Toonman Ally: Agatha O'Conner (Patreon)

Alright, our final new Toonman supporting character (for now) is a fellow bartender at the Lizard King's Lounge, Agatha O'Conner!

ORIGIN

A veteran of the bar business with decades of experience, Agatha O’Conner was Norm Kirby’s primary bartender at the Lizard King’s Lounge and really his only loyal employee throughout its financial struggles. Agatha was a young girl when she saw the lounge in its heyday, and though she worked many venues across Vaudeville and even a few up in Savannah City, the Lounge was a nostalgic home for her and she shared in Norm’s dream of returning the bar to its former glory. Agatha just wasn’t expecting the solution to come from a living cartoon character turned superhero, but nonetheless Agatha was grateful Norm hired Tom Foolery on as a fellow bartender; if anything to give her some company and to help ease the burden of the job in her golden age.

While Agatha and Tom became BFF coworkers who bonded over swapping original cocktail recipes and stories of each their own long lives, truly it was Marty Mason whom Agatha really had to thank Tom for. Immediately taking a shine to the struggling animator once he became a regular visitor at the bar, Agatha saw in Marty all the qualities of all the good men she ever let go as well as someone who worked too hard and needed to learn to have fun again. With Toonman’s help, Agatha managed to convince Marty to spend her day off with her, and eventually the two went on to become a genuine couple, the first Marty ever had since the death of his wife years ago.

LOL Yep, Marty's got himself a girlfriend now!

One thing I love about good supporting casts is how much they help and build up each other, not just the main hero themselves. Such as Commissioner Gordon being the father of Batgirl and a father figure to Batman, or how Jimmy Olsen serves as the grounding force for both Superman and Lois Lane at the Daily Planet. When done right, a good supporting cast can really help out each other.

And that's what I decided to do when it came to Agatha's character. While I knew I wanted there to be another bartender at the Lounge for Toonman to interact with, finding a specific role for her outside of that was a struggle for a while. Ultimately, when I thought about how these supporting cast would be interacting with each other outside of Toonman, the idea that Agatha and Marty would instantly hit it off and become a couple just seemed to fun not to do. Agatha is the kinda golden girl who lives to have fun beyond her age, and Marty is definitely someone who works to hard on his dreams that occasionally he forgets to have fun (despite Toonman now being in his life). So I felt Agatha would be a great addition to Toonman's supporting cast to help not just him, but others like Marty too.

Hope you guys like this new member of Toonman's Supporting cast! Let me know what you think with a comment below!

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