March 30: Z

Photo: First University of California, Irvine building under construction, 1963

Zot Zot

It's the sound of

anteater, zapping ants

as it moves along the

cells of B.C. comic.

Captured for the unknowing

at a beer-laced party,

Peter the Anteater

who's spent almost

fifty years at university

and still zotting along.

Inspired by the mascot at the University of California, Irvine. It was deemed somewhat scandalous when it was chosen in 1965 by a vote of the 1,200 or so students. It was though in keeping with the spirit of the times.