Dr. Caduceus



Kell and Elanor's doctor, a sidewinder snake. He provides medical humor for the comic (such as dealing with the "cost containment administrators" for Kell's HMO, which are leeches), and is one of the few who knows about Martha's transformation into a human. His role in the plot expanded recently, as he checks in on Danielle's pregnancy. He was a "local tough" when Kevin was arranged to marry Fran, and decided to become a doctor after reviving his fellow tough Carl with C.P.R.; as he was a teenager, this indicates that he is considerably older than Kevin and is presumably in his fifties. His name probably a reference to the caduceus, the traditional symbol of physicians and healers.This was shown in visual pun, in a strip where he was seen with a "pole dancer", forming the symbol