Who Is Katchoo? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Katchoo is a Abstract Studio comic book character, the alter ego of Katina Marie Choovanski, with over 159 comic issue appearances. Katina "Katchoo" Choovanski is part of the triangle at the heart of STRANGERS IN PARADISE; she is hopelessly in love with the straight Francine Peters, while their friend David is hopelessly in love with Katchoo.

Who is Katchoo?

Origin The illegitimate daughter of Sonny Baker and a Chicago prostitute, Katina "Katchoo" Choovanski ran away from her abusive stepfather, only to find herself a pawn in a criminal enterprise that trained young women to seduce powerful men for financial or political power. While in school she met Francine Peters , and the two become great friends over the matter of a few days before they were separated for 10 years. When Francine broke down over her failing marriage Katchoo returned to help a friend she had missed terribly. Creation Following years as a comic strip writer Terry Moore developed a comic book series from a single drawing he made of a group of 4 friends. this one picture led him to think "who are these people" and "how did they come to be in the same room". An idea that was too grand for a strip, this required a comic book format to contain the scope of the story. One of them was the artist character and combined with the sketch Katina Choovanski was born. The result was Strangers in Paradise published by Abstract Studios Character Evolution With the non-liner nature of Strangers in Paradise a characters evolution can be a complex thing as new information later int he.

Key facts

Katchoo is of human origin. The character is published by Abstract Studio. With 159 recorded issue appearances, Katchoo ranks among the most featured characters in comics.