Hard Love Characters

Meet the Cast

John F. Galardi Jr.

Our leading guy and guide to all things zines and divorced parents isn't the world's most open book. In fact, he thinks he doesn't have the capacity to get emotional or fall in love at all. Now we...

Marisol Guzman

Self-proclaimed "Puerto Rican Cuban Yankee Cambridge, Massachusetts, rich spoiled lesbian private-school gifted-and-talented writer virgin looking for love" (1.52), Marisol is sure of herself. From...

Brian Cookson

Loyal, optimistic, and constantly in love, Brian isn't exactly the type of guy we'd picture John hanging out with. He's pretty much our main man's total opposite after all; still, though, the guys...

Diana (Crab)Tree

For a person who calls her zine No Regrets, you'd think Diana hadn't made any mistakes in life. Or never experienced loss. This is not the case with Diana, though. Nope—her mom died when she was...

Anne Van Esterhausen

We're just going to come right out and say it: John's mom, Anne, is hard to like. Phew. It's good to get that one off our chests.On the one hand, we feel for Anne because her hubby ran off and neve...

John F. Galardi Sr.

John's dad isn't going to win any prizes for "World's Best Dad" anytime soon. In fact, he tries to spend as little time with his son as possible. As John tells us about his pops: Good old Dad alway...

Birdie Gates

Marisol's gay BFF and so called "most trusted confidante" (4.32) isn't around much, but we see him long enough to know he's a firecracker. He has no trouble saying exactly what he's thinking, and w...