Sam and Fuzzy - The Characters

The Characters

Sam and Fuzzy has an enormous cast of characters. When Logan begins a new storyline, he often abandons the characters of previous stories or reduces them to cameo roles, choosing instead to focus on new characters. The current main cast of the comic includes the following:

• Sam is an idealistic young man living in the fictional city of Newport. Sam moved to Newport to attend college, but lost his conditional scholarship and had to drop out, after which point he met and befriended Fuzzy. Sam has had multiple jobs, including a driver for X-per-S Taxi, a bookseller at Bunton's Books, and a roadie for Noosehead. After his accidental involvement in the murder of the Ninja Mafia's emperor, Sam went on the run, but later learned that he was now the syndicate's rightful emperor. After taking power, Sam reorganized the Ninja Mafia into Ninja Mafia Services, an organization to help people with supernatural or otherwise unusual problems. Sam's hair and facial design is similar to Sonic the Hedgehog, of whom Sam Logan is a self-confessed fan.
• Fuzzy is Sam's roommate, a short bear-like creature, apparently some years over 20.. Fuzzy was once a thief known as Eric, but he lost all of his memory as a result of an incident where his partners Hazel Kim and Brain wiped his memory for reasons currently unknown. After this, Hazel rechristened him "Fuzzy" and attempted to start their partnership fresh, but later chose to abandon him instead. After these events, Fuzzy met Sam and has lived with him ever since. Fuzzy is known for his ambition, ego, and propensity for seemingly random violence, although he seems to have mellowed somewhat recently. As a result a business deal prior to his memory loss, involving Hazel, Brain, and Sin, an army of robot clones of Fuzzy were created, including one that has been nicknamed Bonus and seems to have some of Fuzzy's missing memories. Fuzzy has recently become quite famous after starring in a television program called "Teddy Knows Best."
• Aaron is a former Mafia Ninja, from the squad to which Fuzzy belonged while infiltrating the Ninja Mafia. At the time, he used the codename Jackson and had a rebellious attitude. Aaron went on the run with Sam and became a roadie for Noosehead. Thereafter, he allied with Sam as he made his claim to the Ninja Mafia throne, and is currently one of several employees of Ninja Mafia Services.
• Devahi is an office assistant for Ninja Mafia Services. While looking for a job, she accidentally stumbled into their offices and was offered the job by Aaron without Sam's knowledge. After assisting them on a job, Sam reluctantly agreed to hire her despite his difficulty affording her salary. Devahi frequently worries that she is more of a drain on their resources than an asset to their cause, and harbors an unstated crush on Sam.
• Hazel Kim is a master thief who worked with Fuzzy before his memory loss (and for a brief while after). She is often seen with a cat named Brain, who can speak and has powers of telepathy, including mind reading and memory manipulation.
• Sin was introduced in the Noosehead storyline as the president of the band's label, Sin Records. It was eventually revealed that he was in fact a small alien operating a humanoid robot. According to Sam, Sin is involved in various unusual schemes of the kind that Ninja Mafia Services deals with. Although it is clear that Sin had dealings with Fuzzy prior to Fuzzy's memory loss, little is known of his origins or what motivation (if any) he has beyond simple greed.

What follows is a list of minor characters or major characters from past storylines. The list is by no means exhaustive:

• Butcher the Cat is Sam's cat. Although previously thought by to be male, Butcher had given birth to several kittens, including the hairless Chompy. These kittens were fathered by Alphonso, a flamboyant cat who claims to be royalty and aristocracy, and because of this is unable to marry Butcher. Still he is fiercely protective of her and their children.
• Fridge is the name given to a demon that possessed the mold in Sam's fridge. Fridge escaped by temporarily possessing some Mafia Ninjas, later possessing the Emperor. Fridge was eventually killed by Candice, to avenge the death of her father, DJ Positive.
• Alexa is Sam's ex-girlfriend, with whom he later worked at Bunton's. She is now the landlady for Ninja Mafia Services.
• Lance was another driver at X-per-S with whom Sam had a rivalry. He now owns X-per-S and is married to Alexa, with whom he had a child.
• Mr. Ackerman was the eccentric owner of X-per-S, and Sam's boss until firing him. Ackerman eventually retired, handing the firm over to Lance.
• Carlyle was an employee of X-per-S who took on the firm's most dangerous jobs. Despite never being clearly depicted in the comic, Carlyle has appeared as an off-panel presence to advise Sam at times, and also Sidney on one occasion.
• Andrea worked with Sam and Alexa Bunton's Books.
• Candice was a delivery girl that Sam dated. While undercover as a Mafia Ninja, Candice used the codename Sexxica. Candice perished while killing Fridge, to avenge the murder of her father, a radio disc jockey named DJ Positive.
• Rikk Estoban is a cartoonist who purchased the rights to Skull Panda, a character created by Fuzzy. Rikk briefly dated Candice. Sam Logan insists that Rikk is a real person, and that he draws the "Skull Panda" strips that occasionally appear on the Sam andFuzzy site. Recently the character reappeared as a client for Ninja Mafia Services, seeking to recover an embarrassing piece of artwork from his past.
• Sidney, referred to as both Sidney Collins and Sidney J. Sikowitz in the comic, was the frontman of the heavy metal band Noosehead. Sam was implicated in Sidney's "murder," but in fact the record label faked his death for publicity, holding him prisoner on a remote island. After the truth was exposed, Sidney returned to the island to pursue new a musical direction.
• Nicole was Noosehead's backup singer, who was dating Sidney on and off for years. She later dated Sam, and after it transpired that Sam was framed for Sidney's murder, she attempted to prove that Sidney was alive and Sam was innocent. She currently has an active career as a solo recording artist, and is still dating Sam.
• Malcolm was a guitar player for Noosehead, and an avid conspiracy theorist who assisted Nicole in her attempts to clear Sam's name. While his ravings seemed mad, some elements of them came true. This was because his strange hairstyle acted as an antenna and he intercepted certain transmissions.
• Flick is Noosehead guitarist who enjoys candy knitting, and lighting his head on fire.
• Earl was Noosehead's manager. Although he is occasionally motivated by greed, and by fear of the record label's hired thugs, he eventually displayed a conscience when Sidney was in need of him, and assisted in the operation to take down Sin Records. Afterwards, he became the label's new president.
• Mr. Blank was the highest-ranking "Blankface" assassin in the Ninja Mafia. Blank plotted to kill Sam after using him restore the Ninja Mafia, but his plans were dashed when Sam saw through him. Blank later perished after being pushed off of Sin Tower by Fuzzy.
• Mr. Black was the second-highest-ranking Blankface. After the fall of the Ninja Mafia, he and his men did freelance work for Sin Records. Preferring the freelance life, Black sought to prevent the restoration of the Ninja Mafia by killing Sam. Eventually, Black was killed by Blank at Sin Tower.
• Gertrude DuPont is a young Ninja Mafia aristocrat, whom Sam has named the rightful heir to the throne should he die. Although she originally intended to kill him and take his place, she claims to have lost interest.
• Rebecca Morris is police detective whose investigation of Noosehead and Sin Records puts her at odds with the Ninja Mafia. She currently assists Sam by ensuring that Ninja Mafia Services is tolerated or ignored by the police force.
• Edwin Colin is a vampire whose penchant for stalking required the intervention of Ninja Mafia Services on several occasions. He now resides in a vampire rehabilitation center, although he recently emerged to help Devahi and Ninja Mafia Services with a case.