2013 Challenger: George Ward
Hi, I’m a cartoonist and webcomic artist (Dungeon Legacy). This is my forth time doing the challenge and I enjoy the process of creating characters of various types. Currently I’m working on a new comic called Dangerous Princesses (see sample below)
#30 – Sarah the Zombie Killer
Little Sarah was an ordinary girl before the zombies came, but when the zombies took her parents (along with all the other adults) she became a force of vengeance. While all the other kids cowered in fear, she found a gun and an axe and began killing the Zombies one by one.
#29 – Spider Lily
Spider Lily is a master trouble shooter and contortionist. Her small frame allows her to get into tight spaces and other places people wouldn’t look for her. She is very smart and has a masters degree in computer programing; however, she looks and sounds like a young girl and is often underestimated. She loves the color red and considers it a personal challenge to wear red where ever she goes. No one knows her true name, she is called Spider Lily because of the flower she uses as her calling card.
#26 – Dancing Girl
Dancing Girl loves to dance. She dances here, she dances there, Dancing Girl dances everywhere.
#25 – Dapper Man
The Dapper Man loves to dress smartly and prance down the street, showing off to all the ladies.
#23 – Construction Worker
This construction Worker was just doing his job when he uncovered an iron strongbox buried deep in the ground. The box was old and rusty and he could see some bones inside. Unknown to him, he released a great evil upon the world when the bones reform into the horror from which they came.
#22 – Karen
Karen is an interesting woman. I not sure why, I’m too busy trying to catch up with my 30 Characters
#21 – Crow Queen
The Crow Queen thinks she is the most beautiful woman in the world and that she has the most beautiful pet in the world, a giant crow. She’s wrong on both counts but no one wants to correct her.
#20 – Lady DeWolfe
Lady DeWolfe was orphaned at a young age and brought up in a well-to-do family. She wasn’t treated well by her step-sisters and had an unhappy childhood. Fortunately she was rescued by a handsome young man and lived in the lap of luxury the rest of her life … which wasn’t long since she was possessed by an evil spirit and went on a killing spree until she was killed by her husband
#19 – Old Mi’kmaq Storyteller
The old mi’kmaq storyteller remembers all the old stories from long ago and tries to remind the youth of their heritage. Many refuse to listen, thinking they are just silly old stories. However, many of them are based on fact which they will soon learn to their horror.
#18 – Michelle Belhumeur
Michelle Belhumeur is the wife of Frederic Belhumeur (#17), and an expert cat burglar in her own right. They met when trying to rob the same manor and after some competitive bickering decided they could make more money working together then apart.
#17 – Frederic Belhumeur
Frederic Belhumeur is a thief for hire who lives in the woods of Northern Nova Scotia. He is very good at getting into places he shouldn’t be and getting out unseen. He pretends to be a crazy old woodsman and no one expects he’s really a master thief.
#16 – Chenoo DeWolfe
Walter DeWolfe seemed like an ordinary man until he murdered his wife and committed suicide by jumping into a frozen river. However, his body was never found. In truth, he had become a terrible icy beast known as the Chenoo and continued to kill many before he was finally put down.
#15 – Se’ve’r Lean
Se’ve’r Lean is a singer who moonlights as a secret agent. She is very good at what she does but she doesn’t get the respect she deserves. Sometimes she wishes she could be someone else.
Note: The name is a spoof of Se’ve’rine, the Femme Fatale in the latest bond movie, Skyfall
#14 – Michael Doucet
Michael Doucet was born an Acadian living on the South Shore of Nova Scotia. He learned to live off the land hunting and trapping to survive in the wilderness. He has since joined the Elite Guardians, a group dedicated to preventing the leakage of evil spirits into our world.
#13 – Mourning Dove
Mourning Dove is a Mi’kmaq (aka Micmac) medicine woman who works with the RCMP to solve cases with a supernatural element. More then a naturalistic healer, she knows real magic and uses it to protect the land from forces that wish to destroy it and its people. She distrusts non-natives but is willing to work with them for the greater good.
#12 – Professor James
Professor James is a Canadian Archeologist working in Egypt looking for new artifacts for his museum. He unfortunately uncovered something he shouldn’t have and released something evil into the world.
#11 – Commander Xeizot
Commander Xeizot is in charge of an armada of spaceships within our galaxy. He was once a strong leader but he has gotten fat and lazy over the years. He follows orders from high command when it’s convenient to do so, but his loyalty can be bough by the highest bidder. His men respect his leadership because of the man he used to be, but those closest to him question his motives.
#10 – Princess Unicorn
Princess Unicorn is the prettiest princess in the whole world. Unfortunately for Susan Dillon, who hates wearing dresses and looking “girly;” She is called to take up the mantle of Princess Unicorn and “save the world from the forces of evil”, whatever that means. Susan is struggling with the normal hardships of being a teenager and doesn’t need to added stress of crime fighting on top of everything else. It also doesn’t help the Princess Unicorn is very outgoing and friendly, sometimes converting enemies into friends and gaining a whole following of fans in her wake.
Susan really hates what she becomes and will do anything to avoid the transformation, but outside forces conspire against her and she often has no choice but to transform and save the day once more. What a pain!
#9 – Alien Captain
The alien Captain maintains a tight control of her ship. She is on a mission to retrieve a device that was stolen from a secret research station. She is smart enough to know that she needs to be careful to not draw undue attention to her mission or to draw unwanted attention to the device. The plan is to go in stealth mode and try to grab key suspects without being seen.
#8 – Alien Guard
Various guards patrol the alien space craft looking for intruders. The ships twisting tunnels require guards that can travel any surface with or without the gravity turned on. They have guns on there backs that will spray the sticky mucus their body produces and stores in a container in the rear. Their rotating eyes with sensitive antenna can detect motion and changes in light up to 60 feet away, making it difficult to hide from them. Their mouths contain several long tentacles they can use to carry objects or capture intruders. They were designed to capture escaped prisoners and not to kill intruders, which is why they don’t have any way to harm anyone.
#7 Alice Lench
Alice was an ordinary young woman who lost the use of her legs in a car accident as a teenager. She now works from home as a graphic designer. She’s not happy with her life but it is the only life she’s known
#6 – Allie Angel
Allie is an alien that has the ability to manifest wings on her back at will. People mistake her for an angel, which is how she got her name, but she is actually an intergalactic bounty hunter on a mission to recover a villain that is hiding on earth.
#5 Alien Girl
The Alien girl was hired to steal an experimental device from another alien race. She was successful but wasn’t quick enough to get away without being detected. Her ship was damaged and she was forced to crash land on earth. Fleeing for her life, she has tried to hide in human society using a disguise. She meets a human woman and gives the device to her for safe keeping before she is captured.
#4 Capt. Seaweed
Capt. Seaweed is from Innsmouth, a small East coast town with a dark secret. He is on a special mission for his people that could lead to the enslavement of the human race.
#3 Adam McMahon
Adam is a body builder who thinks he’s god’s gift to women. He’s actually a nice guy but he can be a bit insensitive when talking to women. He may become the main love interest or a recurring annoyance. He thinks he’s the hero of the story but he doesn’t understand what’s really going on.
#2 Punching Julie
Julie is an Egyptian investigator who’s goal is to hunt down and capture the woman known only as “She Who Talks to Shadows” (see day 1)
She is a trained hand to hand combatant, which along with her long reach (she’s 6′ 5″), makes her a dangerous woman to anger.
She doesn’t believe in magic and thinks her target is a serial killer with a weird occult obsession.
Determined to prove herself a worthy agent, she will not give up until her target is neutralized one way or another. She is trained to kill if necessary, but her main goal is to bring her target to justice.
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