Who or what (and where, and why) are these birds and monsters and things?

Thanks to Targuman, who says “Rather than Charles, wouldn’t he be any Tom, Dick, or Herodotus? He clearly got the human half of each so he is just…human.”

Meanwhile this has sent your editor to the dictionaries to figure out why Minotaur and Centaur weren’t both bullish.

But the CIDU factor mostly remains “Why Charles?” Or whatever leaves you scratching your head here…

(I was also going to ask why WuMo doesn’t appear on WaPo; but it turns out, it does. 🤷‍♂️ )

Putting on the neck pillows is the part he hates??

From Mike Brown, who says “Does it have to do with the spine of the book? Why can’t they talk about it again? I’m truly confused.”