Meet the real-life pets that inspired the characters in the upcoming graphic novel:
MELLYBEAN AND THE GIANT MONSTER
MELODY as MELLYBEAN
AGE: 1.5 years. Born May 2018
ADOPTED: July 1 2018
SEX: Female
WEIGHT: 11 pounds
BREED: Scruffy poodle Mix
FURSONALITY
- Happy-go-lucky
- Brave and curious
- Gentle, calm, kind-hearted, and (mostly) well-behaved
FAVORITES
- Running in the grass and being chased
- Rolling in the grass/astroturf
- Sniffing all the things
FUN FACTS
- American
- Licks your nose to get your boogers
- Despite being happy and constantly groomed in a loving home, she looks like a sad, unkempt, homeless dog
- She likely has more hand-knitted sweaters than you
BUTTERNUT as himself
AGE: 13 years. Born Sept 2007
ADOPTED: Nov 2007
SEX: Male
WEIGHT: 11 pounds
BREED: Medium haired orange tabby
PURRSONALITY
- Curious and playful
- Loves the outdoors and being in the yard on his harness and leash
FAVORITES
- Chewing on leaves and grass
- Being with people
FUN FACTS
- Canadian born
- Missing a fang after falling off a 4th floor balcony and landing on a man
- Lynx-like ear tufts
- Always climbing things to be up in high places
- Bathroom buddy
- Oldest but smallest
CHARLIE as CHUCK
AGE: 12 years
ADOPTED: Oct 30 2010 from SFACC
SEX: Male
WEIGHT: 14 pounds
BREED: Short haired orange tabby
PURRSONALITY
- Charismatic, calm and calculating
- Strong, silent type
- Gentlemanly
FAVORITES
- Bread, saltines, fortune cookies, chicken
- Playing with bobby pins
FUN FACTS
- American born
- Doesn’t play with yarn and won’t eat plants
- Always lays on your legs or chest
- Likes to wrestle and is a master at opening doors
- Drooly
- Was originally named "Pumpkin" by the shelter
TUGS as himself
AGE: 12 years. Born May 2008
ADOPTED: July 2008
SEX: Male
WEIGHT: 20 pounds
BREED: Short haired orange tabby
PURRSONALITY
- Notifier of meal times
- Shy but affectionate
- Hungry
FAVORITES
- Canned food
- Belly rubs
- Sunbeams
- Being fed and petted
FUN FACTS
- Canadian born
- Big cat but has tiny mews
- Does not like to be picked up
- Licks his right front paw when you scratch his butt