Geech (comic strip)

Publication history

Characters

• Geech Dingum — the star of the strip. He is a lazy, unsuccessful, accident prone mechanic at a Merle's Service Station.
• Merle Sisson — Geech's boss. He is the owner as well as a mechanic, and is always trying to put Geech to work. Neither Merle nor Geech are very mechanically inclined.
• Ruby Moon — red-haired waitress at the local cafe, who is always looking for a man.
• Nadine Puckett — Ruby's best friend, an overweight woman who works as a hair dresser.
• Erma Crosgrain —the unseen nemesis of Ruby and Nadine. Although they are always putting her down and calling her a tramp, they envy the fact that she is able to pick up a man at the bar.
• Artie Beemer — lazy heavy-set man with a recessed hairline and glasses, frequently seen at the bar, and in scenes at home, trying to avoid dieting and housework. He has a wife named Vera and a son named Jake. Artie is often seen taking Jake for a walk, which always seems to end at the doughnut shop.
• Reverend J. C. Meeks — an older clergyman who is as smart-mouthed as everyone else in the comic strip. He is sometimes the target of Merle and Geech's misguided religious questions, such as asking about David and Delilah.
• Rabbit T. Fester — surly bartender, often shortchanging customers and not wanting to chat. He has an ex-wife named Monica, who left him after seven days, but still calls to harass him regularly. Rabbit hired Raymond Flowers, a big bouncer type, to help out around the bar, who has a gentle disposition, especially compared to Rabbit.
• Homer Purvis — runs the local barber shop. He is an elderly man who is always falling asleep in church, while driving, and even while cutting people's hair.
• Weldon Ledbetter — aspiring country-western singer, and one of Homer's frequent customers, who can never seem to get his sideburns cut evenly.
• The Doctor - The town's chain-smoking physician. Once sued by Ruby when he mistakenly told her she was pregnant.