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The Big Brother 28 BB Comics arrived during the first week all three Icons were finally forced to fight for their lives together. Barrett nominated Angela, Dee and Devens, Yash won his third Power of Veto by beating Devens in BB Comics by only 26 seconds, and he left the nominations unchanged.

The game finally produced a comic-book confrontation worthy of the tradition.

Unfortunately, most of the actual comics are not worthy of the season.

This year’s collection is polished, colorful, exaggerated and extremely zesty. There are enormous tongues, spanking threats, romantic pirates, lightning-powered beds, exposed legs, tight costumes, suggestive taglines and enough double entendres to fill a late-night CBS schedule.

There is nothing wrong with BB Comics being campy. Camp is part of the fun. The problem is that camp cannot replace wit, and zestiness cannot replace an actual observation.

The strongest BB Comics exaggerate something true. They capture a houseguest’s personality, strategic reputation, embarrassing mistake, major competition win or defining relationship. They roast the player while reminding viewers why that player mattered.

Most of the Big Brother 28 BB Comics reduce their subjects to hair, food, hometowns, occupations, punishments and whatever random visual joke production could finish quickly.

Hair. Bed. Toilet. Burger. Plaid. Austin. Tongue.

Those are not character studies. They are emergency puns.

The artwork is not the problem. The artists delivered energetic and technically impressive illustrations. The failure happened before anyone started drawing. The concepts feel like production assigned one random noun to each houseguest and refused to learn a verb.

That is why this is not merely a weak collection. It is a convincing argument that BB Comics should stop being an automatic annual tradition.

The Big Brother 28 Season These Comics Barely Noticed

Big Brother 28 began with 17 actual houseguests: 14 rookies and three designated Icons in Angela, Dee and Devens. Those additions immediately changed the social structure because everyone else had to compete against three people who already understood reality television, fan voting and the value of rapidly building protection.

Chuk, Jason and Rome won safety during the opening move-in competitions. Dee then became the first Head of Household, placing the Icons in control before most of the rookies understood how the house had divided.

The Crossovers connected the Icons with Drew and Barrett. The Red Corner centered on Haley, Kamu and Chuk. Those groups were stitched together through the Tool Shed, an oversized majority that controlled the opening month while Rome, Lyric, Jason and the other outsiders failed to establish a stable opposition.

That original structure eventually collapsed, but its early power shaped every eviction that followed.

Week 1: Ashley Campaigns Herself Out

Dee nominated Mallory, Yash and Taylor. Yash was the original target, but Mallory won the first Power of Veto and removed herself. Dee named Ashley as the replacement nominee.

Yash won the BB Lackluster, leaving Ashley and Taylor as the final choices.

Ashley entered the block as a backup option who still had room to survive. Instead, her campaign exposed information, created distrust and gave everyone an easier reason to keep Taylor.

Ashley was unanimously evicted 14-0.

Her most memorable personal moment was trying her first hamburger inside the house. That eventually became her entire comic.

Week 2: Devens Declares War and Rome’s Empire Collapses

Devens won Head of Household and initially considered a safer week. Angela pushed him toward the aggressive move of eliminating Rome before Rome could organize the opposing side.

Devens nominated Melody, Jason and Lyric. He then won the Power of Veto, used it on Lyric and named Rome as the replacement nominee.

Jason won the BB Lackluster, leaving Rome against Melody.

Rome had played too loudly and too quickly. He positioned himself as the leader of an opposition before that opposition had the loyalty required to protect him. His showmance with Lyric made both of them more visible.

Rome was evicted 12-1. Taylor cast the only vote to keep him.

Lyric voted against Rome after he encouraged her to protect her own game. Rome walked out publicly declaring his love while learning that his showmance had joined everyone else in evicting him.

Angela also lost the first Time Capsule challenge and received the Egg Detective punishment. That costume eventually became the only thing her comic cared about.

Week 3: Kamu Hijacks Mallory’s Tea Party

Kamu won Head of Household and nominated Lyric, Mallory and LaLa while planning to backdoor Jason.

Lyric won the Power of Veto and saved herself. Kamu followed through by naming Jason as the replacement nominee.

The week became memorable because of Mallory’s Tea Party. What was supposed to be a playful house event became a public confrontation when Kamu attempted to expose Jason in front of everyone.

Jason responded by becoming the kettle instead of merely spilling the tea. He fought back, banged kitchenware and delivered one of the season’s few genuinely unforgettable confrontations.

Kamu succeeded in making Jason the target, but he also showed the entire house how aggressively he could weaponize private conversations.

Mallory defeated Jason by one point in the BB Lackluster. Jason was unanimously evicted 12-0.

During the same period, Devens completed his Time Capsule challenge and won the Diamond Power of Veto. The power allowed him to remove a nominee and personally select the replacement during one of the next six Veto meetings.

Unlike Angela’s punishment, Devens received something capable of changing the season.

Week 4: Haley Wins Power and Loses Control

Haley won Head of Household and nominated Taylor, Melody and Drew. Taylor was her primary target, and much of the week was driven by personal frustration instead of a clean strategic objective.

Taylor won the Power of Veto and saved herself. Haley named Lyric as the replacement nominee after previously giving Lyric reasons to believe she was safe.

Drew won the BB Lackluster, leaving Melody and Lyric as the final nominees.

The target moved from Drew to Melody and finally to Lyric. The Icons helped redirect the vote at the last moment, blindsiding Haley during her own Head of Household.

Lyric was evicted 8-3. Kamu, Chuk and Yash voted to keep her.

The Tool Shed technically continued to exist, but it stopped functioning as a real alliance. Angela initially lied about her vote, Haley became determined to expose the betrayal and the original majority splintered into smaller groups.

Dee also completed her Time Capsule challenge and won the BB Bribe, giving her $5,000 to offer another houseguest in exchange for a binding game action.

Week 5: LaLa Wins the Wall While Taylor Directs the Attack

LaLa shocked the house by winning the Wall at 58 years old, becoming the oldest winner of the famous endurance competition on the flagship Big Brother series.

That should have been the defining image of her comic.

With substantial strategic guidance from Taylor, LaLa nominated Haley, Chuk and Barrett. Barrett was being used as a pawn while Haley was the intended target. Taylor also helped keep Kamu off the initial block, giving him room to separate from the collapsing Red Corner.

Kamu won the Power of Veto but refused to save either Haley or Chuk. The decision was an understandable attempt to reposition himself, but it confirmed that he had abandoned his original allies.

Haley won the BB Lackluster. Chuk was left against Barrett and evicted 9-1, with Haley casting the only vote to keep him.

Angela also admitted her role in Lyric’s eviction to Haley. Their conversation escalated into one of Angela’s biggest explosions, turning what could have been a strategic reconciliation into another emotional disaster.

Mallory lost her Time Capsule challenge and received the Adam and Eve punishment. She selected Melody as her partner, forcing them to wear fig-leaf costumes while connected to one another.

LaLa’s Wall victory broke the original majority. Taylor’s strategic influence shaped the nominations. Neither story became their comic.

Week 6: Yash Wins Everything, but Devens Steals the Move

Yash won Head of Household and nominated Dee, Angela and Haley. He then won the Power of Veto, giving him control over the nominations.

Devens used the Diamond Power of Veto to save Dee and personally name Kamu as the replacement nominee.

It was one of the season’s biggest moves. Devens protected his closest strategic ally, exposed the Icons and turned Yash’s Head of Household into someone else’s signature moment.

Angela won the BB Lackluster. Kamu was evicted 8-1, with LaLa casting the only vote to keep him.

Kamu had moved away from Haley and Chuk, avoided LaLa’s nominations and positioned himself as a valuable free agent. None of it mattered once Devens could rewrite the block.

Melody also lost her Time Capsule challenge and became Lady of the Latrine, spending 24 hours servicing and cleaning the bathroom in a royal costume.

Production eventually decided that punishment was the complete story of her summer.

Week 7: Dee Takes Control and Drew Betrays Mallory

Dee won her second Head of Household and nominated Drew, Taylor and LaLa.

LaLa won the Power of Veto during a sexually suggestive, 1980s exercise-themed competition. She saved herself, and Dee named Mallory as the replacement nominee.

Drew won his second BB Lackluster, leaving Taylor and Mallory as the final nominees.

Mallory was evicted 6-2. Only Barrett and Melody voted to keep her. Drew voted against his own F.A.P. ally, sacrificing Mallory to preserve his wider position with the Icons and Mosh Pit.

The vote exposed the limits of Drew’s loyalty. Melody was furious, but she remained personally and strategically tied to him.

Dee eventually offered her BB Bribe to Yash. He accepted $5,000 in exchange for not nominating Angela, Dee or Devens the next time he became Head of Household. The agreement did not stop him from winning Veto, refusing to use it or voting against them.

Drew received the final Time Capsule reward, a Never-Not Pass. It improved his living conditions but had no meaningful strategic impact.

The 1,000th-Episode Twist: Haley Leaves Without a Vote

After Mallory’s eviction, Big Brother suspended the normal Head of Household, Veto and BB Lackluster format for a medieval chain of safety competitions.

The houseguests were pushed through successive challenges in which safety and elimination decisions passed from one person to another. Dee earned early safety and helped Devens avoid the most dangerous part of the chain.

Haley repeatedly failed to escape.

Yash eventually gained the final authority and eliminated her.

Haley left without a traditional nomination ceremony, campaign or eviction vote. It was an unsatisfying ending to a game that had already unraveled after her disastrous Week 4 Head of Household.

Her exit also kept her out of the jury despite reaching the same stage as Mallory.

Week 8: Drew Nominates Devens, but LaLa Pays the Price

Drew won Head of Household and nominated Yash, LaLa and Taylor.

Yash won the Power of Veto and removed himself. Drew spent far too much time debating the replacement nominee before finally placing Devens on the block.

Devens won the BB Lackluster, leaving LaLa against Taylor.

LaLa was evicted 4-2 and became the first juror on Day 59.

Her eviction was a major strategic failure for the rookies. LaLa had been one of the loudest voices demanding that they remove the Icons. Within 24 hours of losing her, Barrett finally gained the power required to take the shot she had been calling for.

Week 9: Barrett Finally Puts All Three Icons in Danger

Barrett won Head of Household and nominated Angela, Dee and Devens together.

It was the most direct attack on the Icons all season. There was no pawn, complicated backdoor plan or attempt to hide what was happening. At least one Icon would have to win safety or face the vote.

Yash and Taylor joined Barrett and the nominees in the BB Comics Power of Veto competition.

Yash won, defeating Devens by 26 seconds and collecting his third Veto.

He did not use it.

Devens remains the primary target if he loses the BB Lackluster. Dee is Barrett’s preferred backup target. However, if Devens wins safety, Yash and Taylor have discussed keeping Dee and evicting Angela. Drew and Melody independently reached the same conclusion.

Barrett opposes that outcome because evicting Angela instead of Dee or Devens would waste the most important opportunity of his Head of Household.

That is the season entering the BB Comics episode: one Icon must leave, but the rookies still cannot agree on which one.

Now compare that story with what production chose to draw.

Every Big Brother 28 BB Comic Compared With the Actual Game

Angela — The Eggsecutioner

Comic-to-game score: 5.5/10

Angela’s cover transforms her into The Eggsecutioner, an egg-shaped medieval warrior carrying a battle axe beneath the tagline “She’s Cracked!”

Visually, it is one of the cleaner covers. The egg body, castle backdrop and executioner theme create a coherent image. It is campy, dramatic and immediately recognizable.

It is also based entirely on a punishment Angela received after failing the first Time Capsule challenge.

Angela has not played an elite game. She has not won Head of Household or the regular Power of Veto. She has been protected by the Icons, benefited from Devens’ Diamond Veto and sometimes allowed her emotions to create unnecessary damage.

She has still done considerably more than wear an egg costume.

Angela helped redirect Devens toward backdooring Rome. She participated in the Lyric vote flip that destroyed Haley’s Head of Household. She survived Yash’s nominations by winning the BB Lackluster. Her relationships repeatedly helped the Icons gather information and soften potential opposition.

Her biggest weakness has been dependence. Angela entered Week 9 with protection because other players viewed Dee and Devens as larger threats. That is useful positioning, but it is not independent control.

The moment Devens began presenting himself and Dee as shields, several rookies began discussing Angela as the expendable Icon.

The Eggsecutioner captures a memorable costume but ignores that strategic contradiction.

“She’s Cracked” is also predictable. It leans on the same Angela caricature the franchise already used instead of discovering anything new about her second game.

This is not a terrible cover. It is simply the easiest available joke.

Yash — The Skullet

Comic-to-game score: 2/10

Yash becomes The Skullet, a sinister barber wielding scissors over a terrified customer. The tagline promises “One Grim Trim.”

That is apparently the entire concept. His comic is about hair.

Yash entered Week 9 with one Head of Household victory, three Veto wins, a Week 1 BB Lackluster victory and the decisive win in the medieval elimination chain.

He has won more meaningful competitions than anyone remaining.

His Week 6 Head of Household placed three heavily connected players in danger. Devens needed the Diamond Veto to rescue Dee and redirect the week onto Kamu. Although the power undermined Yash’s intended nominations, forcing the Icons to publicly expose themselves was still important.

Yash later won the Week 8 Veto and forced Drew to name a replacement nominee. He followed that performance by winning BB Comics while all three Icons were on the block.

His strategic game is more complicated. Accepting Dee’s $5,000 bribe restricted his next Head of Household nominations, but it did not prevent him from leaving Barrett’s nominations unchanged.

Yash has also recognized that both groups need him. The Icons see him as a shield and temporary asset. The rookies need his competition ability to finish removing the Icons.

His plan is to let the two sides attack each other while he collects safety and waits for a clearer path to the finale.

Production had competition wins, clocks, money, calculations and Veto necklaces available as concepts.

It stared at his haircut and stopped working.

The Skullet is one of the collection’s clearest failures. The season handed production a superhero. Production made him a barber.

Dee — The Dee-stroyer

Comic-to-game score: 4/10

Dee becomes The Dee-stroyer, a medieval attacker launching projectiles toward a castle while the tagline warns, “Watch out! Dee’s nuts!”

The title accidentally describes her game better than the actual joke.

Dee has been one of the season’s central strategic players. She won the first Head of Household and the Week 7 Head of Household. Her early power helped establish the Icons, create the Crossovers and turn the Tool Shed into the opening majority.

Her first Head of Household did not remove her intended target. Yash escaped through the BB Lackluster, and Ashley’s collapsing campaign gave the house an easy unanimous eviction.

Even so, Dee used the week to build a structure that protected her for more than a month.

Her most important move came during Haley’s Head of Household. The late vote shift onto Lyric damaged the Red Corner, exposed the Tool Shed’s internal distrust and started the chain that eventually removed Chuk and Kamu.

Dee also won the BB Bribe. Her first offer to Yash failed, but she eventually convinced him to accept the deal. It did not stop Barrett’s current nominations, but it could still protect the Icons from a future Yash Head of Household.

Her weaknesses are equally visible. Dee becomes forceful when she feels control slipping. Devens had to use the Diamond Veto to save her, and her closeness to him has made her one of Barrett’s preferred targets.

The Dee-stroyer could have involved flipped votes, two Head of Household keys, broken alliances or the BB Bribe.

Instead, the comic exists to make a “Dee’s nuts” joke.

That is zesty middle-school humor attached to one of the season’s most important players.

Drew — Rebel Without a Comb

Comic-to-game score: 1.5/10

Drew becomes Rebel Without a Comb, riding a motorcycle with exaggerated hair beneath the tagline “Hairdo or Die.”

It looks like a rejected advertisement for hair gel.

Drew’s game has been frustrating, self-protective and occasionally effective. He built relationships with the Icons through the Crossovers while maintaining F.A.P. with Mallory and Melody.

He repeatedly occupied the middle, moving information between groups and avoiding firm commitments until competitions forced him to choose.

Drew also bluffed about possessing the Coin of Destiny despite not having that power. The lie made his position look more dangerous and confusing than necessary.

His greatest skill has been surviving the damage caused by his own indecision. He won the BB Lackluster during Haley’s Head of Household, removing himself before the vote landed on Lyric. He won again during Dee’s second Head of Household, saving himself while Mallory became the replacement casualty.

His decision to evict Mallory exposed the limits of F.A.P. Drew chose his wider position over his closest named alliance, angering Melody and proving that his promises could disappear when they became inconvenient.

Drew finally won Head of Household in Week 8. He nominated Yash, LaLa and Taylor, then reluctantly named Devens after Yash used the Veto. Devens won the BB Lackluster, and LaLa left instead.

Drew took a partial shot while preserving enough ambiguity to claim he had not completely turned against the Icons.

That balancing act is collapsing. Barrett took the direct shot Drew avoided, and the remaining rookies have less reason to tolerate somebody who wants access to every plan without accepting responsibility for one.

Production could have made Drew a man standing on a collapsing fence, an alliance escape artist, a Blockbuster survival machine or a rat moving information between rooms.

It chose a comb.

Melody — Lady of the Latrine

Comic-to-game score: 0.5/10

Melody becomes Lady of the Latrine, a royal bathroom attendant responsible for ensuring the kingdom can flush.

The cover recreates her Time Capsule punishment. She wears a medieval costume outside an occupied toilet while servicing the royal bathroom.

It is colorful. It is theatrical. It is zesty.

It is also an admission that production could not identify a game for her.

Melody has not won Head of Household or Veto. She was nominated during Devens’ Week 2 reign and again during Haley’s Week 4 Head of Household. She survived because larger targets emerged.

Her most important strategic structure was F.A.P. with Drew and Mallory. The alliance offered her a potential path between the early power blocs, but it never became an organized opposition.

Drew remained connected to the Icons. Mallory became an expendable replacement nominee. Melody was left reacting to decisions instead of directing them.

Melody and Barrett cast the only votes to save Mallory. That showed more loyalty than Drew displayed, but it happened too late to matter.

Her relationship with Drew has been more visible than her independent strategy. It has provided information and protection, but it has tied her future to a player who repeatedly sacrifices allies when threatened.

Only now, with Barrett controlling Week 9, has Melody begun discussing a genuine rookie ceasefire and the need to remove the Icons. She has also recognized that keeping Dee over Angela could leave a shield and weapon in front of her.

That is more active thinking than she displayed earlier, but it does not erase two months of passivity.

Lady of the Latrine is both unfair and revealing. It reduces Melody to a punishment, but production selected that punishment because her actual season provided very little that was undeniable.

The cover should not have been about a toilet.

The fact that it was says everything.

Barrett — The Austin Gangler

Comic-to-game score: 2.5/10

Barrett becomes The Austin Gangler, an oversized, lanky creature standing outside a Texas home. He is described as “lanky,” “cranky” and prepared to give someone a “spanky.”

This comic is aggressively zesty without being particularly clever.

Barrett spent most of the season attached to powerful players while insisting he would eventually act against them. He was connected to the Icons through the Crossovers, became part of the Tool Shed and later occupied the Mosh Pit.

His relationship with Drew gave both men access to multiple sides of the house.

That position protected Barrett, but it also made him frustrating. He talked about taking shots, questioned the Icons and repeatedly delayed the confrontation.

LaLa nominated him as a pawn during Week 5. He survived Chuk’s eviction and returned to the middle. During Mallory’s final week, Barrett was one of only two votes to keep her, separating himself from Drew without completely ending their relationship.

LaLa’s eviction finally forced Barrett to confront the numbers. He won Week 9 Head of Household and made the season’s most decisive nominations by placing Angela, Dee and Devens on the block together.

That move matters. Barrett guaranteed that the three-person Icon structure would end unless another twist interfered.

He has also resisted treating Angela’s eviction as a successful result, correctly recognizing that losing the least strategically powerful Icon would weaken the value of his Head of Household.

His problem is timing. Barrett waited until the final eight to make a move that should have begun several weeks earlier.

The Austin Gangler was likely designed before Barrett won Head of Household, but his season already contained “Sharpie it,” his delayed rebellion, middle position and partnership with Drew.

The comic chose “spanky.”

Taylor — Pod Almighty

Comic-to-game score: 1/10

Taylor becomes Pod Almighty, wrapped in a blanket on her pod bed while electricity puts the men around her to sleep. The tagline promises, “She’ll make you go nighty night!”

The cover appears intended to present Taylor as a supernatural sleep queen. There is a slightly dominant and zesty edge to the image, but the joke lands much more simply: Taylor stayed in bed all summer.

Taylor has spent plenty of time in the bed and pod. That is fair material for a quick joke. It should not become the only statement made about her season.

Taylor has been nominated four times, more than anyone remaining. She survived the opening eviction against Ashley, cast the only vote to keep Rome and won the Week 4 Power of Veto when Haley made her the primary target.

Her most influential week came during LaLa’s Head of Household. Taylor helped direct the nominations toward Haley and Chuk while protecting Kamu from the initial block.

That advice changed the season by breaking the remaining Red Corner and creating space for Kamu to reposition.

Taylor’s game has not been dominant. She has never won Head of Household. She has often been isolated, allowed other people to define her position and struggled to build a large structure around herself.

Her relationship with LaLa did not save LaLa in Week 8, and Taylor has spent much of the season requiring someone else to hold power.

Still, repeatedly surviving the block is a game. Winning Veto under direct pressure is a game. Influencing LaLa’s nominations is a game. Building a functional partnership with Yash is a game.

Pod Almighty erases all of it.

There is also an ugly visual consequence to reducing a Black woman’s season to laziness while the collection ignores inactivity from several other players. Whether intended or not, the effect deserves criticism.

Taylor’s comic could have featured four nomination chairs, a Veto necklace and an underdog refusing to leave.

Instead, production drew a bed and called the assignment complete.

Devens — Diamond Devens

Comic-to-game score: 8.5/10

Devens becomes Diamond Devens, flying over a city in a glittering diamond suit while aircraft surround him. The tagline promises “24 Carats of Kickass.”

This is the best game-based concept in the collection.

The name directly references the Diamond Power of Veto that allowed Devens to rewrite Yash’s nominations. The diamond body turns that power into a superhero identity without requiring a complicated explanation.

Devens has played one of the season’s most visible games. He won the Week 2 Head of Household, nominated three members of Rome’s side, won the Veto and completed the Rome backdoor.

That week divided the house but established Devens as the strategic voice of the Icons.

He won the Diamond Veto through the Time Capsule and held it until Week 6. When Yash nominated Dee, Angela and Haley, Devens saved Dee and personally nominated Kamu.

Angela won the BB Lackluster, and Kamu was evicted.

That move preserved all three Icons, removed a dangerous free agent and became the most consequential use of a twist this season.

Devens also helped manage vote flips, build the Mosh Pit and keep the Icons coordinated whenever Angela’s emotions or Dee’s intensity threatened to create cracks.

The cost is that everyone recognizes his influence. Drew nominated him in Week 8. Devens escaped by winning the BB Lackluster. Barrett nominated him again as Week 9’s primary target.

He came within 26 seconds of winning BB Comics but lost to Yash. His survival now requires another BB Lackluster victory or a vote that appears unlikely while he remains beside Angela or Dee.

Diamond Devens does what BB Comics should do. It takes a defining game action and turns it into an immediately understandable character.

The rest of the gallery needed this level of attention.

LaLa — The Tongue Thrasher

Comic-to-game score: 1.25/10

LaLa becomes The Tongue Thrasher, swinging an enormous tongue through an exaggerated 1980s workout scene. The tagline calls her “A Real Tongue Twister.”

This is the zestiest comic in the collection.

It is also one of the worst.

LaLa won the Wall at 58 years old. She defeated younger, more conventionally athletic competitors in the franchise’s signature endurance challenge and became its oldest winner on the flagship series.

Production ignored that and based her comic on the sexually suggestive exercise Veto she won several weeks later.

That decision cannot be excused by claiming there was no material. The Wall happened first. It was historically significant. It directly changed the game.

LaLa used her Head of Household to nominate Haley, Chuk and Barrett, breaking the Red Corner and ending the Tool Shed’s illusion of unity.

Taylor provided substantial strategic guidance, but LaLa still had to make the nominations and absorb the consequences. Chuk left angry with her. Haley remained in conflict with her. The Icons recognized that LaLa could no longer be treated as harmless.

LaLa was also a major personality. She cooked, cleaned, complained about the house’s mess, argued with people half her age and attempted to begin a rookie rebellion against the Icons.

She was emotional, loud, funny, stubborn and frequently more aware of the house’s main problem than the rookies who outlasted her.

Her game had weaknesses. She depended heavily on Taylor’s strategic interpretation. She sometimes allowed personal conflicts to blur her objectives. She believed she had votes that did not exist when she faced Taylor in Week 8.

None of that erases what she accomplished.

The Tongue Thrasher takes a historic Wall victory and buries it beneath a giant sexualized tongue. It does not celebrate LaLa’s competitiveness. It turns her into the punchline of one suggestive competition.

This should have been The Wall Mother, The Brick House or anything built around endurance, authority and how she finally cracked the majority.

Production chose tongue.

Haley — The Flannimal

Comic-to-game score: 5/10

Haley becomes The Flannimal, a giant plaid-covered rocker stomping through a 1993 grunge concert. The tagline says she is “having a plaid week.”

The comic references the grunge-themed Head of Household Haley won. That gives it more connection to the game than most of this collection.

The problem is that Haley’s Head of Household cannot be celebrated without acknowledging how badly it ended.

Haley began in one of the safest positions. She was central to the Red Corner, protected by the Tool Shed and personally close to Angela.

Winning Head of Household should have strengthened that position. Instead, Haley targeted Taylor for personal reasons, nominated Drew as a pawn and eventually placed Lyric on the block.

Drew won the BB Lackluster. The Icons flipped the vote onto Lyric and blindsided Haley during her own reign.

Haley never recovered. She became consumed with identifying the votes, initially blamed Kamu and Chuk, fought with Angela after Angela confessed and entered LaLa’s Head of Household as the primary target.

Haley saved herself by winning the BB Lackluster, causing Chuk’s eviction. Yash nominated her again the following week, but Kamu became the target after Devens used the Diamond Veto.

Haley eventually reconnected with the Icons and believed she had found another path. The medieval twist removed her without a vote after she repeatedly failed to secure safety.

The Flannimal captures the beginning of Haley’s collapse without understanding the collapse.

A stronger comic would have turned her Head of Household into a plaid monster she could not control—one destroying its own alliance.

Instead, the cover gives us oversized pants and a plaid pun.

Mallory — The Pipe Queen

Comic-to-game score: 6.5/10

Mallory becomes The Pipe Queen, sitting on a throne made of pipes beneath the tagline “No Hype, All Pipe.”

This is one of the more defensible covers because the Pipe Queen identity came from a meaningful moment.

Mallory won the first Power of Veto after assembling the competition’s pipe structure, saved herself and avoided becoming an easy Week 1 target.

She later won the Week 3 BB Lackluster by one point, defeating Jason at the buzzer. That gave her two direct survival victories before several houseguests had won anything.

Her social and strategic game never matched those moments.

Mallory formed F.A.P. with Drew and Melody, but the trio remained loosely attached to larger structures instead of becoming its own power center. Mallory frequently sensed danger without converting that awareness into stable votes.

Her most memorable personality contribution was organizing the Tea Party that Kamu and Jason transformed into the defining confrontation of the early season.

America selected Mallory for the Time Capsule, but she failed and received the Adam and Eve punishment with Melody.

Her fatal error came during Dee’s second Head of Household. Mallory surrendered an opportunity to win power, then watched LaLa win Veto and force Dee to name a replacement nominee.

Dee chose Mallory.

Drew saved himself through the BB Lackluster and then voted Mallory out. Only Barrett and Melody kept their word.

The Pipe Queen does not capture the betrayal, F.A.P. or Mallory’s habit of winning safety only after danger was directly in front of her.

It is still rooted in a legitimate achievement and a nickname the house used.

In this collection, that is enough to make it one of the better comics.

Kamu — The Mixed-Martial Artist

Comic-to-game score: 3/10

Kamu becomes The Mixed-Martial Artist, combining his MMA career with literal painting.

It is a clean occupational pun with almost nothing to do with Big Brother.

Kamu entered as one of the best-positioned rookies. He was protected by the Red Corner, connected through the Tool Shed and physically capable enough to become an obvious long-term threat.

His Week 3 Head of Household removed Jason exactly as planned. However, the Tea Party confrontation made Kamu look needlessly aggressive and showed everyone that he would turn private conversations into public weapons.

The collapse of Haley’s Head of Household forced Kamu to reconsider his position. Haley and Chuk suspected him after the Lyric blindside even though he voted to keep her.

He correctly recognized that his original group was becoming dangerous to his survival.

During LaLa’s Head of Household, Taylor helped keep Kamu off the block. Kamu then won Veto and refused to use it on Haley or Chuk.

That choice was strategically understandable because using the Veto would have publicly tied him back to a sinking alliance. It also left him without a firm home.

Kamu attempted to work with Yash and develop new options, but Devens’ Diamond Veto destroyed that transition. He went from unnominated to replacement nominee without an opportunity to save himself through the regular Veto.

Angela won the BB Lackluster, and Kamu was evicted 8-1.

The Mixed-Martial Artist could have worked if the paintings represented the alliances Kamu built, exposed and abandoned.

Instead, the idea is simply “MMA fighter who paints.”

It is not offensive. It is barely an observation.

Chuk — Chuk Wagon

Comic-to-game score: 3.5/10

Chuk becomes Chuk Wagon, a Western hero surrounded by line dancing, mechanical horses and dynamite. The tagline says he is “drawing a line dance in the sand.”

The artwork contains movement, color and personality.

The game connection is nearly nonexistent.

Chuk won safety during the premiere and used the protected opening to build the Red Corner with Haley and Kamu. Through the Tool Shed, he spent the first several weeks inside the majority.

That comfort became his largest problem.

Chuk trusted the alliance more than the evidence. When the Icons flipped the vote onto Lyric, he was blindsided but failed to create an effective counterstructure.

His loyalty to Haley made them appear inseparable, while Kamu began moving away from both.

LaLa nominated Chuk during Week 5. Kamu won Veto and refused to save him. Haley won the BB Lackluster, leaving Chuk beside Barrett.

Chuk expected considerably more support than he received. Yash abandoned him. The Tool Shed did not protect him. Kamu’s repositioning left him exposed.

Only Haley voted to keep him, producing a 9-1 eviction.

Chuk later defended his quieter style and rejected Taylor’s criticism, but the results remain difficult to dispute. He won opening safety, never won Head of Household or Veto and failed to adapt when his alliance collapsed.

Chuk Wagon is entertaining to look at, but it says more about a line-dancing joke than his season.

A comic about a loyal soldier discovering everyone else had abandoned the fort would have been more accurate.

Lyric — The One Hit Wonder

Comic-to-game score: 6/10

Lyric becomes The One Hit Wonder, wearing a bright 1980s superhero outfit and punching opponents. The tagline transforms “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love for You” into “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Glove for You.”

It references her father’s famous song and the single major competition she won.

The joke is obvious, but it at least contains multiple layers.

Lyric’s game became inseparable from Rome almost immediately. Their showmance was fast, emotional and highly visible. It helped turn Rome into the house’s most convenient opposition leader and made Lyric an extension of his threat.

Devens nominated her in Week 2. Lyric convinced him to use Veto on her, allowing Rome to become the replacement nominee.

She then voted Rome out after he advised her to protect her game.

That decision could have created a second life for Lyric. Instead, she remained associated with Rome’s side while losing the relationship that provided her emotional stability.

Kamu nominated Lyric in Week 3. She won Veto and saved herself, proving she could perform under pressure.

Haley then named Lyric as the Week 4 replacement nominee. Lyric tried to survive by throwing Mallory under the bus and making new promises, but too many players compared information.

The vote moved late, and Lyric was evicted 8-3.

The One Hit Wonder is harsh because Lyric influenced multiple weeks. She convinced Devens to use Veto, survived another nomination through her own victory and became the center of the vote flip that shattered the Tool Shed.

Still, the title works as a musical pun and a reference to her single Veto victory.

Compared with the rest of the collection, that qualifies as thoughtful.

Jason — Heavy Kettle

Comic-to-game score: 8/10

Jason becomes Heavy Kettle, operating an enormous armored tea kettle while protecting “messy bitches everywhere.”

This is the strongest personality-based comic in the collection.

Jason entered with premiere safety but immediately created strategic danger by discussing the need to target the Icons. That information reached the people he wanted to remove while they controlled the house.

He also attempted to build a sincere-looking relationship with Angela before admitting to others that parts of it were performative. That information reached Angela and helped produce an explosive Week 2 nomination ceremony.

Devens nominated Jason, but Jason won the BB Lackluster and survived Rome’s eviction.

Kamu targeted him during Week 3. The Tea Party should have been a complete strategic disaster for Jason. Instead, it became his defining moment.

When Kamu tried to expose him publicly, Jason answered with confidence, humor and raw anger.

The confrontation did not save his game. Mallory defeated him by one point in the BB Lackluster, and Jason was unanimously evicted.

His gameplay was messy, emotionally reactive and too open.

Memorable television, however, is not the same thing as perfect strategy.

Heavy Kettle understands Jason better than most covers understand their subjects. The kettle references the confrontation. “Messy bitches” reflects his humor and self-awareness. The oversized machinery captures how his personality could consume an entire room.

It is loud, zesty and based on something that happened.

That is what a BB Comic should be.

Rome — The Rome-ancer

Comic-to-game score: 7.5/10

Rome becomes The Rome-ancer, fighting like a pirate while carrying a sword and pickleball equipment. The tagline describes him as “a lover and a fighter.”

The cover combines three actual pieces of Rome’s identity: his relationship with Lyric, athletic background and confrontational approach.

Rome won premiere safety and immediately began positioning himself as a leader. He attempted to organize players outside the Icons’ structure but made the group visible before it became strong enough to protect him.

His showmance with Lyric intensified his exposure. The relationship provided emotional security while making it easier for the Icons to describe him as the head of a dangerous pair.

When Devens became Head of Household, Rome attempted to negotiate protection for Lyric, Melody and Jason. Those conversations instead confirmed how many people looked to him for direction.

Devens nominated Rome’s allies, won Veto, saved Lyric and placed Rome on the block.

Jason’s BB Lackluster victory left Rome against Melody. Rome was evicted 12-1. Lyric voted with the house, while Taylor cast the only vote to keep him.

Rome played too fast, too visibly and too confidently. He behaved like the leader of an empire before constructing one capable of surviving an attack.

The Rome-ancer captures that personality. It incorporates romance, swagger, conflict and pickleball without requiring a complicated explanation.

It is ridiculous because BB Comics should be ridiculous. It is specific because good comedy requires specificity.

Ashley — Burger Kong

Comic-to-game score: 4.5/10

Ashley becomes Burger Kong, a giant woman destroying a city with a hamburger stuck between her teeth. The tagline promises “Destruction with Cheese!”

It is ridiculous and visually funny.

Ashley’s game provided limited material. She failed to establish strong strategic relationships during the opening cycle and became Dee’s replacement nominee after Mallory won Veto.

Ashley still had a chance to survive against Taylor. Her campaign exposed information and made the other houseguests believe keeping her could create unnecessary problems.

Yash’s BB Lackluster victory removed the original target. The house chose the easier option and evicted Ashley 14-0.

Trying her first hamburger became one of the few memorable personal stories from her ten days in the house.

Burger Kong therefore makes sense in a way several other covers do not.

The comic does not represent Ashley’s game because she never had enough time to build one. First boots frequently receive covers based on one random moment, and Burger Kong at least embraces the absurdity.

It remains a food joke attached to someone who played ten days, but it accomplishes more with less than several comics made for players who reached the final eight.

Complete Big Brother 28 BB Comics Ranking

The Best Big Brother 28 BB Comics

Diamond Devens is the strongest game-based comic because it immediately connects Devens with the Diamond Power of Veto. It takes his most important move and transforms it into a superhero identity.

Heavy Kettle is the strongest personality-based comic. Jason did not play a successful game, but the Tea Party became one of the season’s signature moments. The cover understands why Jason was memorable.

The Rome-ancer is the most complete character concept. It combines Rome’s romance, conflict and pickleball background without feeling forced.

The Pipe Queen and The One Hit Wonder are not exceptional, but they connect to real competition victories and recognizable stories.

That is enough to place them above most of the collection.

The Worst Big Brother 28 BB Comics

Lady of the Latrine is the weakest because it is not a character concept. It is a punishment recap.

Pod Almighty is barely better. Taylor has spent plenty of time in bed, but reducing her entire season to laziness erases her Veto victory, four nominations, survival record and influence over LaLa’s Head of Household.

The Tongue Thrasher is the most insulting missed opportunity. Production knew LaLa won the Wall at 58. It still chose to define her through an enormous tongue and a sexually suggestive exercise competition.

Rebel Without a Comb and The Skullet reveal the same creative laziness. Drew and Yash played completely different games, yet both were reduced to hair.

Those are not sharp roasts. They are placeholders.

Why BB Comics Should Stop Being an Annual Tradition

Big Brother does not need to permanently retire BB Comics. It needs to stop treating the competition as mandatory.

The tradition currently works backward. Instead of asking whether a season has earned a BB Comics episode, production assumes the episode must happen and searches for 17 puns whether the material supports them or not.

That is how viewers end up with multiple hair jokes, occupation jokes, hometown jokes, food jokes and punishment recaps.

A BB Comic should reveal something about a houseguest. It should exaggerate an identity the audience already understands.

When the show must explain that someone once discussed a haircut, hometown or first hamburger, the concept has failed.

The annual requirement also freezes players into shallow jokes even after their games develop.

Yash had already won Head of Household and multiple Vetoes. Drew had survived two BB Lacklusters and betrayed Mallory. LaLa had won the Wall and another physical competition. Taylor had survived four nominations. Dee had won two Head of Household competitions and controlled a major vote flip.

Those were stories.

The comics simply did not use them.

Skipping a year could restore value to the tradition. Bring BB Comics back when the cast provides enough memorable material. Rotate it with movie posters, wrestling cards, tabloid covers, video-game characters or political campaign advertisements.

Allow viewers to vote on several comic identities. Let evicted houseguests submit concepts. Give the artists strategic briefs instead of random nouns.

The competition can survive without appearing every summer. Traditions become more meaningful when their returns feel special.

Right now, BB Comics operates like a production checklist:

Create 17 puns.

Draw 17 covers.

Insert a timed memory course.

Declare it a fan favorite.

Repeat next year.

That routine is why the Big Brother 28 BB Comics feel polished, zesty and completely exhausted at the same time.

Final Thoughts

The Big Brother 28 BB Comics did not fail because they were too campy. They failed because most of their camp was empty.

Diamond Devens works because the comic understands Devens’ most important move. Heavy Kettle works because it captures Jason’s personality and the Tea Party confrontation. The Rome-ancer works because it combines Rome’s romance, conflict and pickleball identity.

The worst comics do the opposite.

Lady of the Latrine reduces Melody to a punishment. Pod Almighty reduces Taylor to a bed. The Tongue Thrasher replaces LaLa’s historic Wall victory with a giant sexually suggestive tongue. Rebel Without a Comb ignores Drew’s entire middle game. The Skullet turns the season’s strongest competitor into a barber joke.

Those are not sharp roasts. They are evidence that the format has run out of observations.

BB Comics should make viewers laugh because the joke is true. This year, too many covers make viewers wonder whether production watched the same season.

The artwork deserved better concepts. The houseguests deserved better satire. The audience deserved more than 17 emergency puns arranged around a Veto competition.

The Big Brother 28 BB Comics are colorful, zesty and technically polished.

They are also lazy, empty and a convincing argument that this tradition needs to take next summer off.

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