This strip is #24 in a series dating from my university days. Puck ran for three full years in the Silhouette, McMaster University’s student newspaper.

Here’s another ‘manipulative Daphne’ joke. It works, I think. The thing that really keeps this dynamic betwixt Puck and Daphne going is the fact that they are both ultimately cynical characters who scoff at the concept of affection yet also crave it at the same time. It’s an odd family, but what families aren’t odd? If your family isn’t odd, you were probably grown in a vat by the CIA and had your memories implanted into your brain Total Recall style. Seriously. Check your records.