▁still ▁is ▁not ▁the ▁world ' s ▁pick iest ▁e ater . ▁Pet ey ▁often ▁describes ▁m und ane ▁school ▁and ▁sub urban ▁experiences ▁in ▁a ▁myth ic ▁style ▁as ▁though ▁the ▁information ▁was ▁being ▁passed ▁down ▁from ▁generation ▁to ▁generation ▁of ▁school ▁children . ▁A ▁com ic ▁dev ote e , ▁he ▁is ▁also ▁an ▁asp iring ▁com ic ▁artist , ▁who ▁is ▁forever ▁working ▁on ▁and ▁revis ing ▁his ▁own ▁graph ic ▁novel , ▁To ad ▁Z omb ies . ▁Pet ey ▁only ▁cons iders ▁himself ▁to ▁have ▁three ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁friends ▁( V i ola , ▁Andre , ▁Lor is , ▁and ▁Ern esto , ▁who ▁only ▁counts ▁as ▁half ▁a ▁friend ▁since ▁he ▁might ▁be ▁imag inary .) ▁Thompson ▁has ▁said ▁that ▁Pet ey , ▁Andre ▁and ▁Lor is ▁together ▁are ▁like ▁an ▁atom , ▁with ▁Andre ▁as ▁the ▁pro ton , ▁Pet ey ▁as ▁the ▁neut ron , ▁and ▁Lor is ▁as ▁the ▁electron . ▁ ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁Pet ey ▁has ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁aut ism , ▁something ▁that ▁Thompson ▁has ▁neither ▁confirmed ▁or ▁denied . ▁ ▁Mad eline ▁Ot ter loop ▁Alice ▁and ▁Pet ey ' s ▁mother ▁is ▁a ▁stay - at - home ▁mom ▁taking ▁care ▁of ▁the ▁day - to - day ▁running ▁of ▁the ▁household . ▁She ▁is ▁often ▁seen ▁driving ▁the ▁children ▁around ▁in ▁a ▁van ▁of ▁a ▁color ▁" so ▁neutral ▁that ▁it ▁does ▁not ▁occur ▁in ▁nature ". ▁Mrs . ▁Ot ter loop ' s