October 6th, 2008
#605 - Velveteen
I think this is a common occurrence for many of us. We have a beloved toy of some sort that transcends our childhood. No matter how shabby or worn or broken they become our eyes still see happiness and comfort. There is a special sort of time travel we experience when we hold them again.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:08 am
D’awwww! I am overwhelmed with warm fuzzies!
October 6th, 2008 at 12:10 am
cute yet disturbing
October 6th, 2008 at 12:10 am
Definitely the creepiest “teddy bear” ever. And yes, I’m including pedobear.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Brownie. He’s a little teddy bear that still watches over me as I sleep.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:26 am
I gave away all my stuffed animals when I was twelve–thirteen years ago. I still miss them every now and again.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Does anyone else want to know what happened to Biff’s teddy bear?
October 6th, 2008 at 12:40 am
mmm, nah I’d say Tokunaga is still creepyer and cuddlier than biff’s bear. *cuddles his tokunaga*
October 6th, 2008 at 12:50 am
Wow that’s one of the creepiest strips I’ve seen and not just Biff, but all web comic strips in general.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:58 am
I’m guessing the teddy bear goes through about the same things Biff does, but slightly less indestructible.
October 6th, 2008 at 1:19 am
First I thought the caption would be
“Biff finally got some sleep after avenging his fathers cuddly fuzzy death”
October 6th, 2008 at 1:36 am
…this makes me remember…goodbye old friends. =(
That’s heartwarming =)
October 6th, 2008 at 3:22 am
This justifies a ‘D’awwwww!’ (Dammit, someone beat me to it).
My teddy remains at home while I’m at university, to protect my room from intruders - I assume. In truth I did have some trouble leaving him at home…
October 6th, 2008 at 4:12 am
Heartwarming. Yet creepy.
October 6th, 2008 at 4:19 am
I agree, creepy.
October 6th, 2008 at 6:52 am
Somewhere out there, there’s a one-eyed teddy bear loooking for a missing eye… Looking… Creeping… Sneaking… <.<
October 6th, 2008 at 7:04 am
Creepy.
But the comment thing under it was sweet
October 6th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Just yesterday my brother (visiting from Cocoa) found his old teddy bear in the garage. My brother reclaimed the bear and named it “Radar”. I, however, have named it “Nearly Headless Nick”.
“Biff’s pillow watches, and waits for the right moment to strike…”
October 6th, 2008 at 9:31 am
That would freak me out…a single teddy eye-ball always watching…waiting…waiting to tell the rest of it deformed body to attack while you’re sleeping…(btw, andore mordre, enjoyed your quote too)
Admittedly, I do have a bunny that my father gave me when I was 6; Its in particularly good condition for being over 18 years old. I don’t snuggle with it, though.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:34 am
before I saw the caption I thought that was a gunshot hole.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:42 am
I’m 19 and i still have a stuffed teddy bear i like to keep on my bed.
This was cute, in an eyeball-ing sorta way.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:39 am
lol! Cute!! I’m 18 and still have a stuffed animal that I sleep with every night (an elephant!). Proves that you’re never too old to have that special someone… even if it is stuffed.
Btw… this is my first post! I discovered the Book of Biff not too long ago, and nearly wet my pants laughing at most of the comics. Keep up the good work!!!
October 6th, 2008 at 10:46 am
@Girlgenius - Thanks! It’s always great to hear from new readers.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Biff took terrible care of his teddy bear. I’m 19 and I’ve had my teddy bear all my life (all 19 years) and it’s still in great shape, but when a seam ripped I hand sewed it back together.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
just for curiosity’s sake, what exactly is the comfort quotient of Mr. Snuggle Bear’s right eye when compared with his previous condition of wholeness? was there any drop in efficiency? can more than one person be comforted by little bits of Mr Snuggle or is there an exclusivity problem?
(been reading your comic a long time, and i really enjoy it. keep em coming!)
October 6th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
25 and still have and cuddle with my stuffed dog–actually I have two. The original that I’ve had since I was seven, and a second one I got when I was 12. I alternate them, though the younger one is more cuddly, having been treated kinder than the older one.
October 6th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
I have a cute T-rex stuffed animal that I got a couple months after I was born. It’s probably what started my dragon/reptile fixation, but even at 21 years of age, it still lies on my bed, in near-perfect condition, and I plan on keeping it to pass on to my kid.
October 6th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
@DracoZereul - awesome.
October 6th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
That’s very creepy. Not one of your funniest comics, I must say.
October 6th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
@no name - but is it the creepiest?
October 6th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Personally, I think so.
I mean, he’s sleeping with an eye!
October 6th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Man that’s some kind of scary teddy bear.
Also I want to tell you that the random comic button doesn’t seem to be working. It just keeps sending me back to this comic.
October 6th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
@KingRidley - yeah, Internet Explorer on a PC doesn’t like the random button anymore. (did it ever?) I’ll have to try and figure out what happened.
October 6th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
“…he sees you when you’re sleeping…he watches, waiting, waiting…”
October 6th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Methinks the Gungan got to it, loooong, loooong ago.
October 6th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
For all Sonic fans, the only thing creepyer than a bear doll in there, is the Tails doll. Yikes.
October 6th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
@random person- *fetal position*
October 6th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
So Chris, you’ve seen that movie about the veleteen rabbit too. Cool, I thought I was all alone on that one. Or maybe I still am…
October 6th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
It’s pretty humorous if you’re one of those kids who hung onto an item like that. I never did, but my best friend did. He kept this pillow that ended up looking like it had been through a blender, but he loved the thing. A year or two ago, his brother tore it into pieces for some reason, and I guess that was the end of that… Pretty sad when I think about it. Ah well.
I love how these comics/commentaries are so easily to relate to~.
October 6th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Ah yes, memories of Old Dog. I think I have many of you beat. Old dog sits on a shelf in my house, revered by many. 30 years I’ve had him. But here’s the kicker. My father owned him before that. 18 years with my father when it was passed on to me. It was already bare of fur, all rubbed off by the cuddling. I dragged it everywhere. My poor mother had to stitch it back together so many times. He has none of the original stuffing, and his mid-section was replaced years ago with a floral fabric. And I love every beat up bit of him. I guess he’s sort of the stuffed animal equivelant of a bionic dog.
Love the comic, first time posting.
October 6th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
@random person:
The Tails Doll? I’ve established a small-time Cult among many game servers around that freak of nature. >:3
October 6th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
@ Knight Blazer - The Velveteen Rabbit is a pretty old story.
October 7th, 2008 at 2:01 am
Yea “Squeaky” has been through a complete fur transplant 4 squeaker mechanisms and a couple re-stuffing’s HOWEVER his eyes and nose are original.
It’s not surprising if you consider that he’s been mine for almost 30 years at this point and I think he was a secondary of my father’s at one point. He still helps me when I’m sick alone at home or just beat down by the world.
October 8th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Biff, as usual, takes things to a creepy level of extreme.
October 9th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
The only stuffed thing near my bed is a plush dragon my sister gave me a few years ago as an xmas gift. It’s there mainly because she’d probably kill me if it wasn’t.
There’s also a posable wire-and-plush Jabberwock menacing the other side of my room.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:28 am
How morbid….what’d he do with the rest of the bear?!
October 17th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
lol i had a blanket myself it was a down-filled crib comfiter that i lugged around everywear even after all the feathers spilled out
i still have it too its in my childhood momento box along with all my favorite childends books and toys
i still have many stuffed toys mostly dolls of vidio game charcters(pokemon,kirby, erc) though my most noteable though is a life sized timber wolf that lives on my bed lol
November 4th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
….so…….creepy……I’ll have nightmares for the rest of the week….
November 5th, 2008 at 8:14 am
I personally think you all are crazy. There’s nothing creepy about this comic. However, if any of you saw something I think is creepy, you’d probably freak out and/or go insane. Fortunately, there isn’t really anything I find creepy. And on another note, I was given a teddy bear of sorts, but never grew any attachment to the thing. I never really grew attachment to anything like that. If you think about it, there’s not really a whole lot of reason to, or point to getting attached to it. It’s simply an object. It will never love you back, show affection etc. It will only sit there, slowly detoriating. The only thing it does is trigger a reaction for some reason or other in your brain that calms you down; something you can do on your own without the help of stimuli.
PostScript: Biff is highly amusing, the gags are intelligent and well thought. Mad Props to the author. Keep ‘em coming, Chris.