With two male comics, she had her first shot at creating offbeat characters.

Ms. Frann was a more or less traditional sitcom wife dropped into the center of these offbeat and bizarre characters.

Call them emerging talents or just offbeat characters.

This is not to say that offbeat characters have disappeared entirely from Times Square.

But "Harry" makes the mistake of surrounding him with an entire collection of offbeat characters.

Encountering a host of engagingly offbeat characters, he seeks the answers to some important questions: What constitutes the self?

Like "Cheers," it offers a collection of mildly offbeat characters who grow on you if given half a chance.

In Japan, women authors who write about feminist themes and offbeat characters are also in demand.

This picture, by a terrific artist who is not a household name, exemplifies the offbeat character of the show.

His home, like the neighborhood, is a musical oasis and a haven for offbeat characters.