Today’s Retail comic was an homage to many of the comic strips I’m personally fond of and read regularly. In case you’ve been scratching your head trying to figure out who some of these characters are, here’s a handy guide.
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- Toby Robot Satan (Toby Robot Satan, by Corey Pandolph)
- Swifty (The Super Fogeys, by Brock Heasley)
- Rip Haywire (Rip Haywire, by Dan Thompson)
- Cory (Watch Your Head, by Cory Thomas)
- Bill (Legend of Bill, by David Reddick)
- Imy (Imy, by Irma Erikson)
- Ralston Rabbit (Ink Pen, by Phil Dunlap)
- Alice Otterloop (Cul De Sac, by Richard Thompson)
- Leopold (Scary Gary, by Mark Buford)
- Gill (Gill, by Norm Feuti)
- Doug (Dog Eat Doug, by Brian Anderson)
- Sophie (Dog Eat Doug, by Brian Anderson)
- Buckley (Pinkerton, by Mike Witmer)
- Steve (Pinkerton, by Mike Witmer)
- Clovis (Imagine This, by Lucas Turnbloom)
- Lio (Lio, by Mark Tatulli)
And in case you’re wondering what the “once again” is referring to, I ran a very similar strip (pictured below) last August.
- Cow (Cow & Boy by Mark Leiknes)
- Billy (Cow & Boy by Mark Leiknes)
- Gary the Vampire (Scary Gary by Mark Buford)
- Ed the Penguin (Arctic Circle by Alex Hallatt)
- Tina (Tina’s Groove by Rina Piccolo)
- Edison Lee (The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee by John Hambrock)
- Captain Victorious (Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap)
- Norm T. Platypus (My Cage by Melissa DeJesus and Ed Power)
- Petey Otterloop (Cul De Sac by Richard Thompson)
- Jill Kaplan (The Pajama Diaries by Terri Libenson)
- Banks (Barkeater Lake by Corey Pandolph)
- Bob (We the Robots by Chris Harding)
- Samuel Rhodes (Pros & Cons by Kieran Meehan)
when I saw this comic this morning, the first thing i shouted was “OMG IT’S GILL!!” I was so excited to see his little feature in “Retail!” Very exciting
i miss him but I understand your break. Keep up the great work 
Haha! That’s so cool Norm! Thanks for throwing Imy in there! Only problem is that Imy is so close to Clovis, she might steal him. She has a habit of trying to steal characters from other comics
HA!! Norm, you are the f**** man!!! Thanks, buddy!!
Irma, how can Imy steal Clovis is her hands are on Bill’s butt? (yes, he told me all about it).
David – Dammit! I told her to stop doing these type of things! I’ll have to go have a talk with her now. Although, I’m sure she’s just using Bill to get to Frank… again…
I love it when webcomic artists and artists in general do things incorporating characters from other comics or spectrums.Makes their take on things very interesting. @David-I have forsaken thee,I shall start reading Bill again soonish.I actually need to take my merry ass through the archive so I can figure out what’s going on.You miss one update and the hold deck of cards comes down.