Characters
PuckPuck, ancient fairy of lore, was in a slothful funk when Daphne (a small, furry urchin child) appeared on her doorstep. Choosing to adopt the tot, Puck then decided that her clearest path to success would be the pursuit of a university degree. Seven years after graduation, Puck is still mother to Daphne, still long-suffering girlfriend of Colin, and still best frenemies with Phoebe – the roommate (quite literally) from hell. Oh, and did I mention she had a baby? She had a baby. Comics: 521 | |
DaphneOnce a cute yet acerbic tomboy with an acid tongue, Daphne has now blossomed into a cute yet acerbic teenager with a tongue of pure molten lava. She spends much of her time playing video games and avoiding responsibility - often with Colin as her willing accomplice. Despite her young age and sulky outward appearance, Daphne arguably qualifies as the most emotionally mature member of the household. Some debate has raged over the particular nature of Daphne’s species. The best guess is that she’s some sort of terrier-human cross, but no one really knows or cares. Comics: 380 | |
ColinColin has been dating Puck for ten years – ten years that seem (to all involved) like an eternity. After wasting most of his time playing video games and eating Cheez Wams throughout his university years, he was eventually thrust into the cruel adult world. He promptly obtained a job as a high school English teacher, and is now forced to play video games and eat Cheez Wams only on evenings, weekends and summer vacations. Comics: 337 | |
PhoebePhoebe, daughter of Satan, seemed to miss out on all the evil genes of her wicked progenitor. Despite the horns and tail, this she-demon is actually sweet, kind and spectacularly gullible. She lives for glitter, fashion, and all things excessively girly. As Puck’s perpetual roommate, Phoebe has made it her duty to infuse her fairy friend’s life with lip gloss, nail polish and frustration. When banks refused to offer Puck and Colin a mortgage, Phoebe was there to fund their house purchase using the hefty tips she earned as a server at Howlers. Thus, she is forever financially and emotionally tied to Puck’s bizarre family. Comics: 329 | |
MirandaMiranda, girl-child of Puck and Colin, is currently an adorable little baby. Can't think of much else to say about her at this point. Favourite pastimes involve pooping, eating and sleeping. Comics: 205 | |
Tyler (aka Taylor)Tyler has long been Daphne's best friend. And at some point, he magically evolved into boyfriend form. Let’s hope he never undergoes a final evolution to husband, for his sake. Though saddled with the name 'Taylor' at birth, Tyler shed that moniker after losing all legal rights to the name during the white chicks' hostile Taylor name takeover of '05. He lived to tell the tale but some wounds never heal... Comics: 143 | |
TraceeTracee is quite possibly the human embodiment of perfection ... if your idea of perfection is really, really trashy and tanned. In addition to her role as floor manager at Howlers, the noted 'breastaurant', she also moonlights as Satan's public relations officer. She's consistently fake, frequently annoying and quite possibly the most evil being in the galaxy, but her cleavage almost makes up for all that! Comics: 111 | |
SatanThe infernal Lord of Darkness always sets his evil sights high. After terrorizing students as the president of McNiven university for many a year, he decided to widen the scope of his destruction tenfold. Throwing his hat into the fiendish ring of municipal politics, Satan became the mayor of Hamilton, Ontario and promptly continued the mismanagement and chaos established by his mayoral forbearers. Comics: 96 | |
HannahHannah VanBeek is the resident 'little blind girl' (LBG for short) at Daphne's school. Her general appearance and manner give her a decidedly innocent vibe, though that's just a front. What lies beneath the mask is ... well, is not innocent. Also she's Dutch. Not sure why that's relevant, but ... she is. Comics: 45 | |
SigmundSigmund has long served as Satan's official lackey and boot-licker. His total lack of visible emotion has led some to theorize he's an android, but in reality he's just really, really boring. Even the wicked new goatee doesn't help much. Comics: 32 | |
Papa ShnorfThe mysterious Papa Shnorf is just some dude in a frightening mascot costume, but he seems to channel the paternal Shnorf wisdom of the beloved original character. He's also a huge hit with the ladies. Comics: 27 | |
Emily the Cat GirlEmily the Cat Girl is just your friendly neighborhood cat girl. Frequently found in Cy's shop 'The Natty Nerd', little is known of her origins and nature. We're pretty sure she's not actually a cat, though. Comics: 17 | |
CyCy (real name Sandeep) is the friendly, slightly sardonic owner of the 'The Natty Nerd', a shop that seems part cafe, part clothier, and part vintage toy dealer. The fact that he lost a leg to cancer as a teen doesn't slow him down, as he now has a cool robot leg that is almost (but not really) as good as a real one. Comics: 16 | |
Hotdog GuyOnce a lowly seller of processed meats, the Hotdog Guy rose through the psychotherapy ranks and now charges crazy money to counsel crazy people. The Hotdog Guy has long served as Puck's somewhat reluctant therapist. Hey, his advice may be bad, but the hotdogs are now free! Comics: 16 | |
HeatherHeather MacTavish, evil sister of Colin, lives in Calgary where she and her evil oil baron husband live off the tears of Mother Nature and drink sangria while their Filipino nanny raises their three evil children. It’s a life. She views her brother’s household as a sad carnival freak show of poverty and mental illness. And she may not be wrong, but it’s not very polite of her to openly express such views, is it? Comics: 14 | |
DoctorApparently the only doctor in a town with several major hospitals, this consummate medical professional seems to specialize in multiple disciplines, ranging from proctology to obstetrics. A prime example of the horror that results from mixing idiocy with too much education. Comics: 11 | |
Colin's MomColin’s mom is unimpressed by pretty much everything in life, which makes it really, really easy for her to feel superior. She’s unimpressed with her son’s home, his occupation, and above all, his choice of mate. She does give a passing grade to her granddaughter, however, as long as said granddaughter is an adorable baby. Comics: 6 | |
Colin's DadColin’s dad is a stout, hearty and friendly sort of person – that is, as long you’re white, English-speaking and preferably right-leaning. He lives in Calgary with Colin’s mother, and together they while the hours away passing judgement on other people. (Everyone needs a hobby, right?) Comics: 6 | |
Dr. PlessnerA wry surgical oncologist with a taste for fancy suits, Dr. Plessner is the man who removes tumors with style. Comics: 6 | |
TonyLocal mob boss and successful businessman Tony Bruno made his millions breaking thumbs, talking tough and exploiting the 'pregnant chick' niche market. His ill-fated run for mayor didn't go far, but that didn't dampen his chipper Italian spirit. Comics: 4 | |
StanYour typical unfriendly neighborhood crack dealer and rightful ruler of Crackistan. He's the next door neighbor you'd love to have ... if you were on crack! Comics: 3 |
You planning on putting the ages of the characters back? Or is that a thing of the past?
You know what made me take it away? I couldn’t figure out how to hit ‘enter’ with the character descriptions. It just doesn’t work in Easel. And besides, I really thought about it and realized that the ages are immaterial. I mean, everyone knows that Puck is 631 years old or whatever, but the other ages? Not sure. For instance, I started with a concept of Daphne being younger, almost tween-aged, but I pretty much write her like she’s sixteen now. I think that it’s best to leave the ages somewhat up to imagination now.
Guess that makes sense. And those who were in the original run are simply ten years older, so the older ones are in their early 30s and Daphne and Tyler are in their mid teens, so yeah, the exact age doesn’t matter. Thanks for explaining.
Erm. You could just use a tag. Or do some CSS formatting.
If I knew how to do anything like that. Which I don’t.
Sorry for necro’ing an old thread, but do html line breaks work () ?
I don’t know, because I haven’t really tried. But maybe? I should try some time.
GEEK TALK !
(ouchie ouchie ouchie)
Could we be looking forward, someday, to a peek into Daphne’s closet and see all those excellent T-shirts she has. Seriously, most of them I have to google to figure out what they mean. Great job!
Her closet must be the single largest collection of t-shirts on Earth. But she’s firmly of the opinion that the only pop culture references to wear are the ones that no one ever gets.
Actually, I don’t think I’ve seen one I don’t get yet. Also, I’d pay money dollars for them… assuming I had money to spend on non-work clothes. Or work clothes. Teaching. Such a lucrative profession.
Hey man, I hear you on the teaching poverty, though my situation really isn’t that bad now. It used to be. My main issue with the shirts is my cheap desire to see them offered to people at a reasonable cost (as in fifteen to twenty bucks a shirt), not twenty-six bucks with ten bucks shipping or some crazy price like that, which is what most ‘on-demand’ printers cost. I’ve looked into them, and I’ve never been happy. Who knows? Maybe I’ll figure it out one day.
You had me at “Satan became the mayor of Hamilton, Ontario”
That sounds about right.
Hey, I’m a truth teller. What can I say?
What can you say? …Well, that depends on the extend of your vocabulary now, doesn’t it? *grin*
i usually don’t like series like this one, but i actually like this one.
Glad to hear it!
(“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds” Emerson)
Hey, I’ve got nuttin’ worthwhile to add … as usual. So I am “consistent”.
And with a walnut-sized brain, the “little mind” fits me to a Tee.
But it would be a damn shame for a year to pass without a new comment in this Thread.
So BITE ME, Emerson !!!
That Emerson. Always so preachy.
Just want the Lizard to know he’s doing a good thing.
Entertaining thousands (millions?) is a very noble calling.
It may not make his wallet fat, but it embiggins his soul.
PS Although my musings here certainly amuse ME, if they do not amuse YOU, let me know. And I will be as quiet as possible.
I don’t wish to kill your joy.
You got me interested in the numbers thing, so I looked it up. My site’s had about five million unique visitors over the past few years. Of those, two million come back as return visitors. So yeah, I guess it’s millions! Kind of. It is the smallest possible number that one can technically call ‘millions’.
Time to update Phoebe !
Yeah, really, it’s time to update most of them.
So do you update the comic numbers every day?
*week, I mean
Comic Easel does that automatically. Every comic has a ‘characters’ list which automatically links to this page and updates numbers. It also maintains the archive list for each individual character, which is why clicking on a character’s name will show you a rundown of every comic he or she ever appeared in.
If I had to do it by hand, I’d never update it.
Add EMILY.
This demand is non-negotiable.
EM-ILL-EE, EM-ILL-EE. EM-ILL-EE!!!
(We love her!)
It’ll happen. It’s actually a BIG job to add a character in this system I’ve got. It involves coding and stuff. I’ll get around to it. I just have to … steel myself.
Can you please put Hannah on this page?
@Pattoo12345
No sweat.
I told Hannah she is on the page already.
Heh – Heh – Heh
She trusted me. She does not know I am a Black Cat.
😛
I will. I promise. Just have to remember how.
When is the Hot Dog Man ever going to make another appearance…?
Hot Dog Man makes an appearance after (or between) every major story arc. He’s often the clear delineation between arcs. So soon.
I don’t know if you realize that you have Tyler listed twice in the list of characters. The first is “Tyler (aka Taylor)” and the second is simply listed as “Tyler” with only one appearance listed.
With all the “stay at home” and “social distancing” due to COVD-19, I have started a hobby of looking for errors, both factual and typographical” in web comics. At least I’m suppressing my engineer instinct to hunt for violations of the laws of physics and logic.
I thank you. The catch is that Comic Easel generates a character entry any time I put a character’s name in the listing for a comic. Usually I type “Tyler” in and it autofills the rest. But if my internet was failing or something, it might have not auto filled then went and generated a new character listing.
I will fix.