The fan reminds me of Buck Bedlow, a.k.a. Cinderblock head. Cinderblock head Jr.?
He has a bit of a flap-top, too. Frankenstein’s Monster Jr.? It makes sense that Batton Thomas’ number-one fan is some monstrosity from the ranks of the freshly resurrected.
The funniest part is that he looks like a different person in each of the three panels. Clip art from three different sources?
I, too, was a marching band member in school (trumpet, bass drum) in the late 1970’s. Our band director could be a rigorous drillmaster at times. One day, I remember how he focused on my four-person squad at band practice. Any time one of us made a misstep or misplayed a note, he’d make the entire marching band start over from the beginning. He’d shout into his megaphone, “Take it back!” It was one heck of a long band practice. He could be strict, but all the students liked him. There was even talk of inviting him to one of the high school reunions.
People in my high school marching band found Harry Dinkle amusing because he was an overdramatized version of our band director. In that role, Harry Dinkle was hilarious. However, he is no longer a band director and is now bossing around elderly ladies in the choir with excessively long choir practices. He was also second-guessing and interfering with the authority of the current high school band director. Harry Dinkle is now seen bullying attendees of a writers’ festival. No one can withstand the will of Harry Dinkle. Not even his hearing loss could resist the will of Dinkle.
The passage of time has not treated this character well. Harry Dinkle is out of place and belongs to another era. He is is a wretched, egotistical, condescending, smug, obnoxious, bullying, contemptible jerk. I no longer find him funny at all.
So now you have a semicolon?
My Dad must have told that joke 500 times after he had part of his colon removed.