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Meet your favorite characters!
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NAME: Cap'n Wacky
POSITION: Host of capnwacky.com, mascot of Amalgamated Humor
HOBBIES: Sailing, drinking, cursing, macramé
FUN FACT: Cap'n Wacky was created as a mascot for Amalgamated Humor in
the 1930s by cartoonist Arthur Fetzenberg, yet he is also frequently written
about on this site as if he was a sentient being with a will of his own!
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NAME: Zonar the Superion
POSITION: Advice Columnist
WHAT IS IT: Commonly believed to be made out of an empty 2-litre bottle,
duct tape, and tin foil, Zonar is a remarkable space alien from the planet Superion. While he appears hollow, Zonar is actually full - of hate (also some
contempt).
GOALS: World domination, making people cry
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NAME: Stick Figure Warning Man
POSITION: Model for safety warning signs, commentator on said signs
HOBBIES: Complaining, moaning, whining, griping, bitching, belly-aching, bawl-babying, grumbling, fussing, and bewailing.
FUN FACT: A living creature, Stick Figure Warning Man cannot die, but
can feel pain. In fact, he may even had a lower pain threshold than normal
people.
FAMILY: Stick Figure Warning Man has a wife and son, both also stick
people, who sometimes join him or stand in for him in his dangerous exploits.
The family that endures excruciating pain together, stays together.
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NAME: Hairy Knavel
POSITION: webmaster of subsection, It Ain't Cool in the Basement News,
movie "critic"
LIKES: Movies, comics, butter, science-fiction, whipped lard, freebies,
kickbacks, pwesents, attention, ellipses, eulogizing
DISLIKES: Grammar, exercise, standing up, going outside, fact-checking,
mirrors, Harry Knowles
"critic"
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NAME: Jimmi
POSITION: Host/subject of the JIMMICAM
FUN FACTS: One of the earliest sections of Cap'n Wacky's Boatload of
Fun, The JIMMICAM is still going strong! We haven't checked in on it in
a while ourselves, but we're sure it's as good as ever. Keep up the
good work, Jimmy!
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NAME: Martin Balsam (in Space)
POSITION: Comic character/Starship Captain
ISN'T HE DEAD: No, the Academy Award winning actor faked his own death
in 1996, preferring the life of a space-adventurer to that of an aging
movie star.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: A Thousand Clowns, Psycho, Tora! Tora! Tora!,
tricking the brain sucking Leech Men of the planet Ramquolain into
navigating their ship into a black hole.
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NAME: SUSAN
POSITION: Comic Character/Robot Sidekick
MADE OF: Tin, the strongest metal known to inter-galactic space-faring
mechanical beings. TIN!
LITTLE KNOWN FACT: In addition to being Captain Martin Balsam's first
mate, Susan is also an accomplished ballroom dancer. She and her
partner, The Aibo, won second runner up at the annual competition held
on the gas giant Flengdap in 1998.
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NAME: Guy Who Looks Like a Fish, But Other Than That is Just a Regular
Guy (At Least Pretty Much)
POSITION: Comic Character/Office Peon
JUST WANTS: to be loved.
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NAME: YOU
POSITION: Reader of Cap'n Wacky's Boatload of Fun
FUN FACTS: Really likes The Gallery of Unfortunate Cards and Stick
Figure Warning Man, not crazy about Zonar or Art Bypass. Reads the site while
bored at work or if Modern Humorist is on yet another vacation. Has no
intention of contributing to the tip jar or even buying a damn T-shirt.
HOW YOU LEARNED ABOUT CAPNWACKY.COM: Stumbled across it by accident
and/or gave birth to one of the writers.
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