singing)
Lars
Sayid knows and is just fucking with Sals mind. The question of him “Is that the room with the ukulele sound?” 3 strips ago wouldn’t make sense if ukulele sound leaks out of every room.
ThunderNight
Danny thinks he’s a regular Kirby Krackle
Doctor_Who
Hey, Kirby Krackle’s Great Lakes Avengers song slaps.
Right? I’m not a total loser for liking that. RIGHT?!
StClair
And I’m there before you know it
I’ll be gone before you see me
Do you think you can imagine
Anything so lonely
And I know you’d really like me
But I never stick around
‘Cause time keeps dragging on
And on
And on
And on…
Yotomoe
He think’s he’s a regular Kirby Super Star. Perhaps he’s cocky enough to think he’s a Kirby Super Star Ultra.
Sirksome
Yeah and when he tells a story I bet he thinks it’s a Kirby Epic Yarn.
powerpowerpow
I betcha when he admires his reflection he thinks he’s a regular Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
Yotomoe
And he’s so bad at painting that whenever he tries it’s more like a Kirby’s Canvas Curse.
RoyanRannedos
I think there’s a Kirby Triple Deluxe of comments here.
powerpowerpow
Hope you’re enjoying this, otherwise it’d be a real Kirby’s Nightmare in Dream Land.
Sirksome
Is Sal a music major? I legit don’t know what she’s going for here education wise. Could even be undeclared.
Jamie
I’m sure someone will be along with a link, but I’m 97% sure I’ve seen her say so before.
Thag Simmons
This is the comic
Keulen
I forgot about that somehow.
Thag Simmons
Sal is now a music major after being undeclared for the first semester
Nono
She’s in ensemble now, yeah. It was brought up when she ran into Jennifer/Asher/the hangers-on.
Yotomoe
She just looks like one. Sayid can see the music in her heart.
Needfuldoer
He could see it on her arm too, but she’s wearing long sleeves.
BBCC
Yes.
StClair
*facepalm*
this is why we can’t have nice things.
Dr. Gonzo
I’m predicting the oddest setup for a Slipshine to date.
Doctor_Who
Plot twist: it’s a 3-way. Danny’s dulcet tones utterly seduce Sayid.
Rose by Any Other Name
Jinx.
You owe me a virtual soda.
Nono
Is Sayid gay or bi? I know Bryan was gay, but I don’t know if we’ve gotten any confirmation about him.
Doctor_Who
Buddy, after you hear Danny sing about Enviroyak, trust me, it doesn’t matter.
Rose by Any Other Name
I mean, fooling around in a music booth of some sort is pretty classic.
Unless you mean a hate-threeway between the above characters.
….
I dig it.
Yotomoe
You can never go wrong with a three-way.
RassilonTDavros
You’re almost making me want to visit my relatives in Cincinnati so I can get me some Skyline chili.
Almost.
Taffy
What’s that got to do with three-ways? ?
David M Willis
https://www.skylinechili.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SkylineChiliMenu.pdf
Taffy
I see, I see. Slightly unfortunate kids’ menu, there.
The Wellerman
What the hell is in a “Kids’ 3-Way”?
If I don’t know I’m just gonna have a hotdog, thank you.
Bicycle Bill
Putting chili over spaghetti, then burying the whole mess with shredded cheese? Judas Priest, that’s an abomination even worse than those four-eyed freaky things McD’s is throwing in with their “Adult Happy Meals”.
OBBWG
Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it. Mounds of mild Wisconsin Cheddar will melt any cheesehead’s heart. And the chili is mild and tasty.
Yotomoe
God, if he brings the Ukulele into the bedroom I’m gonna bust right then and there.
powerpowerpow
“Sorry, guys. The hat stays on.”
True Survivor
Is Robo-Vac a real thing? It can’t be can it?
Andy
I seem to recall it coming up in the walkyverse at some point, so yes.
RassilonTDavros
Robo-Vac was a character Willis originally created in elementary school as a superhero parody. He later became an in-universe comic book character in the Walkyverse (Shortpacked!, It’s Walky!, et al.) that those versions of Joe and Danny were fans of, much like Dexter, Monkey Master, and Ultra Car are in-universe cartoon characters in Dumbing of Age. Unlike the latter three, Robo-Vac wasn’t a real person in the Walkyverse. One major character in It’s Walky! looked suspiciously like him when seen in silhouette, but that was a red herring.
AbacusWizard
I remember *so* much speculation on the forum that The Wanderer was really Robo-Vac, or that The Wanderer was built by Joe to look like Robo-Vac and then sent back in time. It was great.
Nono
Sayid is… a little… judgamental? ‘I can tell looking at you you’re a genuine music major’. Which means???
temporalshrew
It’s the lack of a hat. The newsboy cap is the only reliable way to identify a Fake Music Major.
(Also obligatorily apologizing because I accidentally flagged your comment, which is *far* too easy to do).
Rabbit
It means he thinks she’s hot.
Taffy
He really seems to dislike people with interests.
thakoru
*to the tune of We Didn’t Start the Fire*
JessWitt
My thoughts exactly!
Lingo
Yep yep yep.
Needfuldoer
It fits the “Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball, Starkweather homicide, children of thalidomide” part almost perfectly.
RassilonTDavros
…Okay, I need to see the designs for these guys.
Even if you can’t find the old stuff, I just gotta know what “Enviro-Yak” looks like.
Reltzik
Enviro-Yak was originally brought in to pick up the mantle of Enviro-Mental after that villain’s final defeat, which may or may not have had something to do with cease and desist letters from Hanna-Barbera, but after the Universal Cleansing event his origins were retconned. Current canon has a shaggy, hairy, smelly environmentally-minded anti-police hippy reporter getting transformed into an anthropomorphic yak by soy milk contaminated with Green Corrupter Venom.
Originally he was presented as a pure villain, seeking to sabotage the police department by getting himself into office, ending its partnership with Robo-vac, and replacing him with an army of objectively inferior Sucky Bots.
Post-Ditko, writers found it difficult to square Enviro-Yak’s environmentalism as being in opposition to Robo-Vac’s mission. There were a few contrived plots that attempted it, Enviro-Yak only ever really worked as an anti-police villain in Robo-Vac stories. However, Enviro-Yak was able to enter the larger canon, and could be found in other heroes’ stories working as either adversary or ally. He even got his own series as an eco-terrorist antihero. Eventually he settled into the role of sometimes-adversary, sometimes-antagonist, sometimes-inevitable-enemy-mine-teamup with a variety of superheroes.
Unfortunately (and despite his name) he was still best known for his anti-police philosophy. As the modern readership was increasingly seeing police brutality, corruption, and bigotry as serious issues, Enviro-Yak became a lightning rod for fan flame wars. No matter who the writers tried to please a whole bunch of fans would be pissed off, and so Enviro-Yak slowly stopped appearing at all. His last showing was in 2018, where he rants a bit about how the police-reform activist community has gotten too toxic for him and announces that he’s going to take a break from that for a decade or so to focus on plastic washing up on beaches in Bulmeria.
….
Oh, wait, you wanted to know what he LOOKED like. The yak in Zootopia was a shout-out, and basically that’s what Enviro-Yak looks like.
Suet
It has been 0 days since something has been Dan’d up.
“These”? What’s to show?
Animedingo
Oh god
the Cringe
it burns
Yotomoe
You know what’s funny and sad. I was this guy.
I bought the Ukulele. I wore the hat.(an heirloom from my aunt that I put Earthbound pins in). I brought it everywhere and learned to play the songs from adventure time and Steven Universe. I was absolutely this guy. And the only reason I’m not still this guy is that I got tired of dragging around the Ukulele that nobody wanted to listen to.
I mean I still have the Uke. And the Hat. I can always go back to being this guy.
Sporky
Please don’t
Bicycle Bill
It would still be better than rap.
Leorale
Wear the heirloom hat and/or play the instrument if you feel like it! Everything is made up and life’s too short to listen to the haters. ?
Lingo
Wear the uke and play the hat! Or something.
Taffy
If it’s something you enjoy, may as well do it if you ever get the urge. No harm, no foul.
Opus the Poet