# "One Big Happy" comic strip

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-big-happy-comic-strip/798051>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 5, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-big-happy-comic-strip/798051 "2017-10-05T18:57:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-big-happy-comic-strip/798051/1 "2017-10-05T18:57:16Z")

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I keep getting James and Buggy Crispino mixed up. Aren’t they more or less the same character?

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**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-big-happy-comic-strip/798051/2 "2017-10-05T19:18:09Z")

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They’ve never shown Buggy. He’s an off camera character, like Simon’s mother on Big Bang Theory. We hear his voice, but never see him.

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**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-big-happy-comic-strip/798051/3 "2017-10-05T19:20:18Z")

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(for the record, they have shown his hair or him in a bug costume, but he’s a faceless character.)