Week 47! (Patreon)

Next on our list of notable Randomly-Generated Characters is Cooper the brown bear. He first appeared in comic 017 as a friend of Gus's, Lupin's, and Dean's (who we'll look at in the next update).

Cooper and Dean were meant to help fill the roles of additional, minor-character friends to Gus and Lupin, much like Jorge was meant to sort of fill that role for Campy and Bruce, as an attempt to extend relationships and socialization beyond just the main cast and what's shown on-panel. 

Cooper's bio specifically states that he was interested in fashion design, hence my addition of a tape measure and pencil in his wardrobe here, which was meant to counteract and compliment Lupin's interest in cooking in terms of something typically unmasculine being enjoyed by overly-macho jock bullies. It was intended that Lupin and Cooper would find friendship in being able to tease and insult each other over each other's hobbies.

While Cooper would appear a couple more times in the arc he was introduced in (although never with any actual dialogue), he hasn't popped up again since. This is a similar situation to Jorge where I simply didn't have time or a place for him nor Dean to appear again. Again, I should really revisit these guys someday, if only to again establish they exist and that the characters still retain friendships with them.