Yuko's father is an interesting dude. I'm pretty sure we could do a comic solely about him. I'm afraid to impart too many interesting stories, though, because I'm sure they would all make awesome comics ... though Yuko would probably object to drawing her father and her brother fighting in her hallway.

HEY RIGHT SO this is an idea we had jotted down from a while ago. Yuko had this conversation in the car with her Dad on her way from Rochester to New Jersey ... she told me about it later and I couldn't stop laughing. I am laughing about it now ... 

The actual story is that my dad is going to see one of his old middle school friends who now lives in Nara (which is famous for its deer shrine).  The fellow's nickname back-then (but really, who keeps in touch with their friends from middle school?) was 'Monkey' (or I suppose 'Saru').

My dad's been swearing otherwise, but I still think the bad monkey with the baseball bat is supposed to be him.