Editing Descendents (section)

==Milo character==
[[File:Descendents - Milo Goes to College cover.jpg|thumb|right|The original version of the Milo character, as drawn by Jeff "Rat" Atkinson for the cover of ''[[Milo Goes to College]]'']]A [[caricature]] of singer [[Milo Aukerman]] has been a [[mascot]] for the Descendents since the early 1980s, appearing on the covers of six of the band's eight studio albums. The character was created by Rodger Deuerlein, a classmate of Aukerman and drummer [[Bill Stevenson (musician)|Bill Stevenson]]'s at [[Mira Costa High School]] who taunted Aukerman by drawing comic strips and posters depicting him as the class [[nerd]].<ref name="FAQ"/><ref name="Filmage: Milo character">{{cite AV media |last1=LaCour |first1=Deedle (Director) |last2=Riggle |first2=Matt (Director) |year=2013 |title=Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All |title-link=Filmage |medium=DVD |time=24:08 |location=Manchester |publisher=Rogue Elephant Pictures}}</ref> "He usually used me to make campaigns for people running for class office. [...] I remember him making one that said 'Don't be a nerd like Milo, vote for Billy!' or something like that."<ref name="FAQ"/> For the cover of the Descendents' first album, ''[[Milo Goes to College]]'' (1982), Stevenson asked friend Jeff "Rat" Atkinson to draw his own interpretation of Deuerlein's Milo character: "I go 'Roger does the drawing{{' "}}, recalled Atkinson, "He goes 'No, you gotta do it.' I said 'Okay, what kind of Milo do you want?' So I draw him a Milo. First was the [[crew neck]] T-shirt, then I drew the [[polo shirt]] Milo, then I drew the Milo with a tie, because he goes to college. Bill goes 'Oh, that's it', and it becomes the cover of the first record."<ref name="Filmage: Milo character"/> For the band's 1985 album ''[[I Don't Want to Grow Up]]'', the character was reinterpreted as a baby.<ref name="I Don't Want to Grow Up"/> When the band's name was changed to [[All (band)|All]] upon Aukerman's departure in 1987, bassist [[Karl Alvarez]] created the character [[All (band)#Allroy|Allroy]] to serve an equivalent function for the new band.<ref name="Bonus Cut">"Bonus Cut". ''Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All''. Event occurs at 11:39.</ref>

In addition to appearing on much of the Descendents' merchandise and promotional materials, the Milo character has been reinterpreted by other artists for all of the band's releases since 1996:
*Reading a newspaper on the cover of ''[[Everything Sucks (Descendents album)|Everything Sucks]]'' (1996).<ref name="Everything Sucks"/> The full illustration, used for the lyric sheet and the "[[I'm the One (Descendents song)|I'm the One]]" single, depicts the character sitting atop the tank of an overflowing toilet as it floods the room around him and a [[mushroom cloud]] forms outside the window.<ref name="Everything Sucks"/> This illustration is credited to "Grey Stool", though Aukerman notes it was created by "the kind people at [[Epitaph Records|Epitaph [Records]]]".<ref name="FAQ"/>
*As an elderly man in a wheelchair on the cover of the "[[When I Get Old]]" single (1997)<ref name="When I Get Old">{{cite AV media notes |title=When I Get Old |others=Descendents |year=1997 |type=CD liner |publisher=[[Epitaph Records]] |id=86506 |location=Los Angeles, California}}</ref>
*Dressed as [[Uncle Sam]], in two versions, on the cover of ''[['Merican]]'' (2004), as drawn by Jeff Hagedorn<ref name="FAQ"/><ref name="'Merican">{{cite AV media notes |title=[['Merican]] |others=Descendents |year=2004 |type=CD liner |publisher=[[Fat Wreck Chords]] |id=FAT671-2 |location=San Francisco, California}}</ref>
*Drawn on [[graph paper]] on the cover of ''[[Cool to Be You]]'' (2004), as illustrated by Chris Shary.<ref name="FAQ"/><ref name="Cool to Be You"/> Shary also drew the character as an old man for the cover of the Descendents [[tribute album]] ''Milo Turns 50'' (2013),  published by ''[[Filter (magazine)|Filter]]'' magazine, and a more detailed depiction of the character as the promotional artwork for ''[[Filmage]]'', a 2013 [[documentary film]] about the Descendents and All.<ref name="Filmage: Milo character"/><ref name="Milo Turns 50">{{cite web |title=Free Download: ''Filter Magazine Presents: Milo Turns 50'' Full Descendents Covers Album |date=January 7, 2013 |work=filtermagazine.com |publisher=[[Filter (magazine)|Filter]] |url=http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/media/entry/free_download_filter_magazine_presents_milo_turns_50_full_descendents_cover |access-date=February 25, 2015}}</ref>
*As an [[Erlenmeyer flask]] on the cover of ''[[Hypercaffium Spazzinate]]'' (2016)''.''
*As a [[ballot box]] on the cover of Suffrage (2020), the full illustration also depicts a hand with a spiked wristband depositing a vote into said ballot box''.''