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The Eltingville comics follow a group of four teenage boys (Bill, Pete, Josh, and Jerry) in Eltingville, Staten Island, who are interested in various elements of geek culture, with each member showing a specific interest in one area. Dorkin has described the characters as "four older teenagers who are fans, and they’re possibly some of the worst fans who have ever lived." The series places the characters in various scenarios which Dorkin utilizes to parody common stereotypes and situations which he or others have come across in comic book and geek fandom

William "Bill" Dickey: Bill is the de facto leader of the quartet and is shown to have a heavy interest in comic books and sci-fi shows and movies. He has an extremely overbearing personality and is greatly disliked by his peers, including the other members of the Eltingville Club. In This Fan, This Monster he is hired to work at the local comic book store Joe's Fantasy World and quickly allows the power to go to his head, resulting in the store's destruction. He is of average build with light brown hair and wears glasses. In the comic series, it has been mentioned that he has a younger brother, Tommy, but in the pilot he is replaced with a younger sister, Jane. Bill has been frequently implied to be the most sadistic and sociopathic of the four, as he attempted to murder his whole club and Joe by setting fire to his store in a fit of insanity. During the final issue of the comics, Bill is shown to have unsuccessfully transitioned into adulthood as he is still living at his mother’s house, is still a virgin, has had at least one failed business, and is more unpleasant than he was before, as his bitterness towards life and women has further warped his personality. Joshua "Josh" Levy: Josh is an overweight Jewish teen with glasses and dark brown hair who is heavily interested in sci-fi films, books, and television shows, especially anything Star Wars-related. He is one of Bill's primary antagonists in the series and the two often get into fights, either verbal or physical, which end in either Pete, Jerry, or both of them breaking it up. Dorkin has stated that Josh is a composite of two different people that he knows. It is implied that he has an ill mother, as she takes strong medications and has a history of heart attacks. As an adult, Josh is depicted as working for a comic book news website, with the hopes that it will serve as a stepping-stone to becoming a comic book writer, despite his fiction writing getting repeatedly rejected by publishers and his former college professor. Peter "Pete" DiNunzio: Pete is primarily interested in horror. He is somewhat based upon a friend of Dorkin's as well as a "certain kind of Staten Island resident".Pete has black hair, is shorter than his counterparts, usually wears a backwards baseball cap, and is of otherwise average build. Pete is an Italian-American, and it has been mentioned in the comics that Pete has a younger sister and several older brothers. In the final issue, Pete is a mostly bald adult that has found employment as a member of a film crew that specializes in creating horror porn, a position that he frequently uses to exploit desperate female performers. Jerry Stokes Jr.: Jerry is more withdrawn and quieter than his counterparts and is interested in fantasy role-playing games and role-playing gaming in general. His meek demeanor causes his fellow club members to view him with some disgust, as evidenced in This Fan, This Monster where Pete uses gaming terms to insult him and Bill later rants that Jerry has never really made any of his "saving throws". Jerry is based upon several different people. Jerry is of average weight and height and has blond hair. He has a habit of imitating Twiki and appears to be of a pacifistic nature. Jerry's real name has been said to be Jerome, but in This Fan, This Monster, his real name is Gerald. At the end of the series, Jerry is shown to be the most successful of the former club, as he has found employment as a professional Magic: The Gathering player, grew out his hair, has a much higher sense of self-esteem, and is dating a beautiful, popular female pop and geek culture correspondent named Mandi. In the epilogue, he intended to bring his old club members back together at the comic con and mend their friendship but after Bill caused a riot and revealed he ruined his chance at love with his childhood crush and the rest are worse than they were before, he finally had enough and angrily tells them to do what they want and no longer cares what happens to them. He then leaves, finally severing ties with them for good and cutting them out of his life. Joe Gargagliano: Joe is an overweight, slovenly adult male and the owner of Joe's Fantasy World. He is shown to have little to no morals when it comes to selling items and frequently mistreats his customers. He also has a book containing nicknames for different customers, including the Eltingville Club. At the end of This Fan, This Monster, Joe's comic book store is destroyed in a fire.

Fandom Feuds: Members engage in aggressive trivia contests, shouting matches, and physical fights over rare items like Boba Fett action figures or comic trivia, destroying the very things they love out of spite.Toxic Gatekeeping: The group embodies hyper-critical, mean-spirited geek obsession, shutting out outsiders while miserable in their own stagnant friendships.following four bitter Staten Island teens—Bill, Josh, Pete, and Jerry—who argue violently over comic books, sci-fi, and collectibles