New Readers

If you wish to learn about the cast, this is the page for you! (Of course, if you’re inclined to take it from the top and start with the first strip, you can do that, too.)

> Main Characters <

jen_profJenelle Camilla Ives

A former physics grad stu­dent at Micimek Uni­ver­sity, her hay­wire exper­i­ments blew up her work­place and her home. Just when she pieced her life back together, Jen found her­self lost in time with col­league Milo and old friend Roy.

Likes: tubas, kung fu, nov­el­ties, giving it the ol’ col­lege try.
Dis­likes:
tedium, sur­prises, explo­sions (a kind of surprise).

roy_profRoy Michael Sloan

Some people cher­ish every sunny minute on this great Earth. Roy wishes that these people would just put a sock in it already. Despite being a clas­sics grad stu­dent, he has a some­what unortho­dox under­stand­ing of the past.

Likes: Olympians, democ­racy, epics, tragedies, hapax legom­ena.
Dis­likes:
most things (specif­i­cally: under­grads, bears of any kind)

milo_cropMilo Nicholas Mamalakis

A fellow former physics stu­dent work­ing at Micimek Uni­ver­sity, Milo is a man with purple hair and purple dreams. With the verve of a mad sci­en­tist and the spirit of a young zoo patron, his child­like (per­haps “childish”) manner keeps Roy and Jen on their toes.

Likes: new fron­tiers, mys­ter­ies, zap­ping.
Dis­likes:
hocus pocus, hoodoo voodoo, abra cadabra.

skeleton_profMr. Skeleton

The very friendly owner of Mister Skeleton’s Diner in Owl’s Rock. Is he actu­ally a skele­ton? A strong case is to be made either way:

YES, HE IS A SKELETON

  1. His name is “skeleton”
  2. He has no skin. Also, no organs.
  3. He is quite plainly a skeleton.

NO, HE IS NOT A SKELETON

  1. His t-shirt says he is not a skeleton.

We may never know the answer.

Likes: winter, bud­dies, jazz stan­dards, Zep­pelin­ing
Dis­likes:
very little (specif­i­cally, Cap­tain Nemo Toad and his little hat)

> Micimek Faculty <

malloc_profProfessor Patrick Malloc

One of five pro­fes­sors to dis­ap­pear in the Micimek explo­sion. An under­grad once lost his phone—and his soul—in the professor’s volu­mi­nous beard. Former poster child for non­ter­mi­nal ocular hyperemia.

Likes: sab­o­tage.
Dis­likes:
not-​sabotage.

donly_profProfessor Oswald Remington “O. R.” Donly

Another of five pro­fes­sors to dis­ap­pear in the Micimek explo­sion. A bit cranky, and not the biggest fan of Jen and Milo’s meth­ods (see Dis­likes below). His imag­i­na­tion is healthy and virile.

Likes: sand­wiches, being gen­er­ally amaz­ing
Dis­likes:
dick­ing around.

smallen_profDean Heinrik Smallenstatur

Did not dis­ap­pear in the Hib­bard Lab explo­sion. He is either A) tiny because he is angry or B) angry because he is tiny. A fear­some force, par­tic­u­larly when jet­pack­ing. Last seen bat­tling a possum in Shivtown.

Likes: com­pe­tency.
Dis­likes:
Jen, Spackle.