Hey. I’m the creator. The guy in the strip was based on a congenital jerk who was eventually fired for being habitually horrible to everyone. I added the Jeri component because Jeri scares people just by being awake. That’s her role. It’s a comic strip, not a therapy session.
Thank you all for your comments. For the record, I make HUGE type, but in this format, it’s so bloody small, and I can’t do anything about it. I’ll contact the syndicate to see if something can’t be done.
Susan: “Hugh” works at home, and believe me, all he ever does is work. Trying to drag him out of the studio for even the quickest of lunches or the occasional night out is like extracting a particularly stubborn colon polyp. Cleaning the gutters is like a party in my house (sniff).
Hey. I’m the creator. The guy in the strip was based on a congenital jerk who was eventually fired for being habitually horrible to everyone. I added the Jeri component because Jeri scares people just by being awake. That’s her role. It’s a comic strip, not a therapy session.