The following is a short list of the characters (other than political figures) in this strip. There have been others, but none have had speaking parts. Many listed here are minor characters.
1) Cellia – Cellia Cohen is the second of Cohen’s three children. She’s four and loves princess dresses and playing with her older brother Martin.
2) Cohen – Perry Cohen is a convert to the church in his youth from Cleveland, Ohio. He is married with three children. His best friend, who also married his sister, is Johnson even if they are political opposites. He has a Ph.D. in American History and teaches in Utah Valley. He met the other primary characters while on his mission. By a weird perversion of transfers in his mission, he and his companions lived together in the same apartment, without killing each other, for eighteen months.
3) Flanagan – Walter Flanagan is the only of the primary characters from Utah. He grew up in Provo and teaches seminary at Provo High, his alma mater. His wife graduated with him and waited for him while he was serving in the Seoul West Mission with Cohen, Johnson, and Kwan.
4) Gramma – Since all ten of her grandchildren are living in Utah, Gramma Cohen moved here surprising her son, Cohen, by just showing up.
5) Joey – Kyong-Min Joey Kwan is Kwan’s only son. He is seven years old and goes to Toad Mountain Elementary. His best friend is Perry J who shares the same birthday and lives across the street.
6) Johnson – Dallas Nachadoches Johnson is from Texes. He married his best friend Cohen’s only sister and then had seven kids. She’s been telling him she wants more, but stays out of that discussion.
7) Kwan – Hong-Un Kwan was oddly left out growing up in UiJongBu, South Korea and never really had any friends until he met Flanagan on his mission, who he served with for nine months before transferring in apartment to be companions with Cohen for six months and then with Johnson for three more. He is married and has one son.
Martin – Martin Cohen is five years old and begins kindergarten in the fall. He follows Perry J and Joey around mostly and is in turn followed around by his sister Cillia.
9) Perry J – Perry J is named after Johnson’s best friend Perry Cohen. He is seven years old. He has six sisters. Two are older than he is.