Below you will find information regarding the characters of El Goonish Shive,
such as when they first appeared and how often they appeared, and how often
they appeared in each form. Note that the breakdown by form may add up to more
than the total number of appearances; this is because a character can appear in
more than one form in a single comic.
Character appearances are counted in all comics appearing in the "story" section and the "EGS:NP" section. I have
begun adding the filler section as well, but it will take some time before these will all be added.
A character is counted as appearing in a comic if any part of him/her is visible
in one of the panels (a silhoutte will do), or if they say anything (even if off-panel). Minor or one-off
characters get included pretty much on my whim; if I think they're important or funny enough, I'll include them.
Having speaking lines definitely helps the chance for inclusion.
The character descriptions below contain spoilers for El Goonish Shive. If you haven't read all
of EGS yet, I strongly suggest you don't read the descriptions.
Updated up to story comic: 2008-07-09
Total story comics: 957
Updated up to EGS:NP comic: 2006-09-02
Total EGS:NP comics: 130
Updated up to filler comic: 2008-05-16
Total filler comics: 386
Total comics: 1473
