Charles Tabey Sr.

A supporting player in one of the Copper Age's most talked-about underground titles, Charles Tabey Sr. stepped onto the page in 1986 courtesy of Kate Worley and Reed Waller's Omaha the Cat Dancer — the bold, adult-oriented series from Kitchen Sink Press that pushed boundaries and earned a devoted following. His handful of appearances place him in the orbit of a richly drawn cast that includes the titular Omaha herself, alongside Chuck Katt, Shelly Hine, and Jerry Davidson, suggesting a world of layered personal and social entanglements. He may be a compact presence in the catalog, but in a series this carefully crafted, even the supporting characters carry weight.