From 1999: Billy Hates Steve Case! #AOL

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OK, so not every BALLPOINT ADVENTURES comic ages well.  On the bright side, this comic strip does function perfectly as a reflection of the time it was drawn in.  It was a dark, but certainly less dim, time... but the biggest question I have, here in 2016, is...