Wednesday, September 30, 1998: Ozy's father is revealed

[NonsenseWords]

That is a HUGE cookie. It's the size of Millie's face!

[osprey]

This is a great strip, I'd forgotten about this one. Always liked it.

[Maggot Brain]

Bitch has blue hair.

[Cactus Jack]

I don't think Ozy was paying attention to the conversation because what he says doesn't make any sense.

[Happy Rutabegas year]

sure it does, "my reputation precedes me" "the only thing that doesn't precede you is your tail".

[Cactus Jack]

Other things don't precede Llewen. Ozy doesn't for one as he's on the tail. Also immobile objects don't precede him. Also abstract concepts such as love.

[nickspoon]

It's supposed to be a wry remark, but actually it doesn't make any sense.

[Happy Rutabegas year]

Ozy did precede Llewellyn. Which character was introduced first? even in the comic's world, everyone knew Ozy before they met Llewellyn.

[NonsenseWords]

But Ozy, sitting on Llewelyn's tail, obviously does not precede him physically.

[Happy Rutabegas year]

ozy is sitting on llewellyn's tail, which precedes him. Ozy is implied to be included in the list of things that precede him.

[Dr. Dos]

This is the spergiest thread yet.

[klimt]

sounds about right for a 8 year old v0v

[NonsenseWords]

ozy is sitting on llewellyn's tail, which precedes him. Ozy is implied to be included in the list of things that precede him.

But Ozy says that 'the only thing that doesn't [precede you] is your tail'. Ozy is on Llewelyn's tail. Therefore, he cannot be preceding him physically.

[Happy Rutabegas year]

outside of my previous argument, I'm going to suggest that Ozy is saying "the only thing [about you] that doesn't precede you is your tail", which is apparently true, and which you don't have to be a genius to infer from the strip.

[Bocaj Claw]

Unfortunately, presented like this in grayscale, this is a strip that loses a little bit. In the original version, most of the strip-everything but the final two panels- was in monochrome, slightly blue-tinted, for a sort of film noir effect. Then, when Llewellyn actually shows up, it explodes into full glorious color.

Ozy's closing line is one of those lines that... as far as I can tell doesn't really mean anything. I mostly try to avoid those, these days. Still, this is one of the few times a Sunday strip has actually been relevant to the plot. And one of the few times a plot twist has permanently changed the strip.

DCS appears to agree with Cactus Jack.