Young from Scary Go Round in strip #245. Shockwave from Transformers in strip #223. Tycho from Penny Arcade in strip #85 and #131. Weedmaster P from Overcompensating in strip #1338. Cartoons of real people Diesel Sweeties often shows pixelated versions of real people in the strip. Some of these people include: Richard Belzer in strip #1471. Ann Coulter in strip #803. Glenn Danzig in strip #666. Sabrina Eldredge in strip #39. Beck Hansen (Beck) in strip #578. Adolf Hitler in strip #368, #536, #693, #782, and #809. Richard D. James (Aphex Twin) in strip #260. Xeni Jardin in strip #1471. Stan Lee in strip #715. Scott McCloud in strip #187. Barack Obama in strip #1685. Joe Biden in strip #2134. Ozzy Osbourne in strip #154. Jonathan Pater in strip #183 and #1244. Arnold Schwarzenegger in strip #748. Richard Stevens (the author himself) in strip #1525, #1805, #1806, #1807, #1925, #1983, and #2424. Corin Tucker in strip #150. Steve Wozniak in strip #138 and #1471. Jeffrey Zeldman in strip #37. Wil Wheaton in strips #2209 and #2210. Main characters (newspaper version) Comics.com described the strip as "reformatted" for family newspapers. Clango Cyclotron is a robot, a nice guy, and as red-blooded a male as a robot can be. He has been dating Maura Glee for some time and trying his best to understand humans. Maura Glee is a retired dot-com investor (or porn star) who cashed out before the market went south in, presumably, 2000. She is bored, but loves Clango, to the exclusion of others, especially human males. Her hobbies include drinking and more drinking. Indie Rock Pete composes music that nobody will hear. He manages a video store that refuses to rent movies that have been released on DVD. He discusses matters of the world with Clango. Lil' Sis is Maura's younger sister. She has recently moved in with Indie Rock Pete, but alas, it is platonic. She longs for Pete, but he's not buying. Metal Steve is a real musician, a true rocker. Lil' Sis is interested in him as well. Red Robot #C-63 has a mission, which is to kill every human on the planet. This, however, does not prevent him from exchanging bits of philosophy with the others in the pixelated crew, human and otherwise. Mr. Bear appears infrequently. Other new characters for the newspaper version included TV, Coffee Maker, and Kitten. Together, they rule the