Ah, Mac and Buddy. Those wacky ghouls. These two are quite possibly the characters that have gone through the most changes over the years, in both appearance and name. Hell, when Grimstone started their names were different and I retroactively changed them later (ain’t the Internet grand?).

They were originally a pair of Jack O’Lanterns possessed by spirits whose look and names were based off those McDonald Halloween Happy Meal pails they had when I was a kid. They stayed that way for a while. Eventually they became a goblin and a ghoul that could turn into Jack O’Lanterns. Then they were both goblins. Or ghouls. I don’t remember. It kepted changing. Finally they both became ghouls for good and servants of the evil Krulor.

Their names originally in Grimstone, Cecil & Shamus, were a leftover from their goblin days when they were both gonna be Irish. I decided to rename them since they are not in fact Irish, so I consulted my “list of names to use” and selected Buddy & Mac. Sounded like a good duo. Mac & Buddy. Buddy & Mac. Works for me.

They were suppose to be a kind of Abbot & Costello / Laurel & Hardy pair, but they seem kind of just psychotic. I’ll be working more to better develop their personalities, make them more distinct. Buddy, the short one, will be more hyper and manic, where Mac will be a little more in control, a little more cunning and clever. The brain and the brawn, as it were. And eventually, I might get around to working the Jack O’Lantern thing back in.