TIL that a cat once co-authored a physics paper. In 1975, a physicist had just finished writing a paper and was ready to publish but realized that he had used ‘we’ instead of ‘I’ throughout, despite being the sole author. Not wanting to edit the paper, he listed his cat, Chester, as a co-author.
Ok but the best part is, physicists loved the joke. When people called the author’s university and he wasn’t available, they’d ask to speak with the co-author instead. The author issued a limited number of copies of the article signed by both authors. (Chester’s was obviously a pawprint.) And to this day, physics papers will often have F.D.C Willard (Felix Domesticus, Chester Williard [Willard was the author’s father’s name]) mentioned in the footnotes thanking his “useful contributions to the discussion”.
dude what the fuck do you call the characters authors and comic artists create, those are ALL OCs. If there was an age where it became “immature” to make them, we wouldn’t have many of our favorite books/shows/movies/cartoons/comics/ANYTHING
youre too old for ocs now… time to grow up and use Standard Government Approved Characters from the Worldwide Database like the rest of us adults. no more making shit up
The extended cast in the Sonic Comics are basically OCs, and a good number of the staff are ascended big-name fans with personal OCs of their own.
