By the time Roy's early years of Catholic schooling gave way to a liberal arts college curriculum, it was far too late. Desperately in need of love and attention, this unnamed character assumes the lead in most strips. Some attribute his near omnipresence to emotional projection and vicariousness on Roy's part. They may be correct. This charming protagonist is not an endorsement for tobacco usage.
Tobacco contains nicotine, which is habit forming.
The character needs his cigarettes to help him cope with the sheer insipidity which plagues him in his weekly comic adventures. Never referred to by name, this popular sidekick is a vestige of one of Roy's high school chums. Amazingly, this character weighed nearly six-hundred pounds just ten years ago. Today, he's the regional manager of a large chain of rubber supply superstores. He lives with his wife and fourteen disgusting cats.