▁as ▁Richard ▁Stevens , ▁John ▁All ison ▁and ▁V era ▁B ros g ol ▁make ▁appearances , ▁while ▁other ▁characters , ▁such ▁as ▁Baby , ▁do ▁not ▁exist . ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Row land ▁predicted ▁and ▁then ▁' f aked ' ▁his ▁death ▁by ▁having ▁We ed master ▁P , ▁a ▁character ▁in ▁the ▁strip , ▁update ▁the ▁com ic , ▁posting ▁that ▁Row land ▁had ▁died . ▁ ▁Top ato Co ▁Row land ▁is ▁the ▁owner ▁and ▁operator ▁of ▁the ▁web ▁merchant ▁Top ato Co , ▁which ▁s ells ▁T - sh ir ts , ▁stick ers , ▁magnet s , ▁com ics , ▁h ood ies , ▁to te ▁b ags , ▁and ▁other ▁items ▁for ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁web com ics . ▁As ▁of ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Top ato Co ▁s ells ▁mer ch and ise ▁for ▁over ▁ 4 0 ▁different ▁com ics . ▁Comics ▁that ▁Top ato Co ▁represents ▁include ▁Question able ▁Content , ▁Din osa ur ▁Comics , ▁MS ▁P aint ▁Advent ures , ▁Wonder mark , ▁and ▁Sam ▁and ▁F uz zy . ▁Row land ▁currently ▁oper ates ▁Top ato Co ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁large ▁w are house ▁in ▁E as th am pton , ▁Massachusetts . ▁The ▁various ▁card board ▁box - related ▁advent ures ▁of ▁running ▁the ▁business ▁play ▁a ▁large ▁part ▁in ▁Row land ' s ▁com ic ▁Over comp ens ating . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁ ▁W igu ▁ ▁Over comp