Good question. In the prototype TL strip, Marc and Sid played "characters" named Dennis and Lowell. This original TL strip was actually written years and years (and years!) ago - and only adapted as a webcomic this past year.
When Prom ended and the idea of making TL the new ongoing strip came up - it was decided to just let Marc and Sid be Marc and Sid. (So that's who they are in the main strip and in the Loser Archives. Get it?!) You can still see the original prototype strip for TL - with the Dennis and Lowell names intact - at the bottom of the homepage.
(For the time being anyway... more.
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