Ben arrives.

I've written before about the character of Ben and his purpose - here he is in his college strip glory. The top strip was actually printed on April 1st, which helps explain the joke - and I never once got his hair to look as good as it does in that first panel. And in the second strip, I have no idea whether Tad and Zen know that Ben isn't gay - I'd like to think that they are just mightily messing with him.