Carpe Diem is a furry web comic created by Graveyard Greg and Redkam. The story is a gay-themed serialized drama concerning the daily lives of a circle of young adult friends at a gymnasium and at their homes. The title is from Latin carpe diem, which means "seize the day." The comic's primary target audience is the furry fandom. As of the end of 2004, the story is in its third chapter.

Graveyard Greg is the principal writer. Most of the series is illustrated by Redkam, with two-thirds of the second chapter illustrated by Vince Suzukawa, and additional minicomics illustrated by the artists Braford and Albert Temple.

Characters

Main characters

Josh Gaudaen is a 25-year-old Masai giraffe morph who works at Burt's gym. He lives in an apartment with his roommate Rodney. Josh is a weightlifter with good fashion sense, a good-natured friend, and has the unfortunate distinction of tripping everyone's gaydar, despite the fact that he is straight.

Patrick Kevin Lewis is a 24-year-old Bengal tiger morph who works at Burt's gym. Already an immature character, he is also a narcissistic bodybuilder, to everyone else's annoyance. Kevin has an argumentative foil relationship with Burt, who is also secretly his cohabitant and lover. Kevin has a dysfunctional tendency to do whatever he wants when he wants without considering the consequences of his actions, and this gets him into trouble.

Burt MacPhearson is a 35-year-old giant panda morph. An experienced mature man, he runs a successful gymnasium and generally lives a comfortable life. Josh and Kevin are employees of Burt, and he is always considerate of their welfare. He is also secretly in love with Kevin, with whom Burt shares his home, his bed and his heart.

Rodney Davis is a 24-year-old cheetah morph. As a teenager, Rodney's parents kicked him out after he confessed that he was gay. But because of good friends, he lives a comfortable life, living in an apartment with Josh and employed on the Internet. Unlike the others, Rodney does not frequently exercise and is overweight, much to the ridicule of other cheetah morphs.

Ken Pierce is a 23-year-old African rhinoceros morph. Employed as a construction worker, he is relatively new in town and frequents Burt's gym. Initially friends with Josh at the gym, Josh introduces Ken to Rodney.

Other characters

Mr. Gaudaen is the father of Trent and Josh. A fundamentalist Christian, he is openly hostile to Trent's lifestyle, and expresses open contempt to Josh's roommate Rodney for the same reason. Unhappy with Trent, Mr. Gaudaen puts a great deal of pressure on Josh to ensure that Josh is nothing like Trent.

Trent Gaudaen is Josh's gay older brother, and was once Burt's lover. Trent's parents (especially his father) never approved of Trent's sexuality, and have thus condemned him as sinful. Feeling unsatisfied with his life, Trent left Burt years ago to find more fulfilling challenges in life. No one has seen or heard from Trent since.

Nicole is a rabbit morph woman, married to Nick. As her family have been close friends with Burt's family for generations, the two have a close relationship, with Burt regarding Nicole as his little sister. Nicole's marriage with Nick has been gradually deteriorating.

Nick is a fox morph, married to Nicole. His marriage with her has been gradually souring.

Quetza is a Mexican armadillo morph woman, and a good friend of Burt.

External links

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