Tip kind of has that effect on people the longer they know him. Whether it’s intentional or just his nature, it’s just really hard to get a handle on him.
I think it’s just you. The only thing for sure comes from the filename story, in which he was considering using “Tippi”, but decided against mentioning it in his interview for Skin Horse.
No, it’s totally intentional. In a lot of the art where the characters correspond to Oz characters, Tip corresponds to Ozma, whose name as a boy was Tipetarius, known as Tip. There are even official drawings of Tip that are direct copies of illustrations of Ozma.
Intentional or not, that is not confirmation that the name is short for anything. Jeff and Shaenon may have chosen to call him “Tip” because of the name “Tipetarius” (and even they have not confirmed that this is the case, regardless of whether Tip corresponds to Ozma), but that doesn’t mean that Dennis Wilkin chose his nickname for the same reason. An author can choose a character’s name for one reason, and write into the story that someone else (like himself, his parents, or perhaps his comrades in the Army) chose the name for a completely different reason.
Since the filename story says that he was thinking about going by “Tippi”, it’s quite possible that his Army buddies started calling him that after he started wearing dresses (after the actress Tippi Hedren), and he simply shortened it to Tip because he wasn’t sure he wanted to continue going by a woman’s name.
When something tells me my own name is misspelled, I tend not to take it seriously. (I once missed a whole trimester of gym class because somebody put my name under “K” instead of “N.”)
I love how Tigerlily looks genuinely confused in the last panel.
Tip kind of has that effect on people the longer they know him. Whether it’s intentional or just his nature, it’s just really hard to get a handle on him.
I feel like there’s a sexual pun hiding there, but I can’t find it…
It wasn’t intentional… it’s just my nature.
And Tip’s.
Et tu, Berenice?
Sidetrack: did we ever get confirmation that Tip was short for Tippetarius, or was that just my Oz-addled brain assuming things?
I think it’s just you. The only thing for sure comes from the filename story, in which he was considering using “Tippi”, but decided against mentioning it in his interview for Skin Horse.
No, it’s totally intentional. In a lot of the art where the characters correspond to Oz characters, Tip corresponds to Ozma, whose name as a boy was Tipetarius, known as Tip. There are even official drawings of Tip that are direct copies of illustrations of Ozma.
His alt-sister was also called “Tip,” but the Oz model doesn’t fit her.
Intentional or not, that is not confirmation that the name is short for anything. Jeff and Shaenon may have chosen to call him “Tip” because of the name “Tipetarius” (and even they have not confirmed that this is the case, regardless of whether Tip corresponds to Ozma), but that doesn’t mean that Dennis Wilkin chose his nickname for the same reason. An author can choose a character’s name for one reason, and write into the story that someone else (like himself, his parents, or perhaps his comrades in the Army) chose the name for a completely different reason.
Since the filename story says that he was thinking about going by “Tippi”, it’s quite possible that his Army buddies started calling him that after he started wearing dresses (after the actress Tippi Hedren), and he simply shortened it to Tip because he wasn’t sure he wanted to continue going by a woman’s name.
Confusing why doesn’t she know Dennis was him?
It’s quite possible that she has never heard anyone call him anything other than “Tip” or “Dr. Wilkin”.
That sounds like “Goodbye”. Strange that Tip and Nick can now bond over relationship troubles…
And why did Tip change back into the rainbow striped dress?
My theory is that the full-color stripes only show in sunlight.
Because his Chanel dress was at the cleaners? Because the color changing skirt would show his emotions toward Tigerlily too plainly?
“I didn’t know you were CALLED ‘Dennis'”
Well you didn’t bother to ask did you?
Look, I apologise for the “old woman”, given that you were wearing a dress and all that.
And some people call him Maurice.
That’s because he’s in tune with the pompatus of love.
Aha, Tip learns what it feels like when they don’t learn your name.
+1
Man, I’d forgotten his first name wasn’t Tip!
Dennis: from the Greek Dionysus, the god of ecstatic states. And of wine.
Yeah, that covers our Dr. Wilson all right. Very appropriate.
Don’t you hate autocorrect? I’ve typed “Wilkin” enough times (my boss’s last name is also Wilkin) that my phone suggests it for me now.
When something tells me my own name is misspelled, I tend not to take it seriously. (I once missed a whole trimester of gym class because somebody put my name under “K” instead of “N.”)
I for real didn’t know his name was Dennis.
It’s not mentioned often, but it has been mentioned several times throughout the course of the comic.
IIRC, the first mention is here: http://skin-horse.com/comic/blue-or-green/
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would like to interject and point out multiple names isn’t just a honky thing.
The greater good.
Berenice “Tigerlily” Jones is confused at the prospect of someone preferring a nickname that’s cooler sounding than their given first name?