TITLE The Bastich By Hart
PANEL 1 (Characters speak off-panel over a view of an open bathroom door) HACKER-LAD: Hey, 'Stich! We're gonna be late for the TREK club meeting! BASTICH: Hold up, HL! I'm shaving!
PANEL 2 (Hacker-Lad enters the panel while looking at his watch) BASTICH: For an occasion such as this I must look my very best! HACKER-LAD: Okay, but we're running outa time!
PANEL 3 (Hacker-Lad turns away from the door and facepalms) BASTICH: You know, this here is a darned fine razor! HACKER-LAD: Ya don't say. BASTICH: Ah, but I do..!
PANEL 4 (Bastich pokes his head out of the bathroom door with shaving cream on his face and a large razor in his hand. Faith enters the room wearing a T-shirt with the Starfleet insignia from Star Trek) BASTICH: Its sleek, pivoting design caresses my gentle features like an old lover! Thanks for letting me borrow it! HACKER-LAD: (Thought bubble) Huh--? I don't have any--! FAITH: Hi guys! Before we go...
PANEL 5 (Faith holds up a large model of the U.S.S. Voyager from the TV Series Star Trek: Voyager. The ship's starboard nacelle is missing.) FAITH: Has anybody seen the nacelle for my new "Voyager" model? BASTICH: Uh... (oops)
CREDITS (Sketch of Bastich wearing a uniform from Star Trek: The Original Series) CAPTION: It's a Trekkie Thang (TM) (c) 1995 Joshua Adam Hart
Commentary
We have yet another remake for the third printed Orion strip, this time the third online strip. I merged the 4th and 5th panels to fit into the new, more square, aspect ratio. Once again, the joke remains as bad as ever. If the Chico State student body didn't know what to expect from The Bastich in the first two weeks, this installment should have laid any doubts to rest: This was a comic strip for nerds.