Character Sketches

Characters
• Sandy
  First Appearance: Page 1 "Punk Angel"
  This girl has fleshy wings attached from her shoulders to her knees. She cannot wear regular clothes so she wears a long coat to cover her wings. She is afraid to learn how to fly so the wings are more of a burden to her than anything else. She lives with two other girls, M and Jazz, and her daughter, Swift (like the bird), who is three and starting Kindergarten. Sandy is extremely intelligent but socially inept. She spent most of the last three years learning to speak English and care for herself and her daughter. She doesn't remember anything before her daughter was born. Her experience with the outside world is minimal. She barely recognizes that there is a government and certainly does not believe it applies to her. She attacks people (physically and verbally) because she believes they can defend themselves the same way she can. She is terrified of men and has no idea why.
• Racheal Jullian
  First Appearance: Page 1 "Punk Angel"
  Racheal owns Fallen Angels Used Books, a small, community bookstore in North County Saint Louis near University of Missouri Saint Louis (UMSL). Racheal deals mainly with hard to find, out of print books and buys crates of books from individuals, libraries and even bookstores when they clean out their inventory. She has contacts all across the United States, Canada and parts of Great Britain. She has been doing this type of business for at least ten years.
  Racheal often characterizes people by the types of books they like to read.
• Paula O'Brennin
  First Appearance: Page 1 "Punk Angel"
  Paula owns the Christian Bookstore next door to Fallen Angels Used Books. She started the business with the help of her husband many years before but when Mr. O'Brennin died, she moved in next to Racheal. The two immediately clashed and no one really remembers what started it. Paula tried to get a petition signed to get Racheal to change the name of her store. No one would sign. Paula tried to sue Racheal in court and lost. The pair have a lot of bad blood between them and neither will give any ground. Thus the situation has stood for three years.
  Paula is a grandmother. She is active with her church and community. She is a big believer in inspirational literature and keeps the television tuned to Christian channels when it's turned on.
• Rob Stazker
  First Appearance: Page 5 "Punk Angel"
  Rob is a typical beat cop who has been patrolling the area around Fallen Angels Used Books for a number of years. He has become well acquainted with Racheal and Paula and their history.
  On Page 123 he revealed that he was something more than a beat cop. In Sandy's world he is known as the Arbiter.
• Rebecca Aldritch - Shelly
  First Appearance: Page 10
  Shelly is a High School student. She is exceptionally shy and spends most of her time with books. She doesn't have any friends so she makes up worlds for herself to live in and populates the worlds with dragons, unicorns, knights, horses and princesses. She usually casts herself in the role of the princess.
  Shelly usually wanders through Fallen Angels Used Books around lunch time instead of after school. Her parents won't let her stay out late because she is at that age.
  On Page 79 Shelly ran away from home taking Sandy's coat, a backpack and her bear, Mr. Bean.
• Sylvester
  First Appearance: Page 15
  Sylvester is Racheal's best customer. He comes in at least once a week for new books and stood by her during the court battle with Paula. He once vowed in front of a judge that he would keep Fallen Angels Used Books open single-handedly if necessary. Sylvester is one of Racheal's best friends but there is no romantic involvement.
  Sylvester is interested in anything occult and fancies himself to be a wizard of sorts. However, he reads science fiction. Sylvester is a freelance journalist and writer, spending most of his time engrossed in his work. He lives in a reasonably large house near the edge of the city.
  Sylvester is currently searching for Mars.
• Martian Girl
  First Appearance: Page 16
  Martian Girl is a small, homeless girl who spends her days wandering between Saint Charles and Forest Park, muttering to herself in Martian (hence the name). Ask her and she'll tell you that she made up the language. She got bored waiting for the Martians to land and she wanted to be able to speak to them when they got here. Normally, a girl her size would be quickly victimized but she's very capable of taking care of herself. She is also more aware of her environment than first impressions would dictate.
  Mars and Sandy look similar enough to be sisters but as far as they know they are not related.
• Mr. Bean
• Aqua - Water Girl
  First appearance: page 29, "The Consequences of our Actions"
  Info Bamawing of for... Pandala!
  Aqua is a rogue shape-shifter with an ax to grind. She first appeared working with the Muddy Water Politic to kidnap Shelly. Her own personal passion, however, is arranging revenge on abuse victims. This, among other small acts of kindness, hint at a more complex character than meets the eye.
• The Gremlins
• Samantha Green
• Dave
• Maxwell Aldritch
• Mrs. Aldritch
• Dr. Ward
• Steve
• Traffic
  First appearance: page 71 "Things that Scare Us"
  Info Bamawing of for... Pandala!
  Works at the DMV, and has a penchant for Doritos. She knows people by their license plate numbers and police history.
• The police of the North County Precinct
• Sara Elkats
• Chief Haleman
• The prostitute
• Attourney John Reed
• Clan Paper Rolling in the Wind
  First Appearance: page 23, "The Consequences of our Actions"
  Although this clan has yet to be named, they have made several appearances both in panel and off panel. They are responsible for Shelly's abduction at the beginning of issue 2 and they are Aqua's clan.
• Clan Voices Who Speak Behind Stairs
  First appearance: page 133, "Little Runaway"
  Info Bamawing of for... Pandala!
  This mysterious group of gremlins fear and worship Sandy as a goddess. Their identifying plaid is seven red, three white, six black, three white. They pop into and out of Fallen Angels Used Books, and possibly harbor an appreciation for Allen Dean Foster.
• Frank
• Gracious
• Jazz
  First Appearance: page 173, "Sylvester"
  Info: Bamawing of for... Pandala!
  Works at the McDonalds. Likes men, but only as a hobby. She babysits Swift when Sandy's not around, and isn't afraid to leap onto a table (or person) to make a point.