Count of canonical appearances of characters in Questionable Content through #5409. I made this table in response to a controversy (triggered by the introduction of Marigold) over which characters are "major" and ought to be listed in the article.
| character name | first | last | count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marten Reed | 1 | 5407 | 2031 |
| Faye Whitaker | 3 | 5405 | 1985 |
| Dora Bianchi | 75 | 5405 | 1204 |
| Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham | 515 | 5322 | 953 |
| Claire Camilla Augustus | 2203 | 5409 | 713 |
| Bubbles | 3003 | 5405 | 509 |
| Pintsize | 1 | 5398 | 447 |
| Marigold Louise Farmer | 1413 | 5072 | 436 |
| Clinton P. Augustus | 1898 | 5318 | 343 |
| Tai Hubbert | 691 | 5405 | 328 |
| Roko Basilisk | 3311 | 5393 | 278 |
| May | 2491 | 5072 | 276 |
| Momo | 1298 | 5060 | 251 |
| Elliot | 1864 | 4919 | 234 |
| Steve | 3 | 5407 | 224 |
| Sven Bianchi | 328 | 5404 | 219 |
| Brunhilde Khoury | 3210 | 4510 | 207 |
| Elizabeth Appleboom | 4970 | 5401t | 204 |
| Angus McPhee | 710 | 2815 | 189 |
| Dale | 1640 | 5072 | 177 |
| Samantha Bean | 1957 | 5409 | 170 |
| Emily Azumee | 2203 | 4367 | 165 |
| Yay Newfriend (Spookybot) | 3391 | 5385 | 162 |
| Raven Pritchard | 102 | 2079 | 153 |
| Renee | 1845 | 4919 | 145 |
| Penelope Gaines | 698 | 5113 | 140 |
| Winslow | 527 | 5259 | 135 |
| Aurelia Augustus | 2804 | 5391 | 129 |
| Veronica Vance | 431 | 5096 | 118 |
| Moray | 4858 | 5402 | 124 |
| Beepatrice | 3883 | 5405 | 106 |
| Willow Dragonfang | 4390 | 5319 | 90 |
| Ayomide | 5109 | 5337 | 85 |
| Melon | 3486 | 5381 | 85 |
| Millefeuille | 4066 | 4777 | 79 |
| Ellen | 191 | 789 | 62 |
| Iris | 4390 | 5319 | 61 |
| Jim Bean | 1926 | 5409 | 56 |
Some of the AIs have moved to new bodies: Momo in 2001; May between 2515 and 2710; Winslow in 3542; Roko in 3912; May again in 4347; Pintsize in 4531; Momo again between 4602 and 5051.
The greatest number of named characters in a single strip is twelve, in 4316. Ignoring strips where no character appears in two panels, it's nine: 3071 and 3522 and (if Emily's unnamed parents count) 2329.
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editHave Ayomide and Yemisi been given a surname? How about Steve?
Can you name these people? Most are probably ‘extras’ but, I think, not all.
- speaking to Elliot
- the last speaker
- seated woman
- woman in last panel
- Tai's opponent
- Clinton's roommate?
- stud
- are the last two bots seen again?
- bartender
- [1], [2], [3], waitress
- [4], tent.net/view.php?comic=3541, [5] salesbot; maybe she reappears later for May or Roko?
- the lurker
- [6], [7]
- passerby
- [8] could be Crushbot and …?
- gunslinger
- [9], [10] taqueria staff, i guess we'll never see them again
- asleep; most likely Cosette
- three students
- [11], [12] woman in purple