Characters
- The Boy is literally only a head on a stick, despite which he is something of an idealist.
- Slither the snake, who tends to be more of a skeptic.
Other recurring characters include:
- Nancy, a tooth who fights injustice
- Florida Cracker, a right-wing cracker from Florida
- Frickles Mudcat, a catfish who is running for President of the United States and is only ever seen in one fixed pose
- God, who is depicted as a cloud with lightning bolts for arms with a bottle of beer and a cigarette.
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Famous quotes containing the word characters:
“The naturalistic literature of this country has reached such a state that no family of characters is considered true to life which does not include at least two hypochondriacs, one sadist, and one old man who spills food down the front of his vest.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
“Hemingway was a prisoner of his style. No one can talk like the characters in Hemingway except the characters in Hemingway. His style in the wildest sense finally killed him.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)
“Unresolved dissonances between the characters and dispositions of the parents continue to reverberate in the nature of the child and make up the history of its inner sufferings.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)