does he have feelings for him

He obviously does. He's in love with Andy since they were kids. But he doesn't want to admit that he is gay, because of his dad

oh yeah forgot about his dad

Yeah. His did told him he openly hates gays and doesn't want his son to be gay.
He already is a dead beat dad, alchoholic and not showing his son any love. But if he knew Cooper was gay, he'd probably disown him or worse, beat him and stuff.
In the end, all Cooper wants is to be loved by his father and Andy

damn that would be hard

Totaly. Grown up with an abusive parent is the worst

Amen to that.

But by this point his father is deceased I think?

I thought I read something along the lines of: The reason he has such a problem with Andy is that he represents what he wants but couldn't be, and since he can't hate his father because he's no longer with us, he directed his anger towards Andy.

Is he? I hope he's not dead. Would suck a lot of potential drama out for later, like when Cooper admits who he is to his dad, getting disowned, finding out his dad has similar feelings, or whatever else could potentially happen.

I don't know. But even if, that wouldn't change anything. Cooper was raised to believe, being gay is wrong and his father hated homosexual and anyone, that wasn't straight.
And Cooper learned from that. This believe is burned into his mind. He was raised like that.
And even thought (if his father is dead) he is an adult now and free to do and love who he wants, he won't admit that he is gay.
His father didn't love him. But admitting he is gay, would make his father hate him.
He wants his father's approvement. And he can't get it, if he isn't what his father wanted him to be.
A heterosexual man, who has a good job and girlfriend/wife and have children.
Even if his father was dead, Cooper would still try to be like his dad wanted him to be. Even if it means to lie to himself

I think "love" is a bit more than what he's expressed. More like a crush or "it's complicated".

Yeah, but having a crush on your friend since childhood? I think crushes don't hold that long, or do they?

I've had a crush on Simba from The Lion King since I was ten years old. Yeah, they do.

Yeah? Hm. Well, guess it depends. My crushes never lastet longer than a few weeks a most.
But then again, I only had like 4 crushes ever in my life.

2nd

Good job

u da best

so jealous

I like the little yellow slug emoji beside Andy's name. Good detail.

A little cruel of Cooper if you ask me.

Snail

ITS A SNAAAAAAIIIILLL

Just talk to him dude!!! >.<

LOL That's what I was thinking! I guess he doesn't know where to start since he is already at bad terms with Andy.

I wouldn’t say Baaaaaaad terms. More questionable and uneven I think, but yeah.

This page in particular is incredibly relateable. I've been there many times before and his expressions are so genuine.
You are such an incredible artist to really catch these emotions so well. Thank you for this page and all previous and future! Your comics are incredible c:

It's hard to find the right words

This is very relate-able even if the context is different.

Can't count how many times I've typed something up and deleted it instead of sending many different versions of a text. Some things just die out, hope this has some sort of closure tho.

It's so hard watching him struggle.

Daaaaang, Andy shootin' them one-word replies, tho.

I bet it's cos' he remembers how Coop & Co used to tease him over being so enthusiastic and talking so much.

Just as Cooper was affected by his dad, I bet Andy was affected by Coop that day at camp, as well.

That or we just don’t know the context of the conversation they were having and maybe it only warranted an “okay.” Lol

Just amazing how much emotion you put in the pictures and the story 😍
Thank you, keep on going 👍👍👍

aw this is so adorable

In a world full of canids...he's such a pu...wimp.

Wait, I never really noticed before there's only canines in this.
I guess I was too munch into the comic to notice?

Same for me. I wonder if other animals exist in this stories' world?

Coop needs a hug

He is fall in love 😂😂😍😂😂😍

Seeing Cooper in denial like this is rather relatable, I feel bad for the pup

Hard to say if the random dogo (name tag said Lucas) is cutier or not.

He is.

its the goatee isn't it?! D:< rofl

You read my Gary comments? Maybe? I like the dark spot around Lucas's eye too. Looks "Bro-ish".

hahahah actually no XD
But I see your point :)

Are you a Gary fan???? It's lonely out here on Gary Island.

heheh to be honest I have no idea what you mean by gary fan XD

https://d.facdn.net/art/jackaloo/15.....sg_33_copy.png

Gary the bartender. He's one hot dog.

I usually tend to have a thing for lesser known characters.

and ones with goatees! XD

Could be, but then again Lucas is just another dog on the list. Cooper comes in a close second being he's a character who's struggling and I want to see him redeem himself.

ah I see ^_^

I really don't want these two to end up together, but that's probably what's going to happen.

Plenty of people have alcoholic dads and shitty childhoods but don't grow up to be massive douchebags. Fuck Cooper.

Not everyone is "plenty of people" and perspective is everything.

Do not care. Shitty people don't deserve sympathy.

But that's rather shallow don't you think? What looks like a shitty person from one side may actually prove to be something else but you'll never know it if you just dismiss them from the get go like that.

This one does. Cooper never asked to be this way. And he sure as hell doesn't like it.

My goodness, I can relate so hard to this page. xD

I can relate too...

nothing more gay than using capital letters in texting

This was a sad panel.

Love how he types LMAO without showing any sign of laughter. It’s so true.
This comic is sometimes surprisingly closer to real life than most movies I’ve seen that go for “realism.”

That may also be because most movies suck nowadays.

Relatable.

If someone was trying to get me to like them, I'd immediately dislike them because I'd get the feeling they're hiding something from me that they don't like themselves for.

OMG The feels is hard on this one <3

I'M CALLING IT NOW!

Andy's Boss hooks up with Coop's dad at the end!

xD

Okay.

This is one of my favourite pages. The feels radiating off of it.. ooh. Coop just can't find the words to text to Andy. He wants his best friend back so bad! The repressed feelings he must have when he closes his eyes and deletes everything. He's not even able to muster up a simple "Hey."

Is it 2012? The last Thursday that landed on October 18th is in 2012.

My heart fell in the last panel.