What is What Is?   Exactly what it says The Cast   Stars of the show Archive   The comic strips Facts   Conception and creation Injokes   References to get Extra   Bonus stuff Links   Other comics to enjoy Contact   Talk to me Show your support!   Yeah, do it! What Is was published every weekday in the Badger Herald from August 1999 to May 2002. The archive was made possible by ATP Autosite, so thank you, ATP!

The Cast The main crew: Julie -- She hovers. She strives for balance. Let's just say she fails repeatedly (you'd think the girl would learn by now). Most of the time you can find her freaking out or trying to regain some semblance of order to things. Silly girl -- things were never in order in the first place. October (formerly Melissa) -- She struts her stuff. She knows her stuff. She has stuff. Far more demonstrative and confident of her skills and "prowess," she gets guys at the snap of her fingers. If only she can find a way to to keep them, she'll be all set. 'Rence -- He's big. He's tall. He's strong and scary, especially when he wields his Borg-killing weapons. Once you get to know him, though, you'll find that he's. . . big, tall, strong, and scary, especially when he wields his Borg-killing weapons. Adam -- The boy's unfazeable. The boy takes everything in his stride. The boy loves to party. The boy loves boys. We love the boy. How could we not? He's a boy's boy, for crying out loud! Others: Shay -- Spooky. Scary. The usual bit. He's a Goth sorcerer who works as a tech support guy. He also has an unhealthy obsession for Julie -- well, she thinks it's unhealthy. The others think it's highly entertaining to watch. Go figure. Tanya -- She's a very. . . physical Wiccan, despite her diminuitive stature. And apparently, from the responses I've gotten (mostly along the lines of "What's up with that chick??"), what scares people more than the fact that she's Shay's sister is that she's currently pregnant. For some reason they don't dig a psycho mama-to-be. . . In the sidelines: Tom -- From the pre-graduation days. Was Julie and Octo's platonic guy friend. He's generally a level-headed chap, though a bit prone to oddities every now and then. Then again, considering the company he keeps, the guy can't be blamed. He's off playing for the Atlanta Hawks now, ballin' the way a baller does. Joe -- From the pre-graduation days. Was Julie and Octo's next door neighbor. He loves the Grateful Dead and girls, not necessarily in that order. Right now he's still in Madison, running a musical instrument shop and whapping his drums. And lemme tell you, the guy whaps good.