Benjamin Baker

Benjamin "Ben" Baker is a 30 year old monster, and the landlord of the apartment complex that Wallace moves into. He is a protagonist and supporting character in Monsterkind. Ben was first seen on page 1 of Monsterkind, but was introduced (by name) on page 42.

Appearance
Ben has fluffy dark brown hair with brown horns of the same color sticking up. Ben has brown skin, and also plenty of body hair. He has large, bushy eyebrows, thin stubble, and bags under his eyes. His ears look slightly different than a human ear. He was always supposed to be a bigger guy, but Taylor didn't draw him bigger until recently because she wasn't experienced with drawing plus-sized characters.

Personality
Ben is described to be pessimistic and brooding on multiple occasions in the comic. In one part of the comic, Taylor comments that "he can stare down Wallace's clients for him." Ben also tends to say very amusing things like "Pascal's hot" all of a sudden. He's very blunt and to the point sometimes. Ben also has some issues with his fiancée's death, and pretends he's over it. However, he's not and tends to get upset thinking about her death. "'He's a quiet guy with a chip on his shoulder who likes to keep to himself. He silently supports monster/human equality, but usually doesn't like to get involved.' is what his first cast page informed us.""As of now, it says: 'Calm, quiet, collected, Ben is the landlord of the apartment complex where our heroes live. Despite the huge chip on his shoulder, Ben is a very kind and caring man. He usually knows when something's up, and can read people rather well. He also likes to bring Wallace breakfast for some reason??'"

Trivia

 * Ben was voted Best Father, tied with Roy G. Biv, in the Monsterkind Superlatives.
 * Ben is as handsome as he is fuzzy, according to Monsterkind Superlatives.
 * Wallace's optimistic actions seem to remind him of his late fiancée, Yumi. This may be why he wants to Wallace to be careful.
 * Along with the the fact from above, it appears that Ben, indeed has a crush on Wallace. Proved by asking him out on page 434.
 * He was confirmed as bisexual via twitter.