Here is a handy guide for identifying all your favorite Octopus Pie characters whose names you might've forgotten.

eve

Eve "Pluribus Unum" Ning
First appearance: #001 - Pea Wiggle

Our angry hero. Eve rides her bike to work, takes inventory at a supermarket, and grumbles on weekends. Habitually vows never to drink again.

Eve fights self-doubt much like one would fight a hydra. It's pretty cute! She also has a somewhat-unrealized aptitude for ice skating. Eve is Chinese American and she does not know what a Xanga is.

hanna

Hanna "Bis" Thompson First Appearance: #005 - Pre-school Reunion

Eve's unsavory roommate. High 100% of the time.

A talented pastry chef, Hanna owns her own baking company, Bake N' Bake, and can be somewhat cutthroat about business. Regularly employs friends to perform tasks she doesn't like.

Hanna is caring and protective of her friend group, to a near-fatal degree. She very often attempts to manipulate their lives in ways she thinks would be best. It doesn't work too well.

marek

Marek "Oh, cool" Kulasenski
First Appearance: #021 - Oh.

Hanna's ever-lovin' Polish boyfriend. He loves Hanna so much. <3

Easygoing and mostly quiet, Marek goes along with whatever seems pretty okay. He is a student at Fordham University thanks to a scholarship from the PNA. Though he doesn't say much, Marek seems to be wise beyond his years. Maybe.

Marek has lived at Eve's house since he donated his only mattress to Hanna. He can change a light bulb all by himself, thank you very much.


olly Oliver Bernando "Bernando" Turner
First Appearance: #008 - Blood Oranges

Owner and proprietor of Olly's Organix, a grocery store in Manhattan's east village. Very often wears the shoes of a desperate man. He's not exactly on the level, but there's something vaguely noble about his ways.

Olly makes a lot of trouble for Eve, but deep down she is his favorite employee. To torture.


olly Will "Work for Food" LeBlanc
First Appearance: #027 - Keep It In Your Pants

Scruffy associate of Hanna's. Fiercely loyal if kind of a screw-up. Will works a lot of odds jobs, but is primarily a pot delivery boy. A surly dude, difficult to bro.

Used to date Marigold, but it ended in tears. Will and Eve have had an on-and-off thing for each other for a while, and it's starting to stress everyone out.


olly Manuel "My Only Real Friend" Cattington
First Appearance: #007 - Manuel

Eve's only real friend. Believed to be a descendent of Andy Warhol's cat, Sam. This would account for Manuel's incredible tolerance of second-hand pot smoke. Usually draped over something.


olly Marigold "Keep on Truckin'" Fuchs
First Appearance: #136 - Stoner Friends

Hanna's best friend from college. Generally sweet and laid back, likes to knit, is naive to the point of frequent disillusionment. She recently broke up with Will and cut all her dreadlocks off.


olly "Prospect" Park Chao
First Appearance: #141 - Awkward Half-Hug

Park is an overachiever with a lot of plans. Wants to believe he's got everything under control. Dated Eve in high school, then again after college. Park secured an entry-level law job in Chicago, where he's living now.


olly Mrs. "Eve's Mom" Ning
First Appearance: #002 - The Break-up

Once gave birth to Eve. She lives alone, collects 9/11 memorabilia, meddles with things. Currently wavering somewhere between hating Eve's boyfriends and wanting to be a grandma.


olly "Gregarious" Greg Wu
First Appearance: #139 - Desserting

Greg is a dorky, self-conscious dude whose heart's in the right place. He's recently been hanging out with the stoners a lot, and has everything to prove. Really wants to be a cooler guy. Grew up with Eve, holds a mean torch.


olly Julie "Nuh-UH!" Clark
First Appearance: #050 - A Hero, A Legend

Loyal Olly's Organix employee, and one of the few pure of heart left in New York. Somewhat impressionable and prone to hero worship. Julie is hopelessly in love with Jacob, and nobody approves.


olly Jacob "Bob Marley" Marley
First Appearance: #050 - A Hero, A Legend

Not-so-loyal Olly's Organix employee. Clever but hateful. Interested in the unattainable, and completely lacking in ambition in between. Jacob thinks Julie's a nice girl, but a little bit crazy.


olly Gwynneth "Gwendo" Lin
First Appearance: #140 - Park

Gwen is the girl from the block, except she's kind of a dork. Unlike the others, she can hide it when necessary. Likes daytime TV and soaps, reflects deeply on personal experience, dates lots of bad-boys.


olly Chris "Krazy Eyes" Kwan
First Appearance: #140 - Park

The quiet, smiling genius. Chris takes pleasure in simplicity, but would just as happily orchestrate and lead a full-scale war. He's just like that. He also has rippling pectorals, because he can.


olly James "The Jamester" Jame-a-lame-a-ding-dong
First Appearance: #002 - The Break-up

Eve's totally awesome ex-boyfriend. Well-meaning but really not bright. He broke up with Eve at the beginning of the comic and now he's busy doing other things.


olly America "Fucking" Jones ", Bitch"
First Appearance: #090 - Undocumented Talent

America Jones is a classic self-proclaimed champion. She absolutely must win. Mind-bogglingly controlling and mean. She vows to someday exact her alleged revenge on Eve, though she seems to also hate Hanna nowadays.


olly Victor "Who Was That Guy" P. Victor
First Appearance: #348 - Letting the Days Go By

He showed up sleeping on their couch one day. Victor needs no explanation, for there is none to give. He shall not return.


olly Ronald "Mia Wallace" J. Feathersworth, Esquire
First Appearance: #114 - Bird

A wild parrot who was rescued in captivity by our heroes after a bout with lead poisoning. Basically just a cute bird. Has resided somewhere in the Brooklyn wilderness since his release. Everyone misses him.

Steve Baldwin chronicles the adventures of Ronald and thousands of other wild Brooklyn parrots on his blog.


olly You (The Reader)
First Appearance: A link from Questionable Content

Mysterious and sexy. Impeccable taste in comics. Loves to wear Octopus Pie T-shirts.

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