Johnny Malone

Johnny Malone is Beany's big brother, and the only boy among the Malone children. He is fascinated with the Wild West history of Denver, and works with a Denver University professor on a television show about that era. He eventually marries Beany's dear friend Miggs Carmody, and they have a daughter, Melody.

Quotes taken from Image Cascade Publishing's page:

"Johnny was eighteen. He was tall and thin, with a light-footed grace and a shock of curly black hair. Beany, the most practical of all the Malones, was always scolding him about not getting his hair cut. To which Johnny always retorted, 'Beany, my pigeon, a genius is supposed to be long-haired.' But it was Johnny's smile that set him apart from his fellow men. It wasn't only that it revealed such a perfect set of teeth that the Malone dentist said once he'd like to hire Johnny to sit in his waiting room and smile. His smile had that rare and heart-warming quality of making you one with his plans; it was appealing and gently apologetic. At Harkness High, where Beany was a sophomore and Johnny a senior, other students said it was Johnny's smile, as much as his ability for writing, that melted the grumpiest teacher." Johnny was well known for buying huge quantities of any item that was needed in the household. Though bemusedly unaware of his surroundings at times, Johnny had the ability to capture the heart of most anyone. A born journalist, Johnny could transform his reader to any time or place in his prolific writings.

Johnny is the boy whom every reader would love to have for a brother, a friend. . . or perhaps a boyfriend. His slightly unreliable ways are related solely to his ability to immerse himself in his writing and other projects. Always with a "cause," Johnny is lackadaisically driven (if possible) to realize his dreams. Those who surround him are frequently caught up in his genius and always forgiving of his absentmindedness (or "snows-of-yesteryear look"). Six feet tall.