Remember The Greatest American Hero? It was a 1981 television show where the superhero couldn't land right. I only saw a few episodes with my dad, but I remember waiting to see the main character try to land, because it made me happy every time.
Or Perfect Strangers? Again, I used to watch that with my dad, and our favorite thing to watch for was the "happy dance". They probably only did the happy dance a few times in the entire history of the show, but it was still my favorite part. Something to look forward to.
Calvin had his rides through the woods and his Spaceman Spff fantasies. Bloom County had the dandilion patch and the anxiety closet. Charlie Brown and Lucy have their horrible football romance and Snoopy has his Red Baron fantasy. Garfield hates Mondays and spiders, which were great ongoing themes until they were overdone.
I'd like to get the same thing going in Yet Another Comic, but every time I get ready to, it feels cheap. Like if I were to return Kai to the USS Couch, would he really have anything new to share? Would it be funny and engaging, or would it just seem like I'm running out of ideas?