Ack! I've been caricatured!

On your shoulder, Chuck has a bit more hair, so perhaps he shaved the beard to make a toupee?

That can't be you: where are your tentacles?
And suckers?

And your vast hordes of nightmarish thralls?

I had trouble working out which one was meant to be you, PZ. Wilkins was easy, without even needing to double-check his blog. After going over all the faces in the picture several times and coming back here, I see my best guess matches someone else's comment - about having a Charles Darwin (probably!) on your shoulder. I have no idea what the figure on the other shoulder was meant to be though. A red devil?

The other thing is a cephalopod, or possibly a miniature version of one of the Great Old Ones.

The mac should have been a tipoff.

I was wondering if the debut of the Pharyngula column in this month's issue explained all the 2-page spreads of jellyfish photos...

But where was Orac?

Orac's right up front, on the right.

Orac is the glass box at the bottom right-hand corner (and GrrlScientist is the owl on Shelley's shoulder).

I swear, I am not a Seed plant. But this whole issue was really well-done. I enjoyed the cavefish column as well.

And the squid/Darwin dichotomy was pretty much how I always figured your angel/devil dichotomy worked...

Now I know why Wilkins always seems like that 1000lb Gorilla in the room.

As someone who sees you on a regular basis, I had a devil (hoo-dee-hoo-dee-hoo) of a time finding you even though you were front and center. The change in facial hair completely threw me. Love the shoulder companions, though!