Ivan Bezdomny
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| Ivan Bezdomny | |
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| Age: | 16 |
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| First comic: | the Wotch on Dec 13 2002 |
| Favorite movie: | Bull Durham |
Ivan is aspiring to be a great reporter, even in his High School newspaper. He is the editor-in-chief of the Tandy Gardens High School Newspaper. With all the insane happenings as of late, he's been working overtime! A friend of Anne's, Ivan is always so close, yet so far, when it comes to breaking the story of the century.
Ivan also has a small team of paranormal investigators, current members being Scott Winters, his girlfriend Julie, and Jason Grey (who is there for the sole purpose of sabotaging their progress).
However, as of the D.O.L.L.Y. arc, [spoiler...]Ivan appears to have finally seen Anne and her friends in action, although they are unaware of this. [...hide spoiler] Since then, [spoiler...]he has been confirmed as an eyewitness of Anne's abilities, with photographic proof, no less - but, beginning to understand the scope of the situation, he is also stymied as to what to do with this information until he uncovers the rest. [...hide spoiler]
Recently, he has advanced his research by breaking into the home of Miranda West. He was caught, and as punishment, she placed a powerful curse on him that would activate should Ivan tell anyone what he had seen. In an attempt to get around its effects, he tried to tell Scott and Julie what he had found through a written note. However, this activated the curse, slowly causing the three of them to change into the opposite gender while altering the memories of others so they would believe it had always been this way. Ivan went to Miranda to admit his mistake, but she would not remove the curse from him or Scott or Julie. Now he is known as Yvonne Bezdomny. Despite this change, he has not been discouraged, and continues to search for the truth about magic.
At The end of Comic Relief, Ivan mentions having a cousin in Moperville, the setting of El Goonish Shive. This is likely to be little more than an allusion, as the Sunday Specials have confirmed that El Goonish Shive and The Wotch take place in different universes.