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The Comic
Odd-fish features aquatic creatures, the eponymous 'Odd-Fish' and their unlikely, bizarre and hopefully  funny adventures. It is mostly pun and pop-culture based because that's what NobbyNobody enjoys. Odd-Fish has come up for a fair bit of critisism, much of it in the form of back-handed compliments parising the artwork but hating the writing and the jokes.
It doesn't bother me too much because I do it for the illustaration. I'm an artist not a writer.
If you come up with a gag or story that you'd think would be great for Odd-Fish feel free to contact me about it. I can't pay you, heck I can't even pay me but I'll gladly give you all the credit and plugs you could ever want if I use your idea.
Like Biro-art, Odd-fish is drawn mainly with a biro on ordinary printer paper before being scanned into a computer and fiddled with in Photoshop to add speech bubbles, sound effects and other such fripperies.

Dramatis Personæ

• Lovecraft
  Nominally an Octopus but sometimes seems to be a Pentapus, Hexapus, Septapus etc.
  Lovecraft has a love of dodgy Japanese animation, especially that which features tentacles.
  Although he often displays a certain naive charm, he has a sinister side too and sometimes reveals flashes of pure evil genius, evidence of amoral behaviour and misathropic tendencies. Lovecraft hates Zebras.

• Howard
  A Puffer-fish and long-suffering best friend to Lovecraft the octopus.
  Howard doesn't suffer fools gladly and has an intense hatred of 'net-speak' and its derivatives.
  He acts a a foil to Lovecraft's sillyness.

• Octobot
  A robotic invention of Lovecraft's making and a martyr to rust.
  Octobot was sent by Lovecraft on a mission to destroy humanity but due to unforseen circunstances dodn't quite achieve its goals.
  Octobot has seen three revision. the Mk1, controlled remotely via a hand-held transmitter lasted only a very short time before becoming rusted solid. The Mk2 was more autonomous but suffered a near-fatal (for Hugh Manatee) programming error and had to be decommisioned and the Mk3 which was driven internally from a cockpit behid its right eye was sadly destroyed in a nuclear explosion. It was the only way to be sure.

• Hugh
  A Manatee or possibly, as he's in the ocean, a Dugong.
  Hugh is very, very unlucky and suffers terrribly with a bad, possibly terminal case of 'sods' law'. Everything happens to poor Hugh but somehow he always survives.

• Star Wars Squid
  Also known as Darth Squidious. A squid with an obsession with Star Wars
  While not actually a Jedi (because Jedi's aren't real) he believes he is with every fibre of his being and spends a great deal of his time waving a broom handle around and making 'Vwwoorm, whuuumm, Kshhh' noises.
  Star Wars Squid is quite likely to tell you that he's your dad, whatever species you may be.

• The Tiny Zebras
  No one knows how Howard came to have a tin of tiny aquatic zebras in his kitchen cupboard or how, after Lovecraft opened the can thinking it was food, they could be still alive.
  The Zebras' complex life cycle and their legandary tenacity have so far only been touched upon on Odd-Fish.

• List of all characters in order of appearance
  (excluding those appearing in Prof Lovecraft's Fact File)
  • Lovecraft - An Octopus - See main entry
  • Howard - A Pufferfish - See main entry
  • Old Timer - A fish
  • Seagull & Chick
  • Lolcatfish - An annoying catfish
  • Dave the Bartender - A crab
  • Cockle - An alcoholic cockle
  • The Zebras - See Main entry
  • The Prawn Stars - Prawns
  • Lovecraft's Mussells
  • Deagostini - A Seahorse
  • Star Wars Squid (Darth Squidious) - See main entry
  • The Odd-Fish Babies - A crab, a puffer, two octopodes and a shrimp
  • Manta Claus - A Manta Ray
  • Baby & Mama Sponge - Sponges
  • Octobot Mk1 - See main entry
  • Octobot Mk2 - See main entry
  • Hugh Manatee - A manatee - See main entry
  • Kermit Crab - A mutant hermit crab?
  • The Dreamgirls - Lovecraft's imaginary octopoid lovers
  • Murray - A Moray
  • Ann Chovey - An Anchovy pizza chef
  • Doug & Bill - Human Divers
  • The Djellifish - A magical Jellyfish
  • Leif - A Walrus who has a bucket
  • Steinway - A Tuna Fish
  • Bradshaw & Winnie - Sharks
  • Dr Baluga - A Sturgeon
  • Big fish & Little Fish
  • Gabrielle - A Dyslexic Angler Fish
  • Walmsley - Sea Otter
  • Octobot Mk3 - See main entry
  • Robbie McSporran - A Scotsman
  • The Shrimpshrink - A Shimp Psychiatrist
  • Modo & Richard - Whales
  • Michael - A Stonefish
  • Unwary Paddler - A Human
  • Unnamed Fish - in a net
  • Stan the Loan Shark - A Hammerhead Shark
  • Moby - A Pale Whale
  • Unnamed woman - Human
  • Max Fightermaster - Human News anchor
  • Al - Superfish
  • Unnamed Hermit Crab
  • Unnamed Moth (Now deceased)
  • Hesper - A Mudskipper
  • The O'Limpets - Irish Limpets
  • Queen Zebra - Eeek!
  • Peter Gorus the fishmonger - An Angler Fish
  • Souzie - A Herring
  • Biohazard Scientists - Humans
  • Socialist Krill - Plankton
  • Roland - A Stonefish
  • Boffo - A Clownfish
  • Vinnie Sponge - A sponge and a notorious criminal
  • Tammy Jelly - A Jellyfish and another criminal
  • George - A Starfish
  • Unnamed Trout (x3)
  • Colin - A Seamonkey
  • Lovecraft's Mum - An Octopus
  • Bipolar Copepod (Now deceased)
  • Timothy Jellyfish (JellyTim) - A Jellyfish
  • Boxfish
  • Dolly Plankton
  • Kris Krill (Assumed deceased)