| Here is a handy guide for identifying all your favorite Octopus Pie characters whose names you might've forgotten. | ||
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Oliver Bernando "Bernando" TurnerFirst 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. | ||
Will "Work for Food" LeBlancFirst 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. | ||
Manuel "My Only Real Friend" CattingtonFirst 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. | ||
Marigold "Keep on Truckin'" FuchsFirst 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. | ||
"Prospect" Park ChaoFirst 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. | ||
Mrs. "Eve's Mom" NingFirst 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. | ||
"Gregarious" Greg WuFirst 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. | ||
Julie "Nuh-UH!" ClarkFirst 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. | ||
Jacob "Bob Marley" MarleyFirst 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. | ||
Gwynneth "Gwendo" LinFirst 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. | ||
Chris "Krazy Eyes" KwanFirst 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. | ||
James "The Jamester" Jame-a-lame-a-ding-dongFirst 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. | ||
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. | ||
Victor "Who Was That Guy" P. VictorFirst 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. | ||
Ronald "Mia Wallace" J. Feathersworth, EsquireFirst 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. | ||
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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