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David Morgan-Mar is the cartoonist who creates Irregular Webcomic. Irregular Webcomic is a serial strip that features a medium of Lego pieces to convey the story, and focuses on several different themed storylines. Cliffhangers follows the life of Dr. Montana “Monty” Jones in the 1930’s, and his run-ins with the Nazi army as he tries to keep them from plundering the world’s archeological treasures. Death follows the dealings of the deaths assigned to collecting souls that died in various ways, and their troubles involved in the collection. Espionage follows the life of British secret agent 0x0A, James Stud, as he tries to save the world from evil masterminds bent on conquering the world. Fantasy follows the lives of a adventuring group and their explorations and interactions with the Game Master. Harry Potter is based on the works of J.K. Rowling and follows the lives of students at Hogwart’s Academy. Imperial Rome is set in the Roman era, and follows the lives of a senator, Marcus, and an aspiring senator named Julius. Martians follows the lives of three Martians who try to take over the world, but have to deal with inept plans and The Men In Black. Mythbusters follows the lives of the cast of the television show, Mythbusters, as they try to find out the truth about various urban myths. Nigerian Finance Minister follows the cast of the finance ministry of Nigeria and their various plans to try and raise money for various purposes. Pirates follows the life of Captain Long Tom Short and his crew of dastardly pirates. Shakespeare follows the life of Will(iam) Shakespeare if he was born in the modern era and the influences it has on his writing. Space follows the lives of a crew of explorers and their adventures in space and cyberspace. Star Wars follows the lives of the casts of all of the Star Wars movies that were created by George Lucas and their adventures and insights about their experiences in the Star Wars universe. Steve and Terry follows the lives of the crocodile hunter, Steve Erwin and his exploration of the natural and supernatural world. Finally, Supers follows the lives of The League of Good Guys, starring: Captain Spatula, Dino Boy, Refractive Man, and the Worm Master. They fight against the Axis of Antagonists, which is comprised of: The Hippo, The Sea Dog, Aqualich, and The Bug.
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David Hopkins is the cartoonist who creates Jack. Jack is an anthropomorphic (animals who take on human-like qualities), serial strip that follows the life (or rather, existence) of an embodiment of the sin of Wrath, a green rabbit named Jack. Jack's job as the Sin of Wrath is to herd souls of those who died, to their final destination. Jack's punishment in hell is that he doesn't remember any moment's of his life on Earth, and finds himself questioning God's plan, and his role in it. He empathizes with those souls who are basically good, but fall prey to weakness, and end up being dammed for it. This is an uncharacteristic trait for a sin to have, and he is far different from his fellow sins, as he actually dislikes his job, but follows the rules (or rather, doesn't abuse them to cause more suffering). Jack finds himself slowly regaining memories the more he interacts with the angel Farrago. These same memories he finds is a curse to him, yet he drives on taking little bits of memories back here and there, and mulling over them in his vast expanse of time working. Farrago is an angel who had her wings removed from a previous battle in hell, but finds that she cannot help but be curious about the sin that displays compassion over his charges, and even takes interest in their well-being. Even so, by just talking to Jack, Farrago could end up in trouble, because fraternizing with the enemy tends to ruffle the feathers of some of the higher-ups. |
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Bill Holbrook is the cartoonist who creates Kevin and
Kell. Kevin and Kell is an anthropomorphic (animals that are attributed
human-like qualities), serial strip that follows the lives of the Dewclaw
family. The Dewclaw family came together when a rabbit named Kevin Kindle
and a wolf named Kell Dewclaw fell in love from their frequent online
chats. There was a little bit of turbulence when they realized how different
they really were, but managed to overcome the traditional predator and
prey relationship and build a marriage together. From his previous marriage,
Kevin brought with him his adopted daughter, a hedgehog named Lindesfarne,
and Kell brought her son, a wolf named Rudy. In order to stay as much
out of public scrutiny as possible, they moved to the suburban town of
Domain, which bordered the great Wild, where animals still held the traditional
ways. Kevin started up his Internet Service Provider, Hare-Link, and Kell
continued to work as an executive for Herd Thinners, a company that specializes
in products made from prey species as well as trimming down the prey species
population. Together, they had a child, a carnivorous rabbit named Coney,
who looks just like a rabbit, but behaves like and has the same diet as
a wolf. As for humanity as a whole, they are only known to most people
as an online comic that Rudy draws in his spare time, but the various
bird species knows of the existence of humans in another dimension, and
provides a barrier between the two worlds.
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Sean Lindsay is the cartoonist who creates Krakow. Krakow
is a serial strip that follows the lives of two roommates, Tom and Case.
Tom tends to be laid back, preferring to make comments on life while observing.
He spends a lot of his free time searching for that elusive relationship
that will make him happy. Having repeatedly striking out in this department,
he has developed a cynical attitude toward life in general. Case is a
computer science major at the local college, and is a pretty normal guy,
save for the fact that he summoned a succubus named Kia to be his girlfriend.
Kia has lived for quite a long time, having known King Arthur back in
900 AD. Kia is a little naïve to how the world works, having lived
most of her life in Hell, a fact that Tom takes advantage of. At first,
Tom finds it morally reprehensible for Case to have summoned a succubus,
but later it seems clear that Tom has friction with Kia more because she
is to Case what tom has desired all along: a stable relationship. This
doesn’t mean that he tries to kill her, but rather plays little
pranks on her, or generally gets on their case. The tables are turned
later, however, when Tom starts dating Hanna, a neo Nazi, and Case wants
to break up the relationship because he finds Nazi’s are evil! Once
Tom breaks up with her for being taller than him, Hanna swears eternal
vengeance upon him. Now Tom has to duck a stalking ex-girlfriend in addition
to dealing with Kia, and all the while seeking that relationship which
will bring him happiness.
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Ryan Sohmer and Lar Desouza are the current cartoonists who create Least I Could Do, while Chad WM Porter and Trevor Adams are the former artists who worked with Ryan on Least I Could Do. Least I Could Do is a serial strip that follows the life of a writer named Rayne Summers. Rayne believes he is God’s gift to women, and frequently feels the need to share his gift with them. Aside from the pursuit of getting laid, Rayne spends a lot of his time scouting out new conquests and playing pranks on his friends. Rayne hates the idea of a continuous relationship, and for now plans on being a bachelor on the prowl until he dies. Rayne continues to chase his best female friend, Isse Alie, as they have been friends for years and she has been the one woman who he hasn’t been able to sleep with, not that he hasn’t tried. Isse prefers to keep Rayne as a friend, but seems to be secretly in love with him (due to the similarity of men she dates), but doesn’t want to ruin their friendship. Rayne rooms with his friend, John Gold, an elementary teacher, who is almost the exact opposite from Rayne. John seeks a long-term, stable relationship, and his sudden statements of asking women he just met to start a serious relationship, tends to keep him single. This has caused John to become a little bit desperate to find the right person for him, but not as much as his friend Mick Alfa. Mick is a mutual friend of Rayne and John, but ends up receiving the most abuse from they guys because of his almost utter failure to even get a date, let alone keep one. A lot of Mick’s problems stem from his habit of overeating and his lack of exercise. Rob Penfeild and Noel tend to get a lot of sarcastic remarks and outright insults from Rayne as they end up spending more time with their significant others, who rarely let them hang out with their friends.
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Christian Fundin and Pontus Madsen are the creators of Little Gamers. Little Gamers is a strip in the gag-a-day format (having no ongoing storyline, but keeping the same characters) that follows the lives of the incarnations of the creators of the comic. Christian typically runs the comic with his poking stick and access to the scripts. He is known for his skill with Tekken and his biting political commentary about the United States. He enjoys most games (or at least making fun of them if he doesn't like them), when he can get the controllers away from Madsen. Madsen is a longtime friend of Christian, and prides himself on his pr0n (porn) collection. He even accepted his current job with the understanding that they had high-speed Internet access. Not known for his spelling, or personal hygiene, he rabidly defends his pr0n collection with his life. Fortunately for him, Marcus doesn't know too much about computers, and is slowly being ushered into the idea that the Internet has vast access to pr0n. He is an avid fan of the Final Fantasy series, and is slowly trying to fix his reputation between Christian and Madsen's ribbings, but they aren't making it easy for him. They all have to beware of the Cute Ninjas and their perchance for playing various ninja games on the Playstation 2, lest they be duct-taped to the ceiling again. |
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Steve Troop is the cartoonist who creates Melonpool. Melonpool is a daily serial comic strip that follows the lives of a group of stranded aliens on Earth. The aliens are as follows: Mayberry Melonpool, the captain of their ship, the Steel Duck; Ralph Zinobop, a coffee-loving alien that happens to be a incredible engineer; Sam T. Dogg, a telepathic dog-like alien who is the navigator; Sammy the Hammy, a five foot, 220 pound talking hamster, who is also the Steel Duck's “engine”; Roberta Smeffinfeffer, the same species as Mayberry and is the ship's doctor; and Ralphie Zinobop, a good clone of Ralph. The crew of the Steel Duck is trying to get the Steel Duck operational so that they can end up going home, but that doesn't mean that this is their only problem. The aliens have to solve other problems ranging from evading human notice of their extraterrestrial backgrounds to earning enough money to buy parts for the ship. |
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Isabel Gonzalez-Marks is the cartoonist who creates Namir Deiter. Namir Deiter is an anthropomorphic (animals who take on human-like qualities), serial strip that follows the lives of four girls. Tipper, a white and light orange cat, the youngest of the four, she is used to “benefiting” from the other girls advice, if she wants it or not! Tipper struggles through high school trying to find the right person to fall in love with, but hasn't had any luck as of so far. Fortunately, she has her sister, Snickers to help with her problems. Snickers Namir, a purple cat, is the oldest of the Namir sisters, and is one of the most levelheaded and responsible people around. She usually gets flack for sticking to the rules and tendencies toward mothering her younger sister, but she surprised them all when she married her boyfriend, Twix. Twix, a white and orange spotted cat, is eccentric in that he takes his mannerisms and manners from an earlier age of wearing tails and a top hat. He ended up taking the Namir name (much to his surprise) and moved into the Namir home when Snickers and Tipper's mother left the country on an open-ended trip. This amuses Blue Deiter, a blond cat with blue hair, to no end, because she gladly verbally spars with Twix from time to time. Blue is a free spirit, enjoying the moment, and the company of boys, but without the commitment. This stems from having come from a broken home, and running off to live with the woman she believes is her older sister. Fortunately, she has friends like Joy Satu, a formerly pink rabbit (now white), to amuse herself with. Joy loves computers, but is a shy person, as she felt self-conscious about the fact her fur would turn white in the winter. She is growing to accept this fact, but she seems to meet with several setbacks ranging from her longtime boyfriend leaving her and her friend Mallory having betrayed her. At least the others can take comfort in that she is getting better. |
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Thomas Dye is the cartoonist who creates Newshounds. Newshounds has anthropomorphic (animals that are attributed human-like qualities) elements mixed in with human society in a weekday serial strip that follows the lives of the employees of the all-animal news station, KPET. KEPT and the animals are owned by Lorna Dilbrook and the operations are ultimately run by her. Despite that, the staff of KEPT keeps her on her toes, from problems such as mind control of the pet population, to her father trying to get money from her to pay off his gambling debts. |
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David Craig Simpson is the cartoonist who creates Ozy
and Millie. Ozy and Millie is an anthropomorphic (animals who take on
human-like qualities), serial strip that follows the lives of two best
friends, an artic fox named Ozy and a fox named Millie. Ozy is introspective,
submissive, and philosophical about life in general. This is probably
because of his unusual family structure, having been adopted at an early
age by a red dragon named Llewellyn, whom has been his father figure ever
since. The differences between Ozy and Millie are like night and day,
where Ozy is passive and serene, Millie is active and rambunctious. This
tends to get Ozy dragged into various tangents that Millie finds herself
on. Millie constantly questions the social order, and continues to operate
outside of the norm, which is fine with Ozy, since his background firmly
puts him there. It's obvious where Millie gets her streak of rambunctiousness
when you look at what her mom used to be like before society started wearing
her down, and the fact that her father is a pirate captain. Where Ozy
and Millie tend to go against society's norms, some of their friends (or
more at times, acquaintances) firmly stick with their places in the social
order. Avery, a raccoon, is an advertisers dream, as he follows all of
the constant ads and looks at famous figures for cues on what is cool.
Stephan, an aardvark, became disillusioned with the crash of the dotcoms
but still struggles to show that being a techno-savant will firmly establish
his popularity and financial security. Felicia, a sheep, is a typical
“popular” girl, taking her cues from pop-culture, fashion, and famous
individuals, she travels with her clique around the school and makes fun
of those on the outside of the class social order.
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Stephan Pastis is the cartoonist who creates Pearls Before Swine. Pearls Before Swine is an anthropomorphic (animals who take on human-like qualities), daily serial strip that follows the lives of two best friends: a rat named Rat and a pig named Pig. Rat is very enterprising, being ever on the look out for ways to get rich, meet women, and acquire fame. He feels himself as sort of an intellectual, but also feels that his plans and ideas are wasted on his friend Pig. Pig is pretty naïve, and a little slow witted, but he is quite happy with his current lot in life. Rat will get infuriated with Pig's little questions and his games with various people and objects, like his fruit club. So Rat tends to spend more and more time showing he is above those games and showing that he is better than Pig. |
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Scott Kurtz is the cartoonist who creates PvP: Player vs Player. PvP is a daily serial comic strip that follows the lives of the staff of PvP magazine. The PvP staff is as follows: Cole Richards, the owner and administrative head of PvP; Brent Sienna PvP's creative director; Jade Fontaine, a staff writer who writes about women's point of view toward the video game industry; Francis Ottoman, a staff writer who knows all there is to know about gaming; Robbie and Jase, two “sports writers” who critique sports games, but end up doing more playing than working; and finally, a large blue troll named Skull who has become PvP's unofficial mascot. PvP deals with topics from the gaming industry to relationships by using intellectual humor mixed in with slapstick. |
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Chris Morrison is the cartoonist who creates The Polymer City Chronicles (PCC). PCC used to be a strip in the gag-a-day format (having no ongoing storyline, but keeping the same characters for the strip) that typically was about gaming or sight gags, but has recently switched to a serial strip. PCC is set in the modern era, in the fictional city of Polymer City. PCC's switch to a serial format is in part to more develop the characters involved, and also to follow some story arcs that Chris Morrison has. PCC follows the lives of the members of OBSESS (the Otto Bonn Society of Extraterrestrial and Supernatural Studies). The members are as follows: Dr Otto Bonn, a former PCU (Polymer City University) professor of theoretical physics; Andrah, an azure skinned alien, with Amazonian physique, who is the wife of Dr Otto; Sheeri, a member of the Anime Exchange Program and also an alien who is a guardian of a special super-technological crystal shard. The group drives around the world in a large RV codenamed HARV (Heavily Armed Research Vehicle). The group has to deal with Dr Otto's wacky experiments, and the being known as Mistress Laura, Flint, and Locke. Mistress Laura, Flint, and Locke were an exotic dancer in her former life, but she was run over by Dr Otto one night. She came back from the dead as one of the undead and is the source of all the problems that the city might experience. |
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Jeph Jacques is the cartoonist who creates Questionable
Content. Questionable Content is a serial strip that follows the life
of a music aficionado named Marten Reed. Martin is very educated when
it comes to music, but he has difficulty opening up to strong women unless
he is able to relax around them. Martin's timidity towards women and attraction
to strong females is partially due to the fact that his mother is Veronica
Vance, a famous S&M dominatrix who stared in many erotic videos. That's
not to say that he is interested in his mother that way, but it did have
a formative impression on him since he knew what she did for a living
ever since he was a child, and thought it was a normal thing. He works
in an office complex, as a office assistant (of course his business cards
call him "office bitch", but his boss is just being playful),
but it's a job he really doesn't like. Fortunately, he met a girl named
Faye Whitaker, who he falls for. Originally from the southern United States,
Faye moved north to escape from some problems in her past, which keep
her on the defensive most of the time. Due to a fire at her apartment
complex, she moved in with Martin and quickly established a strong friendship
with Martin, but because of her past, she doesn't take the friendship
any further. Faye works at a coffee shop where her boss, Dora Bianchi,
allows her to vent any anger or frustration she might have on the customers,
in order to keep up the ideal of aloof coffeehouse baristas. Dora immediately
showed an interest in Martin (much to the secret annoyance of Faye), but
has to wait for Martin to sort out his feelings for Faye, which leaves
her waiting until Faye can sort through her past troubles in order to
see if she has real feelings for Martin.
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Greg Dean is the cartoonist who creates Real Life. Real life is set in modern times in the United States. Real Life is a weekday serial strip that follows the lives of seven friends in their psuedo-real life situations. Real Life usually deals with game playing, fighting evil computer versions of them, or just having fun. The cast is as follows: Greg, the cartoonist, creator of the world, he doles out rewards or punishments to the characters that he has made. Usually he is only seen as a disembodied voice; Greg (the character) a fantasy gamer and sword ends up being the one the cartoonist favors (we all wonder why right? :) ) yet, ends up being the one who gets into the most trouble; Dave is a quake-loving gamer who spends most of his time honing his skills in first person shooters, and working to create the best computer system around; Crystal is Greg's (the cartoon version) girlfriend, but is not to be dismissed lightly, since she is as big of a gamer as the rest of them; Tony is a gamer like the rest, but unlike the rest, he takes old systems and makes fantastic things out of them. |
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Max Cannon is the cartoonist who creates Red Meat. Red Meat is a gag-a-day strip that follows the lives of a "normal" family. The family members are as follows: the father, Ted, someone who drinks bug juice and likes wearing latex; Ted's son, an abused yet strange child who never really catches a break; Ted's wife, a slightly oblivious spouse who has no idea what Ted does. In addition to the family, they have strange and unusual people who live in the neighborhood, such as Bug-Eyed Earl, to Johnny Lemonhead. |
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A cartoonist nicknamed Eight created Road Waffles. Road Waffles was a serial strip that followed the life of a trigger-happy young woman named Haley. After stealing her ex-boyfriend's car and leaving town, she would drift from town to town seeking something to make her life more exciting. One thing that she found to make her life more exciting was to hold up gas stations. One day she held up a gas station that Bruno worked at. When she held him up, he ended up going with her, leaving his gas-pumping life behind. They had many adventures on the road, ranging from fighting a psychopathic gun-toting squirrel, to running into a serial killer with a fetish for pigs, to even a kid-turned-zombie and his horde of zombie road kill. |
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John Allison is the cartoonist who creates Scary-Go-Round.
Scary-Go-Round is a spin-off serial strip from the comic, Bobbins, that
follows the lives of several former employees of the now defunct magazine,
City Limit. Tim Jones is the current mayor of Tackleford who is an inventor
of many strange, but occasionally useful inventions. A lot of Tim's work
crosses over to mad science, but he tends to be kept in check from crossing
over to evil mad science by his friends and lovers. Fallon Young is a
former secret agent, who was not very good at completing all aspects of
her job in a quiet manner, but generally got the job done. Her life tends
to be far more action-packed than those of her friends, and she ends up
spending a lot of her time off in other countries. Ryan Beckwith enjoys
life as a professional slacker, a trait that rubbed off on him some from
his father, who was grooming him to become "the king of the tramps"
and live a hobo's life. Having turned his back on his father's wishes,
Ryan spends a lot of time with his friends, as he struggles to find meaning
in his life. Shelly Winters was the former mayor's secretary, and due
to his peculiar nature and various neurosis, Shelly was able to run the
whole city with an iron fist. This posed a problem if and when she got
drunk, as a lot of her pent up aggression would come streaming forth,
and cause embarrassments in public. In recent years, Shelly has had a
number of brushes with death, and successfully faced her greatest fear
in order to be able to return to the land of the living. Amy Chilton is
the daughter of Len Pickering, the former editor and owner of City Limit.
Amy was not spared any expense as she was growing up, as her father could
never really say no to his little girl, and as such, she grew up a little
spoiled. She was the former assistant to Tim in his workshop, but due
to an attempted theft of his time-traveling teapot, she was dismissed
of that position.
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Tatsuya Ishida is the cartoonist who creates Sinfest.
Sinfest is a comic in the gag-a-day format (having no overall storyline,
but maintains the cast of characters) that follows the lives of two friends,
Slick and Monique. Slick is a self-proclaimed pimp, but finds that he
has difficulty convincing all of the women he meets of that fact. Of course,
this doesn't mean that he is after all of the women he meets, but only
the attractive ones. Slick constantly sings his own praises and usually
ends up driving the object of his affection away. Monique, on the other
hand, does not have a problem finding guys, but rather her problem is
finding someone that she likes, who will dote on her every whim, is financially
secure, and is a genuinely nice guy. Unfortunately for her, most of the
guys she likes are either taken or are full of themselves, so she spends
a lot of her time hanging out with Slick. Monique has no interest in Slick
as he is, but usually finds that she has nothing better to do. Slick also
hangs out with his assistant Criminy and his comrade-in-arms, an anthropomorphic
(animals that are attributed human-like qualities) pig named Squigley.
Criminy helps Slick keep track of his appointments, the tracking patterns
of hot women, the list of women who turn him down, and various other menial
tasks. Criminy doesn't seem to mind, as he sees Slick as sort of an ideal
version of what he would like to be. Squigley, on the other hand, shares
a lot of Slick's attitude towards women, but without any of the charm.
He prefers to believe that a man should act as a man, and not have to
primp or preen in order to impress a woman. Of course, since Slick and
Squigley's methods haven't worked yet, Slick is open to other ideas and
options.
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Pete Abrams is the cartoonist who creates Sluggy Freelance.
Sluggy Freelance is a serial strip that follows the lives of two friends,
Riff (Riffington) and Torg. Riff is an inventor and mechanical genius
that is able to create new technologies sometimes utilizing mundane equipment.
While Riff can create a lot of wonderful inventions, they often lack a
lot of practical planning or are not followed through upon, which sometimes
results in trouble. He has difficulties with his mother, a famous talk
show host who goes by the name of Dr. Lora, who takes out a lot of her
personal anger over her divorce on her callers, often breaking them down
to tears. Torg loves to sit back and take life as it comes, treating every
day like he used to as a child, fully enjoying life. He prefers to not
work, but does have the necessary skills required to be a web designer,
and sometimes offers his services over the Internet. Torg really is the
last person who someone can call as being responsible, but lately the
rest of the housemates have noticed a distinct change in Torg's demeanor,
due to his experiences in an alternate reality. The source of a lot of
Torg's change is one of the other housemates and his good friend, Zoë.
Zoë is practically the sole source of reason in the household, as
she finds that Torg and Riff's schemes are often silly or ill conceived,
and she often has to bear the brunt of the financial responsibilities
for maintaining the house. Torg and Zoë have developed a close friendship
that could blossom into romance if they could have a sane moment together,
and provided that Torg didn't do something to ruin the moment. Gwynn,
the other human roommate, is a practicing witch, through the book of E-Ville,
a terrible book that she promised not to work with, but hasn't strictly
enforced. Since a lot of accidents end up coming her way, she takes out
a lot of her anger on Torg and Riff, but can usually be mollified through
bribes of video games. Kiki (a hyperactive anthropomorphic ferret with
a problem keeping her mind on something for a long enough period of time)
and Bun Bun (an often psychotic, switchblade-wielding, anthropomorphic
mini-lop) usually also reside in the house, often causing their own brands
of trouble.
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