He partly was named after the famous blind Greek poet Homer, who wrote The Odyssey. It tickled creator Matt Groenig's fancy to name his dunce everyman after a famously wise epic poet.
He is a man either in the late thirties or early fourties. He has a wife named Marge, 10 year old son Bartholomew, AKA Bart, 8 year old daughter Lisa and a second daughter Maggie, short for Marjorie,...