Dead Winter boasts a huge cast of characters. From the main ones, to supporting and antagonistic. There's a lot of survivors to follow and with their own set of tropes associated with them. You can even check out the cast page here.

Main Crew

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From left to right: Lou, Monday, Liz and Alice.

Our heroes, a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits consisting of a Action Survivor Waitress armed with a mop, a sweet markswoman Nurse, a cold-blooded gunslinger Cleaner for hire and a big chatty yet very crafty Plumber.

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In General

Action Girl: Liz and Alice definitely. Both are impressive in their own ways, with Alice having been taught how to be a good shot even at a young age (thanks to a BB gun and her father). While Lizzie slowly grows into it thanks to experiences both in the present and past before the Apocalypse.
Casual Danger Dialogue: The crew sometimes engages with this even when surrounded by the undead. Although they don't let their guard down too much and watch each other's backs.
Cosmic Plaything: The group tends to have the worst luck possible, although Liz definitely takes the cake.
Improbable Weapon User: The whole group can be this, but especially Liz and Lou, with their Mops and toilet plungers especially.
Improvised Weapon: Each of the members have found some unconventional uses for everyday objects. Lizzie has her mop, Alice has her frying pan, Monday has used his cigarette as a weapon and Lou has made use of both a pipe wrench and toilet plunger.
Mistaken Identity: The Police believe they're a part of the Army while the Army thinks their members of the Police thanks to Alice wearing Trenton's cap.
Let's Split Up, Gang!: The main party frequently splits into pairs (usually Liz/Alice and Monday/Lou) to cover more ground and break up local herds of zombies into managable chunks.
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: Normally these four wouldn't have been so tightknit or even met at all if it weren't for the Zombie Apocalypse and their respective agendas.^CoughMonday
The Team: A Ragtag Bunch of Misfits they may be, but they each bring something to the table that's valuable to everyone.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Monday is this with most of the group, thanks to being an anti-social hitman, in return Alice & Lizzie have their own grievances with him. Only Lou is the one that's friendly and close with Monday, even then it's clear that Monday tolerates him.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: The whole group (although mainly Alice's Police Cap) are unknowingly responsible for sparking a war between the Law Enforcement and the Army.
Walking Armory: Monday and Lou, the two probably have enough hardware on them to arm a small group (if Monday was willing to share). When Sheriff Tanner and his men take them into custody and disarm/confiscate their belongings we get a good look at their arsenal.

Lizzie

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cooper - "The Waitress"

Our main heroine. Lizzie's passion has always been writing. A lifelong poet with a Bachelor's degree in English,An English-born immigrant, Lizzie and her family became naturalized American citizens when she was very young.Her father encouraged her to take up soccer in her school days,and between her love of the sport and her time later spent up on her feet at work she has grown to be nimble and athletic.

Liz is engaged, though she has not seen her fiance since her life went to Hell. She at least reunited with her pet cat, Cuddles. And later on she would get over being separated from her fiance and instead pursue a relationship with her girlbro turned girlfriend, Alice.

She is self-proclaimed fair-weather pacifist, who struggles internally with her sense of self, though the immediate need to survive with mop-in-hand has caused her to bend her beliefs ever so slightly.

Bruised and scarred all over, Lizzie pops codeine to keep herself moving and frequently cheats death.^noteShe clashes with Monday's violence and is totally girlbros with Alice. She's trying her best to survive and see if she can reunite with both her parents and her boyfriend. Although she drops the latter part of her plan after getting over Trevor.

Action Survivor: Compared to her compatriots, she was just a normal civilian with the only notable skills being: a waitress, having a Bachelor's degree in English and played soccer in her youth. She gradually becomes an Action Girl thanks to using all these skills to her advantage and some experiences.
Berserk Button:
- Do not tell Lizzie that she doesn't have a choice.
- Also don't say you didn't tip on purpose, that's just monstrous and unforgivable.
Boring Yet Practical: Compared to Monday's, Alice's and Lou's firearms. She opts to make use of Clark's M1911 pistol that also comes with a under-barrel flashlight attachment. Which is not a bad choice thanks to her being a novice when it comes to using guns.
Broomstick Quarterstaff: Her iconic weapon, a mop she's grown proficient not only in her days as a waitress but also being forced to use it throughout the zombie apocalypse. While Frank does break the one she used throughout her time in his Diner. She picks up a replacement when going out of Chantelle's Birch Street Apartment. The weapon works well with her Pacifistic lifestyle.
Combat Pragmatist: Thanks to her TechnicalPacifism, she mainly uses her wit and quick reflexes to help her out in a fight. And is willing to fight dirty as long as it doesn't involve anything too violent. Such as attacking people while they're talking or using her pistol's flashlight attachment to blind people.
Covered in Scars: Thanks to the car crash, she is absolutely covered in cuts and scrapes.
Oh, this? No, these aren't battle scars. This was a car accident.
Chef of Iron: Thanks to her time at Frank's Diner she turns out to be a pretty decent fry cook when she mans OmniMart's food court.
Flipping the Bird: Delivers one to Frank as she, Alice and Lou come back to save Monday from her insane boss.
Grievous Harm with a Body: Uses this trope twice, using one zombie's head as a soccer ball against another zed. Another has her lifting a zombie (that soon turns into a corpse thanks to Alice's support) before slamming it down into one of the Yellow Poncho members.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She's usually a nice person and tries her best to get along with most people. Alongside trying to be a pacifist even in the end of days. Although she can have a mean streak because like all people, she has her limits.
Heroic Willpower: One of the many things that help keep her trucking on.
Irony: Has a liking for romance and is engaged with her fiance. Yet she stole and kept a pistol that was supposed to be a matching anniversary gift for a couple. Granted she never knew of it but still.
I Know Madden Kombat: Her time spent playing soccer in her school days not only makes her nimble, athletic and fast but helps her deliver a mean kick and also weaponize a soccer ball.
Made of Iron: The gal survived a car crash and yet is still standing. Having various cuts all over her body alongside some pretty nasty case of broken ribs. She even accumulates a few other wounds and injuries throughout the comic and yet that doesn't stop her from trudging on to survive.
Pulled from Your Day Off: Happens to her in the early part of the comic, which also happens to be one of the last straws for her.^note And unforuntately for her even during her time at Jade Garden doesn't stop her from getting these. Although for the most part, these usually happen all because of Doris.
Ear Notch: A rare human example, she got one after narrowly avoiding Arlen's shot and from the looks of it Alice got one too.
If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him!: Holds onto this belief that they'll not become people-killing monsters while trying to survive Armageddon. Which she enforces on Monday, much to the latters frustration. Especially because she has no idea that he's actually a hitman, so he already has a lot of blood on his hands already. Even famous blood at that too
Instant Marksman: Just Squeeze Trigger!: Averted, due to her pacisfism and still being a civilian. She's not well versed with firearms and upon claiming ownership of Mark's 1911 pistol. Alice tries to teach her how to use it... she's still got a lot to practice and accidentally headshots the wrong zombie. Fortunately Monday butts in to help at least.
Liz: It seems that hat grants him some sort of magic shield...
I Want My Mommy!: Calls out for her mommy when the air vent she was in begins collapsing. Hilariously she even provides the page image!
Kick Chick: Thanks to being a part of the soccer team when she was younger, alongside some days spent being on the floor as a waitress. She's got some pretty strong legs that not only make her athletic but also deliver some mean kicks.
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Delivers and is on the receiving end of one while fighting the Yellow Poncho trio led by Marv. All happening one after the other too!
One-Sided Arm-Wrestling: Is usually the victim of this, especially to much stronger gals like Stacy and Jill. The only time she's ever delivered this is to Clark.
Slept Through the Apocalypse: Downplayed, she was awake when the apocalypse was starting. Being there to see an infected man bite Jack on the arm (although neither he or Liz knew the man was a Shuffler), but she did go to sleep that day unknowing that a Zombie Apocalypse was starting. Then it happens to her again when she gets into a car crash and is knocked out for a few days. By the time she wakes up the infection has spread and she's now in a true and proper apocalypse.
Stick 'em Up: After catching Clark off guard with a soccer ball, she sneaks up behind him, brandishes a Finger Gun and manages to get him to give his gun to her.
Stuck on Band-Aid Brand: Has a few band-aids on her body, sometimes one on the bridge of her nose. Especially in the early days of the comic, mostly because she just survived a car crash.
Wallet Moths: Needing a cold one, Lizzie checks her wallet but is met with this. The empty wallet also just gives her a reminder of why Monday seemed familiar to her.
Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Presumably because she was London-born, Liz wears a bandana with a stylized Union Jack on it. Although later on she swaps it out for a bandanna with a skull design, courtesy of Alice. The latter then wraps the bandanna around the barrel of her Kel-Tec SUB-2000.
Wrecked Weapon: Frank breaks her mop (and her ribs) with a powerful kick to the chest, forcing her to fight with Lou's wrench while riding on his back.
Wrench Whack: Briefly borrows Lou's wrench as she rides his back while trying to get away from Frank.

Monday

Black Monday Blues - "The Cleaner"

Our secondary protagonist. Monday is a professional hitman. His is a life of death-dealing and underhandedness, and he has all the personality one would expect from a man plying such a trade. He's also an impressively-competent draftsman who only smiles for bad reasons.

While he is very good at ending lives or re-ending unlives, he has the bare minimum social graces to coexist with the living. Not entirely honest with his companions. This is perhaps his biggest law.

Monday is one of a number of killers involved in a bloodsport still being played out in the city. The more you kill, the more you are worth. He is worth a lot.He does not like any of the people running said bloodsport. And as a supporter of the Mets he also does not like Phillies fans. He's a gun-for-hire with a grudge and a list.He does, however, like the Mississippi John Hurt version of Stagger Lee.

Badass in a Nice Suit: As befitting a Professional Killer, he starts off the comic wearing a two-piece suit that he eventually discards. After some scuffles on the way to OmniMart, such as getting a large shotgun blast-induced hole on his shirt. He gets himself a snazzy three-piece suit to go along with his Badass Long Coat.
Badass Long Coat: Has a preference for these and an eye for them too. After killing some highwaymen, he comments that one of them had a nice coat and nabs it for himself. During their rest at OmniMart, Alice sews on a Medical Cross on the back of the coat to give the crew a matching symbol.
Batter Up!: Monday shows proficiency with a baseball bat. He even calls out some baseball plays, although granted that was mostly because he was bored and tired all to hell, he later on discards it.
Been There, Shaped History: Apparently Monday is responsible for the deaths of Anna Nicole Smith, John F. Kennedy Jr., and Kenneth Lay to name a few.
Boom, Headshot!: Loves delivering these as either a coup de grâce to his living opponents or just kill them quick, but is more than capable of giving these to the zeds too. We even get a good look at the poor Mexican assassin that got hit with this.
Bulletproof Vest: Unsurprisingly because of his profession, he is revealed to wear one. Which is apparently strong enough to survive a close range shotgun blast. Monday himself on the other hand is somehow strong enough to be only left bruised after it.
Car Fu: Seeing a large mob of shufflers near the area that Lizzie needs to climb for access to the OmniMart Rooftop. He elects to use Lou's van for these purposes.
Monday: Tell me...
Alice: Hmmm?
Monday: How far would you say that mob of stiff is?
Alice: Huh? About.. fifty feet? I don't know.
Monday: Closer to five hundred.
Alice: Wh-what are you doing?! Is that bad?
Monday: It ain't enough room.
Alice: Enough room? Enough room for what?!
Monday: Ramming speed.
Carnival of Killers: Is a part of this sub-plot, being chosen by force to take part in a deadly Blood Sport where assassins are pitted against each other by rich people who also sponsor them.
Cool Shades: Carries a pair of them that have red lenses.^noteSometimes in certain art however they're colored purple He has a pair of spares if the one's he's wearing are trashed.
- In one of the mini-comics the crew let him try out some others, much to his annoyance however.
Please give me back my glasses.
Crowbar Combatant: During their preparation and on their trip to OmniMart. He brandishes a crowbar to fend off some shamblers. It also helps out when saving their bacon from a rocket coming straight for them.
Death Glare: Delivers a ''fiery'' one (with a dose of Red Eyes, Take Warning) to Ron after surviving a shotgun blast to the chest.
Early-Installment Weirdness: He was armed with a switchblade instead of his usual butterfly knife and was also formerly given the title of "The Fixer" before "The Cleaner" was settled on. Amusingly enough the switchblade pops up again in a flashback Monday has while reading some reports.
Everyone Has Standards: He thinks the Carnival of Killers Blood Sport he's thrown in is a waste of his time and is also taken by surprise when he finds out an old man he knocked out and left to die had a kid tied up in his closet.
Eyes Always Shut: Whenever we get a glimpse of his peepers behind those red-tinted eyewear, they're usually shut. Only opening them when he takes them off and even when they are off his eyes are closed. Funnily enough in both of these cases he's also putting on a smile to make himself look more friendly and less threatening. Almost looks and acts like an entirely new person!
- The only time he has them open is when he's giving a Death Glare.
Goofy Print Underwear: Apparently he wears boxers with a fish pattern to them.
Guns Akimbo: Has a preference for this, although not always. Seemingly he prefers to resort to this if the target's are either stationary, slow or are bunched up into a large group/horde. Which actually seems like the most practical application of this trope.
- To reflect this, his weapons of choice are two Glock 22 pistols that he usually keeps holstered and isn't afraid to unload a whole lot of lead with them. Although he's also willing to have the partner pistol to his Glock be a revolver.
The Gunslinger: Has a preference for handguns^{He's used:}, he has also used a rifle too and sometimes even melee weapons.^{He's also used:}
Gun Stripping: During his stay in the Birch Street Shelter, he uses the downtime to check up on his pistols, with Jeremy accidentally entering his room while he was doing maintenence.
Hand Cannon: He's more than willing to tout much larger calibers if they're available to him. Such as stealing a revolver from one of his would-be assassins, borrowing Chantelle's revolver, stealing another revolver from one of the Gravekeepers and even his trademark Glocks. Being Glock 22's chambered in a decently stout .40 Smith & Wesson caliber.
Hidden Depths: There's more to this man than his air of unpleasantness and willingness to resort to violence.
- He's surprisingly good at drawing. Although considering his profession, being able to draw and draft up detailed plans probably comes with the territory. But then again...
- While as to be expected, Monday is quite perceptive of even small or minor details. The fact that he was able to see that Liza and Alice's bonds could possibly be more than just friends and quickly tells Liz to stop "bulshitting" A Lice is definitely surprising. For a hitman, you'd expect him to not really care about other people's relationships.
- He also seems to know why salmonella is called salmonella.
- Monday seems interested or at least willing to play video games with others, in fact he seems quite impressed when Sally handily defeats him in a fighting game.
Hitman with a Heart: He maybe an amoral assassin, but when he finds himself stuck with a kid that's been kidnapped by her old neighbor. He's willing to go through an entire horde just to get her back home.
Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: Shortly before the zombie apocalypse, Monday is forced into a competition set up by a group of wealthy businessmen where a number of trained hitmen and assassins hunt each other in a crowded city. Even with the Zombie Apocalypse rolling around the competition is still on.
Hypercompetent Sidekick: Granted, not to say that the others can't pull their weight. But he's saved the group's bacon quite a lot of times, and clearly is the one that's very well-versed in fighting and killing. Thanks to him being an actual assassin for hire and all that.
I Need a Freaking Drink: After surviving a blast from Ron's Shotgun thanks to his Bulletproof Vest, Amy asks if he'll be okay. Monday immediately scoffs and responds to not worry, give him a bottle of Jack and he'll be fine. And he wasn't kidding too, as he picked up a bottle of whiskey while picking out his new outfit.
More Dakka: His shoulder holsters also hold pouches that carry extended magazines for his Glock 22 pistols.
Neck Snap: Delivers this to a wannabe highwayman ^note and also a police officer.
Not So Stoic: Sometimes even his stone-cold stoicism and hardy personality can crack. Either if he is hit with something he didn't expect or he gets pissed off enough.
Odd Friendship: It's one-sided but he and Lou are close, well as close as Monday is willing to let the fat plumber be with him, but the two have each other's backs. Especially Lou as the man always seems to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Pillow Pistol: During their stay in Tombstone, Monday has one of his Glocks hidden underneath his pillow completely visible. He nearly reaches for the damn thing thanks to Lou's Motor Mouth tendencies, thankfully stopping once Lou's sound asleep.
Pistol-Whipping: He delivers quite a few to either the shamblers or human opponents. After emptying Wayne's rifle he begins using it as a bludgeon against the shufflers and he gives one of the Gravekeepers a "tap" from a revolver he stole.
Professional Killer: He's a hitman whose worth is as much as he has killed and taking some of his victims into account, he's definitely worth a lot.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: After surviving a close-range shotgun blast he's absolutely pissed. Even then, his red-tinted sunglasses evoke this trope well enough.
Revolvers Are Just Better: He's not overtly picky for his handguns, but he enjoys a revolver from time to time. Snub-nosed or full barrel.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Monday is on one against his former employers, which is only temporarily interrupted by the Zombie Apocalypse.
Shout-Out:
- Quotes Dolemite as he guns down his would-be assassins.
Goon: ...d... ... Dolemite s-sucks...
Monday: Shut up, Jimmy Dean.
- A Badass in a Nice Suit, a Hand Cannon and a butterfly knife? It's almost like he's a dead ringer for the Spy.
Shirtless Scene: Gets a few such as when the group get some respite in Chantelle's apartment and when he gives himself a new outfit while in OmniMart.
Sinister Shades: Wears a red-tinted pair of Cool Shades. They not only evoke Red Eyes, Take Warning but also seemingly shows his inner thoughts like Wingding Eyes or an Expressive Mask.
Sinister Switchblade: In a case of Early-Installment Weirdness. The first time he uses a knife, it's a switchblade rather than his usual butterfly knife. Amusingly it reappears in a flashback when he pulls out his knife.
Smoking Is Cool: Has plenty of badass and cool qualities to him. His smoking habit just help elevate it, in fact he's almost always seen with a cigarette in his mouth. Makes you wonder how much second hand smoke his companions have to suffer through.
The Stoic: His face is usually in some kind of neutral stone-faced expression or just outright grimacing. And he has the personality to match it as well.
Sunglasses at Night:
- Played with, while sometimes even when it's dark outside he still prefers his sunglasses, but when it gets really dark however. He actually takes them off. Although even then with the reasoning being handily explained in the same page.
They Wasted a Perfectly Good Sandwich: At the early parts of the comic, he wanted to eat a steak sandwich from Frank's Diner. Unfortunately, when he's shoved out of the diner and into an alleyway by thugs hired by Sloppy Joe. He leaves without eating... or paying. Liz eventually gets Monday to pay for the sandwich, in the most Mundane Made Awesome way.
- When the OmniMart staff ask if Liz could man the food court for them, he finally gets his steak sandwich.
Throwing Your Gun at the Enemy: After emptying and getting annoyed at the Mauser jamming on him. He opts to throw it at their pursuers. Hilariously when the pursuing Hummer explodes it ends up hitting another soldier.
Unflinching Walk: Monday lights a small fire to let off some steam.
Unlikely Spare: Although not unlikely considering his choice of work. He has spares of his red-tinted Cool Shades.
Waistcoat of Style: After the shirt he wore to OmniMart gets ruined he replaces it with a dress shirt and waistcoat, "Professional Style".

Alice

Alice Vassilikos - "The Nurse"

A vibrant ray of Greek sunshine. Alice is an alphabet-soup nurse, relentless sweetheart, an indominable fount of optimism and bright-sidery. Which starkly contrasts Monday's perpetual air of un-pleasantries.

As a rained and practicing nurse, Alice does everything she can to ease the suffering of others and she always wanted to be a surgeon.

Alice is a pretty good shot with a rifle, due to being a former competitive riflewoman. Mainly thanks to some recreational shooting she and her father engaged in even at a young age (with a BB gun back then mind you_. Although currently an amateur photographer.

She is close besties with her patient-turned-girlbro (now turned girlfriend) Elizabeth. The two ladies have gotten quite good at supporting one another as they survive the end of days.

Ambiguously Bi:
- She is very affectionate and close towards Lizzie, clearly enjoying her company and prefers being around her. Yet she also gives Trenton a tearful goodbye kiss as he commits a Heroic Sacrifice for her and Lizzie.
- Monday just straight up spells it out for Lizzie that most likely, Alice has feelings for her and might see her more than just a bestie.
Ambiguously Brown: Especially in the early parts of the comic with it's Deliberate Monochrome style. Although thanks to some Art Evolution, her olive skin (as described by Monday) is much more noticeable. Mixed in with her surname being revealed to be Greek and it's safe to assume she's definitely either actually Greek or at least of Greek descent.
Bag of Holding: That large bag she's carrying around can carry a lot of stuff.
Break the Cutie: Current and past events have taken quite the toll on her but she never knuckles under and still keeps her ray of sunshine bright.
Broomstick Quarter Staff: After losing her frying pan and Lizzie being needed to get into OmniMart through the air vents. She borrows her girlbro's weapon for a while to fend off the undead.
Combat Medic: Not only is she a trained nurse that patches up the crew when they're wounded, she is also a talented markswoman with her carbine.
Ear Notch: Narrowly avoids getting shot in the head by Arlen thanks to a timely intervention from Lizzie. Although the belligerent tenant manages to nick her on the ear opposite to Lizzie's own notched ear.
Friendly Sniper:
- She's as sweet as her aim is as sharp. Although it's lightly downplayed in that instead of a sniper rifle or just scoped rifle. She instead makes use of the Kel-Tec SUB-2000, a pistol caliber carbine.
- Although definitely played straight in one of the mini-comics.
Frying Pan of Doom:
- She arms herself with a frying pan when leaving the home that she, Liz and Trenton were bunkering down on. She loses it when she and Liz throw large pipes and other objects at some police officers chasing the crew. She however gets a new one when looking around OmniMart.
- She also apparently uses the same frying pan to cook meals.
Monday: Hold on. Is that the same frying pan I think it is?
Alice: That depends. How hungry are you?
Handbag of Hurt: As one of the army goons finds out, a Bag of Holding can definitely crossover into this trope.
The Heart: She's definitely one of the friendliest and sweetest faces of the group. Although at times she can also be pretty mean (not meaner than Lizzie but she has her moments)
Improbable Aiming Skills: She's definitely one hell of a sharpshooter. Shooting the Rope while hanging out the window of a moving car? That's driving across the grass in the middle of a park? Her father definitely trained her well.
The Medic: Well obviously, she's a nurse and is usually the one to patch up most of the group and check up on Lizzie's injuries.
The Pollyanna: She's always the most optimistic member of the group and at times admonishes Monday's pessimistic and cynical attitude.
Team Mom: Is very motherly towards her patients, especially towards those younger than her but this also extends to those whom might be in the same age range or even older than her. Which also extends to her girlbro Lizzie.
Tragic Keepsake: As Trenton pulls a Heroic Sacrifice he gives Alice his hat before ordering the two women to escape the horde.

Lou

Lou Panzetti - "The Plumber"

An overweight Italian by blood plumber, Strong, resourceful and friendly to a fault, Lou's primary concern is helping where he can. A seasoned tradesman, Lou's expertise in plumbing, carpentry, electrical work and repairs. Making him a talented plumber, mechanic and all-around handyman. These skills are a practical and very valuable asset to his companions.

Fiercely loyal to his friends and proudly drives a van with his face painted on the side. Although he can be very chatty, especially when it comes to his knowledge of history.

Lou is an avid history buff and maintains knowledgeable of his historical events, significant or otherwise. Due to his Italian blood, he holds a particular interest in Ancient Rome and readily recites his encyclopedic knowledge of Roman history.

Big Fun: He's as chatty, cheerful, friendly and excitable as he is overweight. And he's incredibly lovable because of it.
Beware the Silly Ones: Lou's pretty naïve and silly. Yet he shows that there's a good reason why he's survived for so long in the Zombie Apocalypse.
Cloud Cuckoo Lander: He's the most savvy when it comes to mechanical stuff out of the group. Yet he also might have a few screws loose. Thankfully said loose screws, make him more chatty and friendly to a fault than anything.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Lou, he's a naive Big Fun plumber but when it comes down to it, he's pretty damn good at being crafty and can fend off enemies quite easily.
Didn't Think This Through: In an effort to try and save both gals and Monday from Frank. He tries to make a run for his van and use it to pick them up. Unfortunately for him he didn't realize it would be surrounded by a handful of shamblers. Thankfully he manages to make do.
The Engineer: For the group, he's the all-around handyman and can Macgyver up some interesting inventions. Such as a bucket heating system for a shower (although at the cost of no lights) or a portable and rechargable battery thanks to some small solar panels.
Foil: To Frank, the other overweight man in the comic. They're pretty much the complete opposites to each other. Frank owns a pretty run-of-the-mill diner, Lou's a talented plumber and handyman. Even their relationships with Liz couldn't be anymore different, Liz clearly enjoys Lou's company and trusts him with her life, while she absolutly loathes Frank and when he becomes completely crazy, actively trying to kill her. She's more than happy to go violent against the man. Frank's bald while at first glance, Lou could be the same. He still has a head of hair on his melon.
Hammerspace: Implied. Lou's companions have started to notice that he always seems to have a fresh sandwich. When called on it, he doesn't say anything, but zips his jacket closed.
Monday: Where do you keep getting those things.
Hassle-Free Hotwire: Thanks to his electrical know-how he teaches the gals how to do this. This later proves to be a critical skill, for Lizzie.
Hidden Depths: At first glance Lou's just a fat plumber, but he knows a lot about Roman history and is very savvy in many things besides plumbing.
Improbable Weapon User: Just like Lizzie, he has a pretty strange choice when it comes to melee weaponry. Going alongside his wrench, he also arms himself with a toilet plunger which surprisingly enough has some practical uses. Such as keeping zombies at bay for him or others to kill. They also do a good job disorienting and subduing shamblers thanks to being unable to see nor bite.
Motor Mouth: The man can be... quite the chatterbox.
Nice Guy: In a stark contrast to Frank. He's kind and friendly to a fault. Fiercely loyal to his friends and always willing to lend a hand if he could. Mixed in with Gadgeteer Genius levels of know how and you have probably the best plumber and handyman you could ask for.
Odd Friendship: Even if it appears one-sided, him and Monday are close (as close as Monday will let him anyway), hell it's almost a wonder how the two even met in the first place.
Running Gag: Him and his sandwiches.
Sawed-Off Shotgun: He nabs himself an over and under double-barreled shotgun while in OmniMart. He later saws it down so it'll be much easier to carry around in a holster sheath compared to a full length.
Stout Strength:
- He's on the heavy side but he's got a decent amount of strength in him. He even offers to carry the injured Lizzie on his back when the group first meet.
- Turns out he's even capable of using Liz as a bludgeon.
Wrench Whack: Being a plumber, it's naturally the melee weapon he keeps on hand. Either against shamblers or when he faces some belligerent living survivors.

Tombstone

The settlement called Tombstone is one of the few last remnants of society and civilization in the Zombie Apocalypse. The settlement started off when Stephen Richardson, the owner of the city's local newspaper. Decided to use his buildings to shelter people from the horde, thus when their numbers grew, it slowly turned into it's own little community and he was crowned as the Mayor of Tombstone.

In General

Cosy Catastrophe: Thanks to quite a lot of factors, Tombstone's residents live a decently normal life. Roofs above their heads, beds to sleep on, tastymeals from the Jade Garden, being assigned jobs by Mr. Malloy to help do their part, the Gravekeepers culling the hordes, a warm welcome wagon of grandmothers to greet new survivors and even having their own currency.
Fictional Currency: Instead of the usual US dollars that are used, Tombstone uses it's own special ones.
We ARE Struggling Together: On the outside it appears that the community is tight-knit and close, but most of it's defenders usually don't get along, such as Sheriff Tanner butting heads with the Gravekeepers whom are under Mayor Richardson's payroll and the Gate-B Gatekeepers really not liking the former either.

Sheriff Tanner

Will Tanner

Tombstone's former Sheriff. Head of the printer's labor union, which made him a perfect choice for first sheriff of Tombstone. He acts very fatherly and cares for his people, in return quite a lot of them look up to them although some others don't (especially the young ones).

Somebody shot him, but we don't know who it is yet.

Father to His Men: Acts like a father figure and keeps an air of paternity around him especially towards the much younger Tombstone towners, even Lizzie points out how dad-like he is.
Reasonable Authority Figure: He's rough around the edges but ultimately he's a good person. Even if quite a bit of the Tombstone residents dislike him.
The Sheriff: Serves as the main man of law enforcement in Tombstone and always has the safety of their little settlement on his mind. Even clashing with the Mayor with the way his Gravekeepers act.

Corporal Ross

Corporal/Deputy Sheriff/Current Sheriff Stacy Ross

Former Army National Guard Corporal having gone AWOL thanks to some "interesting" ideas her unit had for repopulation. Former tenant at Chantelle's Birch Street Shelter, before getting kicked out because a undead corpse bit her boot.

She now resides in Tombstone as it's Deputy Sheriff. Becomes current Sheriff thanks to the death of Tanner and the late Sheriff's post-mortem wishes.

Atomic F-Bomb: Fires off a loud one with even a imaginary mushroom cloud for good effect.
Boyish Short Hair: Justified due to her being a part of the army, but it definitely shows off how much of a tough tomboy she is.
Boots of Toughness: As a part of her military get up she dons a pair of combat boots which saves her life from an ankle biter.
Cluster F-Bomb: Lets out a cluster of these right after her Atomic F-Bomb.
Feet-First Introduction: Well reintroduction really, but it also holds some significance because it also shows the bite mark her boots got.
Hellbent For Leather: Wears a leather jacket during her time in Tombstone. Although she is willing to wear her old Army jacket form time to time.
Mad Bomber: While not outright psycho when using her grenades, she's definitely careless and cavalier on throwing them around. Casually tossing them at hordes of zombies without any care.
One-Sided Arm-Wrestling: The undefeated arm-wrestling champion and regularly delivers these to Lizzie. In their long-awaited rematch, Lizzie would've put up a good fight if Stacy didn't cheat.
Pin-Pulling Teeth: Loves doing these with her grenades. Humorously it looks like she has a chipped tooth too.
Revolvers Are Just Better: Naturally due to becoming the deputy sheriff of Tombstone, she arms herself with a revolver as a less destructive alternative to her grenades.
The Sheriff: Gets promoted into this as per Sheriff Tanner's wish if he ever died.

Deputy Sheriffs/Lawboys

Leonard Martin & Chris Staggs

Leonard was a former Prepress operator, union man and now deputy sheriff. He's a trusted long-time friend to Will Tanner. Valued as a relaxed, easy-going teammate in tense times.

Chris was a truck driver, fellow union man and now fellow Deputy sheriff, too. The muscle of his department, mostly does what he's told without too much fuss. Long-time newspaper employee

Cool Shades: Leonard wears a pair of black ones, which help emphasize him as the relaxed and cool-headed of the trio.
Dumb Muscle: Downplayed but Chris is a little slow on the uptake sometimes.

Mayor Richardson

Stephen Richardson

Mayor of Tombstone. Former owner of the city's newspaper, he used his buildings to shelter people from the horde. Which ended up making him the default mayor of the Tombstone settlement.

Bald of Evil: While it's unknown if he's outright evil (the fact that Tombstone even became a thing thanks to his work is enough evidence to show he ain't all bad). He is definitely a shifty character that raises eyebrows.

Deputy Mayor Martinez

Maria Martinez

Deputy Mayor of Tombstone. Former editor-in-chief of the city's local newspaper.

Beleaguered Assistant: Downplayed, she knows the importance of her work and does it diligently. But she's also exasperated by some of the things the Mayor does.
Must Have Caffeine: Due to her line of work and it's ensuing responsibilities. She enjoys a good cup of coffee, although doesn't like her drink particularly strong.

Mr. Malloy

Marcus Malloy

Marketing director and Tombstone's job placement coordinator. Imagine you survived the end of the world but someone still makes you go to work. He's that guy.

Randy

Randy Marshall

Machinist, gunsmith and serves as Tombstone's armorer, can upgrade and enhance any weapon. A pushover and appeaser, happy to finally have friends.

Drowning My Sorrows: Washes his stress away in a tide of alcohol.
Fingore: Has 9 fingers after the Gravekeepers were displeased when he worked up the gut to tell them off.
Gadgeteer Genius: Say what you will about Randy, but the fact that he's able to actually make some of the insane ideas for weapons the Gravekeepers think up, is nothing short of impressive.
Impossibly Cool Weapon: Is responsible for making these for the Gravekeepers.
Lovable Coward: He's a meek pushover but he's likeable enough and considering the people who bully him, it's not exactly hard to feel pity for him.

Gate-B Lookout Team

Donna O'Malley and Deon Waters

Donna, is one half of the Gate-B lookout team. Deaf and keen-eyed. She speaks in American Sign Language. Despite her disability, nothing goes in or out of Tombstone without her notice. She's also an excellent gardener.

Deon is the other half of Gate-B's lookout team. Radio operator, keeps an ear out on all comms in Tombstone. Fluent in ASL which helps his partner out greatly, gates do not open without his say-so. He gets along well with most animals.

Early-Bird Cameo: The two appear seeing an explosion caused by Monday waaay back in pg. 101
Those Two Guys: They are always seen together and almost never apart. Somewhat understandable as Donna is deaf and speaks in ASL so she needs Deon's help to communicate with people properly.

The Gravekeepers

Snake Eye, Spade, Bishop and Chip.

The main four.

Special team who have clearance to go outside the gates and cull the hordes.They answer directly to the Mayor, which lets them enjoy special privileges, they let their friends tag along. Oh and they're all giant jerks.

Ammunition Backpack: Snake Eye's belt-fed AK has it's belt attached all the way to his backpack, and it's an actual civilian backpack.
Bald of Evil: Bishop has no hair on his head and being a part of the Gravekeepers he's likely this.
Bayonet Ya: Snake Eye's AK has one attached, feels tacky but that's most likely deliberate.
Cool Shades: Bishop wears a pair.
Eyepatch of Power: Snake Eye wears one in page 603. It's unknown if it's wearing it for appearances sake or he's sustained some damage. Either that or continue the comic's weird infatuation with pirates and the reason they wear eyepatches.
Guns Akimbo: Bishop arms himself with a pair of handguns.
Impossibly Cool Weapon: They've got some really creative imagination and unfortunately for Randy, he's going to have to create all of them or else.
Jerkass: They're young, rowdy and rambunctious as it gets. Thanks to the fact that they have the mayor of Tombstone backing them up, they act like spoiled teenagers with guns and are as unpleasant to be around as it sounds. They regularly bully Randy after he worked up the gut to tell them off after their ideas got crazier and crazier. Not liking it one bit and shooting a finger off to keep forcing him to make their weapons.
Shock and Awe: The spear that Spade was first seen with was also electrified. Next time we see him, his new Monk's Spade also has a similar upgrade.
Shotguns Are Just Better: Chip is armed with a short-barreled pump-action shotgun with a heat shield.
Shovel Strike: True to his name, Spade is armed with not just any kind of shovel or spade however. It's a Monk's Spade to be specific.

The Welcome Wagon

Paddy, Izzy and Lucille

God-fearing old ladies who bake cookies and muffins for all newcomers to Tombstone. A gaggle of gossips, they know all about who said what. Also they're all packing heat.

Cool Old Lady:

Pat

Pat Schwartz

Errand boy for the Mayor. Ambitions of glory land him in situations way over his head; returns home as a damsel-saving hero. He's a well-meaning but soft-nerved lad. Owns a sweet ride but has never driven over 90mph.

Badasses Wear Bandanas: Averted, he wears a bandana and has ambitions for glory but he's not completely built for heroics or badassery.
Cool Car: Owns a 69 Dodge Charger, that he values highly. The poor thing goes through the wringer once Elizabeth and Alice have to commandeer it for him.
Lovable Coward: He's wimpy but he means well.

Leung Family/Jade Garden Staff

Lee, Molly and Gen Leung

Proprietors of the Jade Garden, the heart of Tombstone and the only place they can get cooked food from and thankfully it's some damn good food too.Lee is the older brother to Molly and he's the face of the Jade Garden team. Journeyman chef and all-around swell guy.

Molly is younger sister of Lee and the reluctant cashier of the Jade Garden. A teenager who wants to be anywhere else but at work. Found and kept a submachine gun somewhere. Hates how bad Armageddon smells.

Gen Leung, is the father of the Leung Family and miracle chef of Jade Garden. Quiet and reserved. He's able to make nearly any available ingredients taste good. Overall making him Tombstone's MVP.

Asian Cleaver Fever: Gen is seen armed with a cleaver in the webcomic's cast page.
Chubby Chef: Gen is a bit on the heavy side and he's the one that keeps the stomachs of everyone at Tombstone well fed.

Medics

Dr. Parker and Dr. Pfeiffer

Dr. Parker is a surgeon from the city's hospital and head of Tombstone's medical wing. With makeshift tools and a grim sense of humor, she patches up the townsfolk of Tombstone. Also was an avid skiier in her youth.

Dr. Pfeiffer's a doctor from out of town, who happened to visit the city at a bad time. Alice's old coworker, his practice can best be described as somewhere between "a lucid nightmare" and "like a bad TV portrayal of a real doctor".

The Coroner: Dr. Parker and Alice take this role after Sheriff Tanner's death. Trying to find the root cause and also finding some pretty good clues that Lizzie could use.
Meatgrinder Surgery:
- As stated above, Dr. Parker usually has to make do with whatever she has on hand. Speaking off, she's usually seen holding a hand/panel saw in hand. Doesn't take a genius to know what she uses it for.
- Dr. Pfeiffer isn't far behind on that either. As one moment he comments on how he lost a scalpel inside of a patient, needing some pliers to take it out.
X-Ray Sparks: Exploited by Dr. Pfeiffer (by taking a page from Cyanide and Happiness), he uses a wet sponge clamped to a pair of jumper cables that are attached to a car battery. As an substitute for an actual x-ray.
Worst Aid: Dr. Pfeiffer is definitely guilty of this trope, if his description isn't enough to clue you in.

Family and Friends

Mr. and Mrs. Cooper

Nigel Cooper & Laurel Cooper

Elizabeh's parents. Nigel is a realtor with a keen eye for the value of land. Laura is a homemaker with a wealth of practical wisdom.

Broomstick Quarterstaff: We see Laurel arming herself with a broom while fighting back the horde. Seems like we can see where Lizzie gets her choice of weaponry from.
Cool Old Guy: Both of them, definitely.

Bill

Bill Vassilikos

Alice's deceased father and avid outdoorsman. Taught his daughter how to hold a rifle and gave her the best life he could give in the time he had. Believes that in a world of dark clouds, people need a ray of sunshine.

Posthumous Character: By the time of the comic's start he's long gone. We do meet him during a flashback Alice has of her childhood and life before becoming a nurse.

Wanda & Jake

Wanda Panzetti & Jake Panzetti

Lou's wife and son. Wanda's a forceful woman who believed that disobedience should be met sternly. Jake's a good kid.

The Bus Came Back: After not appearing for several chapters and pages since his debut, Jake finally returns in one of the "end of chapter" intermission strips, being saved by Yuri.
Early-Bird Cameo: The two were introduced way back in the 7th page before we learn they are actually the spouse and child of Lou.
Gonk: Wooh boy, the mother is far from a looker. Makes you wonder how Lou even got hitched with her.
Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Jake's a young lad and is afraid to swear, even in the face of a dire situation. Although considering the conversation we see from Wanda when the two are first introduced and the kid's black eye...
Improvised Weapon: Next time we see Jake he's seen holding a IV rack and trying to use it to force the shamblers back.
Killed Offscreen: Happens to poor Wanda, especially considering Jake is all alone and there's a cross next to her name. Plus the fact that the hospital they were in was definitely one of the few that got hit hard by the start of the Apocalypse.

Violet

Violet Blues

Monday's mother. An old-world assassin who specializes in poisons and practices Mithridatism. Took an unwitting ordinary man for a husband and make her exit from her old trade. You can clearly tell from which side of the family Monday gets his choice of work. Makes a breathtaking cup of tea.

Acquired Poison Immunity: Poisons her would-be assassins while drinking the same tea. She even tells them what she's doing.
Violet: Trying times, those were. Such poison in your own blood, it's unthinkable!
Violet: You either build a tolerance to it, or it'll eat you alive, I'm afraid.
Self-Poisoning Gambit: She uses this against her would-be assassins.

Trevor

Trevor McCain

Lizzie's fiance and cubicle stiff. Abandoned his partner in the heat of the moment in fear of her getting them both killed. Now wrestling with regrets; he knows he's probably boned. He along with Marcy end up joining the Harbor City Hornets (a.k.a. the Yellow Ponchos) after a chance meeting with their leader.

Apologetic Attacker: Apologizes after asking for Trevor's keys by gunpoint and also shooting at their keg tap to prove he's not messing around. The keg tap being destroyed may have been accidental however.
Dramatic Irony: Unbeknownst to him his girlfriend has gotten over his disappearance, sold off her wedding ring and has now found a girlfriend. So his Redemption Quest is gonna be for naught if he reunites with Liz. If that wasn't enough, he and Marcy end up joining the Harbor City Hornets, a faction that Liz and her crew don't have a high opinion of and are butting heads with.
Mercy Kill: Nearly does this to his fiance at the beginning of the zombie apocalypse, since he believes she doesn't have what it takes to survive, thankfully he couldn't pull himself through enough to do it.
My God, What Have I Done?: He always regretted abandoning Lizzie when the zombie apocalypse started. Eventually his guilt gets the better of him, when he sees that he abandoned his girlfriend for an absolutely asinine reason and he goes back to try to find her.
Redemption Quest: Trevor is on one, after not only trying to kill his girlfriend but leaving her to die in the Zombie Apocalypse.
Shotguns Are Just Better: Arms himself with a shotgun during the apocalypse and he uses it with some pretty good accuracy, destroying a keg tap from afar.

Mary

Mary Sinclaire

Projectionist and film nerd who lives in a movie theater. Ran into Trevor on the way to loot his girlfriend's apartment; highly judgemental about it's squalorous condition. Very intelligent and really into gross horror movies. She along with Trevor end up with the Harbor City Hornets/Yellow Ponchos.

Nice Girl: She's friendly and rather calm, this easily earns Trevor's trust when they first meet.
Smart People Wear Glasses: She's a film nerd that wears a pair of rectangular glasses and is quite level-headed.

Rick

Rick Moore

Trevor's number-one bud and catalyst for rash decision-making. Concoted a grand plan to retreat to the mountains and drink then get laid until the world stopped burning. Keg tap lost in a heated shotgun whoopsie courtesy of Trevor.

Jerkass: He talks Trevor into leaving Lizzie behind in the Zombie Apocalypse. Why? So he can drag Trevor up to a cave outside the city and live out some idiotic college fantasy with his old frat buddies drinking beer and getting laid. Trevor does not take this well at all.
Laser-Guided Karma: His whole plan and reason for dragging Trevor around was to stay inside of a cave deep into the mountains to get drunk and get laid until the apocalypse passed. When Trevor finds out that he left his fiance to die for a very asinine reason, not only does Trevor destroy the tap of one of their kegs. But also takes the car that had a spare tap inside of it. Granted that last parts were unknowingly done by Trevor, but still quite karmic.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When he returns to the city to go after Trevor and Lizzie, he ends up watching a fight between Yuri and Frank. He immediately decides to cut his losses and leave the city again.

Wherheim Family

Todd, Rachel & Sally Wherheim.

An ordinary family nearly divided by chaos (and one sick neighbor), reunited by the unlikeliest of heroes^*.

Todd and Rachel are good caring parents while Sally is a trophy-winning track and field star who is often found on arcade cabs.

The family would end up staying in Tombstone, with Sally working in Jade Garden as a fellow waitress.

A Day in the Limelight: Sally becomes the focus of one of the extra mini-comics.
The Bus Came Back: The family appeared in the early chapters of the comic, with Sally even making a cameo in page 101, but Sally ''finally' makes a return during the group's stay in Tombstone. She still idolizes Monday.
Children Are Innocent: Sally was unaware that her neighbor saved her for ulterior reasons and also thought that Monday was her guardian angel after saving her. In fact when she meets Liz, she asks about Monday and outright states that she wants to be like him, which understandably concerns Liz.
Who's on First?: When Sally asks Liz about Monday's name, she gets confused because his name was "Monday".

Birch Street Bunch

A small shelter owned by landlady Chantelle and has a decent amount of tenants inside of it. They all have to do their part though in paying rent. Just like the OmniMart crew Chantelle, the twins and Jeremy made their way to Tombstone as revealed in the minicomics

Chantelle

Chantelle Rousseau

Lizzie's Landlady and downstairs neighbor. Owns multiple income properties around the city and uses one of them as shelter to strays. However she also expects to collect their debts to her. Secret pro wrestling mark.

Chubby Chaser: Seems to be into people who's just as heavy as she is. As her thoughts upon seeing Lou for the first time was:
Well God damn...
Hand Cannon: To emphasize and have people respect her authority she carries a pretty big one. First brandishing it to clean Liz's apartment from a duo of looters. She lets Monday borrow it while he goes out to scout OmniMart, which he also secretly uses to go after Mr. Sanders.
One-Sided Arm-Wrestling: Ends up in one against Dale when she taunts and presses his Berserk Button.
Sassy Black Woman: The landlady of the Birch Street Shelter and has a lot of sass on offer. Especially towards rowdier tenants.
Stout Strength: She's large and pretty strong, touting a Hand Cannon, and even takes part in a arm wrestling competition and is shown to be pretty good at it too. Although unfortunately she had to go up against Dale (and unwisely hit his Berserk Button).

Tom

Tom Prescott

One of Chantelle's tenants in the Birch Street Shelter, provides moral guidance to difficult decisions. Arthritic knees mostly keep him in his favorite recliner. Has a large stock of "The Good Cigars" and always solves the crossword puzzles.

Cool Old Guy: Is one of the more cool-headed and savvy people in Birch Street (especially in comparison to Arlen and Chantelle), mixed in with being reasonable and getting along with Monday easily, to the point that he's willing to let the fellow smoker try out his brand. Makes him probably one of the coolest tenants in Chantelle's property.
Smoking Is Cool: Is almost always seen with a fancy cigar in his mouth, which makes him look more savvy and sophisticated. It's brand looks good enough that Monday wants a piece.

Dan

Dan Shabet

Skateboarding scavenger and supply-runner for Chantelle, has a big heart and a lot of spirit. Great with kids, used to work in a hospital. World's #1 living Mega Man fan, be nice to him if you see him.

Friend to All Children: His cast description states he is this and so far with his Nice Guy personality that's easy to see why.
Nice Guy: He maybe a bit air-headed and naive, but clearly he's a good guy and wants to do his best to help people out. When Arlen is threatening Alice, he's more than willing to stand up for her.
I mean, with everyone sick and dying, someone's gotta save the world, you know?

Arlen

Arlen Watson

Father of Jason and Jocelyn. A devoutly religious man and ironically the devil on Chantelle's shoulder. The loss of his wife drove him to extremes; now he will do anything to protect his kids.

Dramatic Irony:
- He's religious to a fault, yet he not only acts like a devil on Chantelle's shoulder but the actions he takes and the violent thoughts on his mind are as far from religious values as possible. Makes you wonder if God himself wanted Johnny to punish him.
- Speaking of Johnny, the reason he's even knocking on the doors of the apartment is because Arlen stranded the crew by taking the keys to Lou's van and after seeing it, Johnny assumed that Monday was inside of the building. Essentially his own demise was coming to him in more ways than one.
Fatal Flaw: His paranoia and how overprotective he is to his children, plus his habit of pulling his gun out and having a twitchy trigger finger. It finally gets him killed when he meets someone who's quicker to the draw.
Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Downplayed, in that he's a good father. He's still a bastard to almost everybody else.
Jerkass: He's thoroughly unpleasant and unkind to almost everyone he meets, both to strangers and those he's already met or are tenants in Chantelle's apartment. He gets on everyone's nerves with how hostile and trigger happy he is.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: That said, it's all born out of a desire to protect his children, after his wife's death and is clearly not even the least bit abusive towards them. Doesn't completely excuse his actions though.
Hoist by His Own Petard: Him stealing the keys to Lou's van ends up getting the attention of Johnny Rhythm and making him interested in entering the Birch Street Shelter. Which ultimately leads to his death thanks to his aggressiveness getting the better of him.
Laser-Guided Karma: He insists on kicking Liz, Alice, Monday, and Lou out of the Birch Street shelter (in the middle of a Zombie Apocalypse)—and as if that wasn't dickish enough, he also steals the keys to Lou's van. This ends up getting him in trouble with the hitman Sixgun, whom upon seeing the van out front. Has left him convinced of the possibility that Monday and his friends are in the shelter. When Arlen attempts to bar Johnny's entrance and gets a little too itchy with his trigger finger, he finds out that Sixgun is a little quicker at the draw.
Papa Wolf: A very unpleasant case of this trope. He dearly loves and cherishes his children, being incredibly overprotective of them to a fault after his wife's passing. But his misguided attempts to protect him and his kids has caused him to clash with various survivors both in the apartment and also with the main group.
Ungrateful Bastard: Full stop, even after the main crew go out of their way to stick their necks out and risk their lives to gather some well-needed supplies for the shelter and it's tenants. He managed to sow seeds of doubt in Arlene's mind while they were out, and it was enough to force her to kick out the group. If that wasn't enough, he also had the gall of stealing the keys from Lou's car, which leaves the group stranded and van-less. That last part is just uncalled for.
Revolvers Are for Amateurs: He carries a snub-nosed revolver and he's not only trigger happy, doesn't follow proper gun safety rules but is also a bad shot.

Jason & Jocelyn

Jason Watson and Jocelyn Watson

Arlen's children. Collectively known as "the twins". Utterly precocious scamps, their favorite videogame is Mario Kart.

Children Are Innocent: Even when stuck inside of a apartment that's not exactly in the best condition. Plus zombies outside that regularly need to be culled. They're still little rays of sunshine that some of the tenants (especially Liz, Alice and Jeremy) definitely enjoy as company despite being rambunctious and excitable.

Jeremy

Jeremy Macleod

Aspiring musician, working towards being a teacher, very shy and easily flustered. Takes care of the twins for Arlen; also has a huge crush on Lizzie. He can also play a mean Sympathy for the Devil cover.

OmniMart Employees

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The Staff of the local supermarket that were able to bunker up inside of their store for the apocalypse. With some help from Lizzie giving info and the Gravekeepers, they move out of the supermarket and take refuge in Tombstone.

Clark

Clark Jones

Electronics Department and Melody's boyfriend. Life style gamer with an unhealthy admiration of firearms. Plays Team Fortress 2 competitively, but always insists on playing Roamer.

Hand Cannon: After Lizzie steals and keeps his pistol for herself. He grabs himself what appears to be a Smith & Wesson .500 as a replacement. Dale thinks he's bitter, he also has an extra revolver that is chambered in a more reasonable caliber.
I Call It "Vera": His M1911 pistol has the words "Mercy" engraved on it◊, due to being matching anniversary gifts, his girlfriend also has something engraved on her pistol.
Oh, Crap!: Has a great one when he sees Liz send a soccer ball straight for his face.

Mel

Melody Parker

Clothing department and Clark's girlfriend. Really into fitness and extreme sports. Very generously humors Clark's enthusiasm for shooting as an outside activity. Also the Dr. Parker from Tombstone turns out to be her mom.

Boring Yet Practical: Out of all pistols chosen to be a matching anniversary gift. A tried and true pistol of a decade-old design with a practical attachment and chambered in a decently stout caliber is a pretty good choice.
I Call It "Vera": Her pistol has "Judgement" engraved on it's slide◊, while her boyfriend's has "Mercy".

Amy

Amy Ferriera

Housewares Department. Kind-hearted punk rocker, that practices knitting as a hobby; loves thrifting and hand-made gifts. Last ever Omni-Mart Employee of the Month.

Big Fun: While not to Lou's levels, she's a kind-hearted soul and overall pretty friendly and approachable.
Delinquent Hair: She has shaved punk-styled hair.
Tattoo as Character Type: As the cast page says, she's got the best tattoos in the city.
Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Although hard to tell if she's this or Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak. Either way, she's a punk rocker, with tattoos, piercings and a punk-ish hairstyle. Yet she's mellow, likes to knit and when left alone with Melody and Liz, the two female OmniMart Employees were busy giving the waitress a makeover.
Revolvers Are for Amateurs: She doesn't seem to be one for fighting compared to her fellows, and she is armed with a snub-nosed revolver. Although she was forced to use it to kill the recently turned Jill alongside Melody.

Dale

Dale Mariano

Stock Room & Receiving. Very tall strong boy, weathers calamity like a rock. Shade tree mechanic, fan of the New York Mets and possibly Monday's sole actual pal.

Batter Up!: Fitting his large stature and interest for the sport, he carries a baseball bat and he can give out a mean swing.
Berserk Button: Just like Monday, he's a Mets fan and he hates Phillies, unfortunately Chantelle didn't get the memo.
Birds of a Feather: He and Monday hit it off pretty well when they first meet.
Big Badass Rig: Drives a large OmniMart truck filled with it's goodies (including his fellow employees) when entering Tombstone.
Eyes Always Shut: His peepers are always shut which adds to his stone-cold and stoic badass-ery.
Good Old Fisticuffs: Those muscles aren't for show. To go along his baseball bat and it's strong swings, he's more than willing to use his fists when getting up close and personal with the undead or anyone that give him and his crew, trouble.
Handwraps of Awesome: Of the bandaged variety, thanks to some cuts he got while trying to survive the Yellow Poncho attack on OmniMart. Alice quickly patches him up when the two groups wind down and relax. He still keeps the look in his next appearance, although now the bandages cover up his wrists and forearms.
Heroic Build: Out of the OmniMart group, he's got one of the sturdier, taller and stronger builds out of the group. Mixed in with his stoicness, having a cool calm head on his shoulders and overall badass-ery. Is why he's one of the more well respected members of the survivor group in comparison to Ron.
Muscles Are Meaningful: His one of the more burlier members of the cast and he's not afraid to put his muscles to use.
Manly Facial Hair: His mug has a pretty stubby five o'clock shadow and out of the OmniMart employees he's definitely one of their most badass members.
The Quiet One: Complementing Monday, he usually doesn't talk and when he does it's usually about something important or at least worth discussing to him.
The Stoic: Not even seeing Monday get blasted out of nowhere fazes him.
Sword and Fist: A variant, he uses both his baseball bat and fists when needed in a fight.
Strange Minds Think Alike: To further increase their Birds of a Feather bond. Dale and Monday clearly seem to think on the same wave length and can carry a pretty casual (as casual as the two can be) yet to the point conversation with each other.

Ron

Ron Wimple

Assistant Manager. Had just enough authority to impose his will on his coworkers without ever needing to earn their respect. Dependent on external validation.

Asshole Victim: Granted while he can illicit some pity thanks to how Chloe treats him, alongside how wimpy and spineless he is. Ron shooting Monday out of nowhere and threatening to do the same to the rest of Lizzie's group however, is pretty much where he signed his death certificate.
Dramatic Gun Cock: At least, tries to pull this trope when he wants the other OmniMart employees to listen to him. It doesn't work.
Fat Bastard: While not to Frank's level. He's antagonistic, not exactly a pleasant person and overestimates his authority.
Henpecked Husband: The boyfriend version, he's this with Chloe.
No Kill like Overkill: The poor bastard gets turned into literal swiss cheese after pissing off Monday. The final shot to the head was just one last disrespect to his corpse.
Too Dumb to Live: A twofer, that really shows why he's not cut out for the end of days.
- He assumes the fact that he's assistant manager means he could boss around or at least be someone of authority in a situation where his "leadership skills" are probably of no use.
- Then there's blasting Monday out of nowhere on the chest, even if he didn't know who he was. It's not necessarily a good idea to start shooting first and asking questions later when it seems like your fellow survivors seem to be getting along with another group of survivors. Naturally this is the last mistake he ever does in his life.

Chloe

Chloe Burnett

Cashier and Ron's love interest. Has a cold demeanor and enjoys the vicarious power over her coworkers.

Bound and Gagged: Gets tied up and gagged after Jill catches her sneaking up on the main crew and the employees with a pistol.
Fat Bastard: While she's no Frank, Chloe is on the heavy side and she's very unpleasant.
Jerkass: She enables self-destructive habits in others, withholds validation and enjoys vicarious power over her coworkers, plus with her cold demeanor and overall she's just a horrible person to be around. Almost makes you feel bad for Ron.
Uncertain Doom: When the OmniMart survivors arrive at Tombstone, she isn't seen alongside them.

Jill

Jill Barton

Hardware Department. Has absolutely no fear of death, built her own house by herself.

Amputation Stops Spread: Sadly appears to be subverted. After getting bit while trying to replace the broken front doors. She was forced to amputate her bitten arm off in the assumption it'll save her. While it does give Lizzie some hope about stopping the infection. Jill immediately dashes her hopes about preventing infections. At the very least it appeared the amputation did seem to have given her quite a lot of time before she turns.
An Arm and a Leg: She's missing her right arm by the time the main crew gets to OmniMart.
Handicapped Badass: She maybe missing an arm, but she's still a very tough lady.
Tainted Veins: Sports these thanks to being the below trope.
Zombie Infectee: Even after being forced to cut off her right arm. She's still infected and has resigned herself to her fate. Sadly Amy and Melody are the ones to put her down once she turns.

Wayne

Wayne McMasters

Sporting goods department. Team dad, dispensed old-man wisdom and practical insight. Always tried to do what's right rather than what's easy. All of that combined has made him well-respected by his coworkers. Enjoyed quiet nights stargazing.

Due to the Dead: Lizzie does him a favor by taking off his name tag and gives it to his fellow employees to bring them the bad news of his demise. Clearly giving him the utmost respect after coming to a right conclusion that he protected the mart to his last breath.
Eyes Always Shut: Always seen with his eyes closed, which is pretty impressive considering he was OmniMart's Friendly Sniper. The only time he ever actually opens his eyes was when he gets fatally shot by one of the Yellow Ponchos.
Friendly Sniper: He's this for the OmniMart Employees. While it crosses over a bit to Cold Sniper due to his stoic nature and being a sharpshooter with a scoped rifle. He is also a also well-respected Team Dad. that his fellow employees/survivors mourn him when they find out he died.
Team Dad: The cast page states he is this for the OmniMart group and he definitely shows it in flashbacks.
Wrecked Weapon: Lizzie accidentally wrecks the scope of his rifle when trying to drop it to Monday.
Posthumous Character: By the time the main crew get to OmniMart and Lizzie scales to the rooftop. He's already dead, we learn through flashbacks what he did and how he died. We also learn more about him through the cast page.

Frank's Diner

Frank

Frank Mason

Owner of the diner, it's sole fry cook and the former boss of Lizzie and Doris. A war vet from 'Nam, has a phobia of germs and ''severe' abandonment issues. Left to (unknowingly on Liz's part) die by his sole reliable employee. Which did wonders for his already foul temper.

Absurdly Sharp Blade: That damn kitchen knife cuts through the undead and living like butter!
Angry Chef: Wooh boy does he have a temper. Lizzie quitting, Hijack becoming undead, and the Zombie Apocalypse rolling around only made things worse
Bald of Evil: At first it was a bald of Jerkassery but then the zombie apocalypse came and it's turned into full blown psychotic evil.
Chef of Iron: Psychotic as he maybe, but you can't help but be impressed on how much of a tough bastard he is. Crosses over to even Made of Iron as surviving getting hit by a huge metal pipe to the face that also was from a speeding van is definitely not something to scoff at either.
Chubby Chef: A decidedly unfriendly version, even before going Ax-Crazy.
Cop Killer: Decapitates a female member of the surviving police force, mistaking her for Lizzie.
Creepy Souvenir: Keeps the decapitated head of Hijack on his belt. Later intermission pages reveal that he's been collecting more heads.
Decapitation Presentation: Attaches the heads of his victims to his belt. Infected Hijack was the first of them and he has steadily added more (namely blonde women that bear a resemblance to Liz). Liz herself notices Frank's head when the two "reunite.
Dual Wielding: Uses both a kitchen knife and spatulas when trying to kill Lizzie.
Evil Chef: He was the cook at his diner, and he's gone completely off the rails.
Fat Bastard: Big Time. He's overweight and he's definitely one of the more monstrous characters out there. Both figuratively and literally.
Implacable Man: Took a steel pipe to the face at several miles an hour, and he's still going!
Improbable Weapon User: Uses some of his kitchen wares when killing, which also includes a spatula.
Jerkass: Treats Lizzie like dirt despite also seeing her as a reliable employee.
Psycho Knife Nut: Definitely puts the Nut on this trope. He carries an absurdly sharp kitchen knife that cuts through his victims easily.
Pipe Pain: His videogame counterpart seems to carry around the same massive pipe that was used to hit him by Liz and the crew.
Sanity Slippage: The combination of Zombie Apocalypse and Lizzie quitting did no wonders for his already foul temper.
Say My Name: Really loves screaming Lizzie's surname. Then again if it [[weren't for that, Monday probably wouldn't have given much of a crap on trying to save Lizzie's life.
Serial Killer: After Cooper gets away from him with the help of the newly formed crew. He starts stalking the city trying to look for her, aiming his wrath at any poor unfortunate woman that bears even a passing resemblance to Liz and anyone else unfortunate enough to stand in his way.
Stout Strength: He's wide, sure, but he's most likely solid muscle underneath. He's able to perform some pretty impressive feats of strength and endurance, from being able to easily cut through zombies and humans with just a kitchen knife and other fry cook utensils, but also caries around the massive pipe that took Liz and Alice to lift. His later design even adds a bit of muscle to his figure.
Terrified of Germs: He mentions being a germ-a-phobe in page 25. Which helps save Lizzie's life when shoving a mop to his face makes him lose it.
The Vietnam Vet: Fought in 'Nam with Jack, which could probably explain his temper and how quickly he turned into an Ax-Crazy Serial Killer.
Weaksauce Weakness: He's a complete and utter psychotic beast, whom even gives Monday a run for his money when the two clash. Monday stabs him in the shoulder, kicks him in a certain area, etc. but never really fazes him; the heroes end up smashing him in the head with a metal pole attached to a fast-moving car, but this only stuns him temporarily. His weakness? Germs—the imaginary kind. He's such a hypochondriac that slapping him in the face with a dirty mop will give him a panic attack. He gets over his fear of zombie infection pretty quickly, though...
Went Crazy When They Left: Absolutely loses it once Lizzie, one of his only competent employees (that he also treats like crap) finally has had it and quits while he's busy dealing some zombies. The man absolutely goes ballistic and is now fueled by the singular desire to kill her and have her head attached to his belt.

Jack

Jack "Hijack" Burkowitz

Frank's close war buddy and the diner's most regular regular. A mellow fellow; invented his own strain of cannabis.

Creepy Souvenir: Jack becomes one thanks to Frank, after the latter went crazier and decapitated his zombified body off-screen.
Decapitation Presentation: Becomes a trophy that Frank keeps attached to his belt. When Lizzie and Frank see each other again, the former notices Jack's head which gets her distracted and stammering.
Eye-Obscuring Hat: When his face is in focus, his large cap covers his eyes in shadow.
In-Series Nickname: "Hijack" which he got during his days back in Nam.
Nice Guy: He's a pretty swell guy and is kind to Lizzie, in contrast to Frank's treatment of said employee.
Off with His Head!: After his infection, turning, and then Frank's sanity slippage, he was decapitated. Then had his head attached to the former's belt. Judging by some pages later in the Webcomic, the head might still not be dead-dead.
The Vietnam Vet: Fought back in 'Nam alongside Frank, although isn't able to show it off before he turns, besides being able to fight back one of the infected when he was bitten suddenly.

Business Associates and Guns-For-Hire

Mr. Santos

Domingos Santos

Venture capitalist, invests in talented "professionals". Manages a team of assassins for sport. Investments include, Blues, Richardson, Sanders, Cooper, and Rhythm. 6-dan Go player

Blood Sport: Pits some Professional Killers against the assassins of other rich people.
Deadly Game: Is one of the rich people responsible for a game where world-renowned assassins are hunting each other for sport, with the assassins and their sponsors getting the bounty when they kill on of the other participants.
I Need a Freaking Drink: The Zombie Apocalypse happening and then Monday waging a one-man war against him and his associates. He's just sitting down drinking away to try and take the edge off.
The Villain Knows Where You Live: Sends hitmen to Monday's parents after his rebellion. He didn't seem to account for the fact that Monday's mother was also an assassin.

Miss Dennis

Charlotte Dennis

Mr. Santos' assistant. Studious record-keeper, primary handler of talent and proficient pen-clicker. Has a photographic memory and takes one vacation week a year. Spends most of it camping in the mountains.

Beleaguered Assistant: While not to the level of Maria, she has her moments.

Sixgun Johnny

Sixgun Johnny Rhythm

Gun-for-hire of the ruggedly-handsome persuasion. Looks like he stepped out of a western, has a lightning draw and a pair of Schofields. A cat brough in to handle a mouse.

Affably Evil: He's a hitman yes, but surprisingly amicable despite all that.
Eye-Obscuring Hat: That wide brim of his cowboy hat covers his eyelids in shadow, which makes him more mysterious.
Foil: To Black Monday Blues, if it wasn't obvious enough.
- Both are gunslingers, yet while Monday always carries a pair of Glock pistols. Johnny carries a pair of Schofield revolvers. Even the way they carry them are somewhat opposites. While Monday wears a harness that has holsters below his armpits, Johnny's are attached to his belt.
- Their surnames are related to music, with Monday being Blues while Johnny's is Rhythm.
- Monday isn't really a people person and is usually in a anti-social mood with an air of unpleasantness^note. Johnny is charismatic and friendly man, being pretty affable to most people as long as you don't cause problems for him.
The Gunslinger: Just like Monday, he runs around with two handguns, although as a contrast to Blues' modern Glocks. Rhythm arms himself with a pair of Schofield revolvers. But just like Monday, he's a crackshot and quick on the draw.
Kick The Son Of A Bitch: His first on-screen human kill is Arlen, and while it will have some lasting effects on his kids. Arlen definitely deserved some karmic punishment for his actions.
Revolvers Are Just Better: Carries a pair of Schofield revolvers and is a pretty damn good shot with them.

Yuri

Yuri Kashnikov

Russian gun-for-hire and a proud boxer with an indominable spirit. Yuri uses both an Obrez and his boxing-tape covered fists, preferring close and direct combat. He is enjoying the end of days way more than anyone.

Boxing Battler: Naturally, his fists are definitely one of his greatest weapons and can easily knock both the living and un-living out cold easily.
Charles Atlas Superpower:
- While the webcomic has no shortage of pretty damn strong survivors. Yuri is one of the few that take the cake, and if that's not enough according to the cast page he once knocked a bear out cold only getting an ear notch out of it.
- And then as the "Clocking Out" mini-comic shows, he can punch time itself and make it wince.
The Coats Are Off: Drops his coat when cornered and realizing the undead don't care for "bu-llets", right before engaging in some Good Old Fisticuffs
Ear Notch: Has one thanks to a scuffle with a mean bear, bear is not so mean anymore.
Good Old Fisticuffs: He's not afraid to use his fists against the hordes of the undead. In fact he's strong enough to decapitate them.
"If trouble wants to find you... Trouble must come through Yuri's fists!"
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: He's apparently blonde and his heart is as gold as he is strong.
Hand Cannon: His preferred firearm is an Obrez, a sawed-off version of the Mosin Nagant. A perfect weapon for a large Husky Russkie like him.
Handwraps of Awesome: To help protect his fists he has his hands and wrists wrapped in boxing tape and they're definitely awesome for a guy who's willing to go G Ood Old Fisticuffs against the shamblers.
Heroic Build: He maybe a hitman/mercenary like Monday and the others, yet his build easily complements his willingness to help people and befriend other survivors (if they are friendly in return).
Hitman with a Heart: He's a Husky Russkie Gun-For-Hire yet he's probably one of the kindest characters in the comic. Choosing to change his focus from the Carnival of Killers to trying to save as much people as possible.
Husky Russkie: The webcomic's local Russian and absolute beefcake at that. According to the cast page and extra comics, he actually fought a bear and won.
Nice Guy: Out of all Guns-for-hire he's clearly one of the kinder ones, even willing to put the Carnival of Killers game on hold and focus on saving people alongside Reverend Phillip.
Odd Friendship: His newest friend and confidant is a Friendly Sniper Reverend, and he's a burly Russian mercenary. The Zombie Apocalypse can really create the strangest of friendships.
Offhand Backhand: Delivers this to one of the Yellow Ponchos after getting annoyed by them.
Russian Reversal: Naturally as the resident Russian, he utters a pretty damn good one that also doubles as a Badass Boast.
Throwing Your Gun at the Enemy: While saving Jake Panzetti from a horde, he just throws his obrez at the one closest to the kid.

Derrick

Derrick "The Dirk" Fulton

The lowest-ranking assassin of note in the city (probably right beside "Sloppy Joe"). Oi-punk, failed musicion, shoulda listened to mom and been a doctor instead.

Delinquent Hair: His hair has a very Punk style to it.
Devious Daggers: His specialty, he's not called "The Dirk" for nothing. He's quite well versed with most kinds of knives, especially the throwing kind.
Uncertain Doom: Dirk was last seen tied up by Johnny Rhythm and was about to be threatened/interrogated (via Schofield) to get some info out of. Next time we see the latter, Derrick is nowhere to be seen. The cast page doesn't seem to have a cross near his name too, so it's up for debate if he was killed offscreen or left alone.

Sloppy Joe

Joey "Sloppy Joe" Basso

The worst hitman in the city, prefers outsourcing his work. Kind of a creep, even as far as gun-toting creeps go. Had 20-20 hindsight.

Bald of Evil: Balding at least and Joe's also a sleazy gun-for-hire.
The Cameo: His zombified decapitated head makes an appearance in one of the mini-comics, Monday is just as surprised as the readers to see him.
In-Series Nickname: He's openly called "Sloppy Joe" Basso, by the other guns-for-hire.
Meaningful Name: Joey earned it by acting like a "fucking amateur", preferring to outsource his work and not really learn the important lessons in the business.
Stupid Crooks: Sloppy Joe is a clumsy hitman whom never watches his back, only focuses on the outcome that'll go well for him, outsources his work and never learned the important lessons.
Too Dumb to Live: He may be old, but that doesn't mean he's one of the best in the business. He's outsourced his work so much that he's still an amateur when he actually has to do things on his own, not even making sure to watch his back and make sure he's in the clear.

Sloppy Joe's Goons

Bunch of low-level thugs, assassins and hitmen hired by Sloppy Joe to take care of Monday for him. Unfortunately he didn't get good ones.—-

Boom, Headshot!: A few of them get holes in their heads courtesy of Monday.
Expy: One of them is the splitting image of Danny Trejo.
Guns Akimbo: One Chav-looking goon carries a Deagle and a Jericho as his main firearms, which look pretty nice together.
Hand Cannon: Pairing up with their Jericho, one of the goons is armed with a Desert Eagle.
More Dakka: The glasses-wearing goon uses an Colt M 1921 AC Thompson with an drum magazine.
Smart People Wear Glasses: The only seemingly professional member of the group, wears large round glasses with Opaque Lenses.
Stupid Crooks: They're not exactly any smarter than their boss, although only one at least seems to take their job seriously.

Mr. Sanders

Benjamin Sanders

Financial management and help desk for new hires by Mr. Santos. Locks the accounts of talent let go by the organization. Politely interfaced with short-lived unsavory personalities.

Early-Bird Cameo: Makes an appearance in the first page of the comic.
Cruel and Unusual Death: Shot on the leg and then thrown into a vault to die by either bleeding out or other causes.

Unafilliated

Trenton

Trenton Bradley

Renegade cop who wanted to help people instead of holing up in Police HQ while the world burns. Inadvertently introduced two of the closest friends to otherwise never cross paths.

Better to Die than Be Killed: Last we see him while being overtaken by the horde is him finishing his prayer of "Hail Mary" and his gun aimed at his cranium. Before we hear a *PAK* in the distance. However an intermission strip revealed this was subverted as he used that shot to kill a shambler instead. Rather than opting to kill himself. He decides to use his last remaining moments to kill as much of the undead horde as possible.
Chekhov's Gun: Unfortunately, his hat is a negative one. When soldiers from the army sees Alice wearing it "backwards cap"-style. It starts a war between the remaining police officers and army soldiers.
Dead-Hand Shot: After a large explosion caused by Monday, we get a shot of not only a horde taking notice, but also a shot of Trenton's hand, with his pistol by his side and his badge embedded into the ground.
Dying Moment of Awesome: Nothing more awesome than dying trying to take out as much of a horde as possible and using himself as bait, while also praying Hail Mary as he's being eaten alive. But then an intermission strip comes around and gives him another Dying Badass Boast.
Heroic Sacrifice: Thanks to his infected leg and the house they were in being steadily overrun. He is forced to not only fight the horde but also act as bait for Alice and Liz to escape. And he pulls a pretty badass sacrifice at that.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: He goes out of his own way to ignore orders and go in to save Alice. All it gets him is a bite to the leg.
Standard Police Motto: Still holds onto these, even if he's the last good cop in a police force that's abandoned it's people.
Token Good Teammate: He's practically the only good police officer left, who's less interested in holing up in the station and more on trying to save as much lives as possible. Sadly he doesn't live for long.
Zombie Infectee: Thanks to a prone zombie catching him by surprise, he has a nasty bite on his leg. By the time Liz comes to after being saved by him and Alice, he can already feel his leg getting stiff and cold.
Shotguns Are Just Better: Just like most police officers in the city he carries around a shotgun.

Reverend Phillip

Reverend Phillip Murphy

A reverend armed with a rifle, protects his flock from afar in their hours of need. Friend and confidant to Yuri, seeks to inspire others to uplift each other.

Badass Boast: His dialogue during his introduction is definitely someone who rightfully deserves the Badass Preacher trope.
People need miracles. They need to see that God is with us always. Even when it seems He is not. They need to see His love. And He certainly has His hands full. I am His shepherd, and so He has called upon me to deliver.
Badass Preacher: A God-loving Reverend out to protect the living from afar with his hunting rifle. Saving anyone he can while God has his hands full.
Eye-Obscuring Hat: To further fuel his badassery his cap sometimes covers his eyes in shadow. Doesn't dampen his sharpshooting one bit.
Friendly Sniper: While he might be stoic and hardy enough to be a Cold Sniper. He's a shepherd that'll protect God's flock in their time of need.
Mission from God: To protect God's people while the Lord has His hands full.
Odd Friendship: One is a reverend sniper while other is a Russian bruiser gun-for-hire, despite their differences they work together quite well.
Scarf of Asskicking: Wears a scarf to keep himself warm and he is also a Badass Preacher, what else could you ask for?

Rogues Gallery

The Z-Words

Cannibals, Rots, Shamblers, Shufflers; anything but the Z-word.

A gnashing catalyst for the breakdown and subsequent, jury-rigged reconstruction of civilization.

Body Horror: Their days in undeath has not been kind to some of them.
Curb-Stomp Battle: Usually at the receiving end of it to show how much they are a non-threat. Although mostly towards competent survivors.
Dead Weight: Quite a few of them have put on quite a few pounds. During Monday's assault on Mr. Sanders' safehouse, he uses one of these as a meat shield.
Fan Disservice: Some of them appear to be naked and well, it's obvious to see why that would be unpleasant.
Not Using the "Z" Word: Actively enforced, the cast page is adamant about it and from the looks of it. Zombie fiction never took of or even existed in this universe.
Zombie Apocalypse: Well duh.
Zombie Gait: They move really slow which at the very least gives the survivors some respite. Doesn't mean they should let their guard down.
- Although one of them does avert it... for all the good it does for the rot.

The Cops

Went into lockdown for self preservation at their police station. So law and order can survive the tides of undead chaos. Regularly sends out cops or cruisers to apprehend other survivors and take their supplies all in the name of preserving "the law".

Beware the Living: The police are myopic Knight Templars who intercept travellers and confiscate their goods, even going as far as to run vehicles off the road.
Cold Sniper: They have a few of these in their employ.
Corrupt Cop: While they aren't exactly "corrupt" in the usual sense, choosing to become over-glorified bandits while still using their police equipment and vehicles to rob survivors don't exactly make them good people either.
Evil vs. Evil: While they aren't exactly evil in a traditional sense, with most of them really just trying to survive. They don't really care about other survivors outright robbing them under the pretense of "upholding the law". They naturally ended up butting heads with the local Army/National Guard that it turned into full blown turf war thanks to some misunderstandings caused by the main group.
Hypocrite: They've sent out cruisers and teams to apprehend and rob survivors like bandits, yet they still insist that they're maintaining the "rule of law" and respond harshly to any sort of resistance.
Police Are Useless: Even worse, they're a problem. In the beginning of the apocalypse and as society collapses into anarchy. The remaining officers choose to turn tail, retreat and start bunkering down at the police station. If that wasn't enough they also still try and preserve "the law", which ends up having them clashing and harassing other survivors.
Shotguns Are Just Better: As expected of cops, they have shotguns as a part of their arsenal. Usually the pump-action kind.
Token Good Teammate: Trenton Bradley serves as this for them. Sadly he bites it.

The Army

Undisciplined, rowdy; up to their eyeballs in hardware and heavy ordnance. Forging a booze-fueled Spartan kingdom in the fire of apocalyptic chaos.

Armies Are Evil: The army and national guard has grown some very "questionable" morals since the fall of society, letting some macho fantasies get to their heads. Seeing themselves as "heroes", when in reality they're more like thugs with military equipment. The Army unit that Cpl. Ross used to be in got some interesting ideas about repopulating the Earth, essentially believing that they should "save" or rather kidnap women to breed them with their "Spartan" seed and save the human race. Not even the female soldiers were safe, which was the reason why Stacy quickly went AWOL on them. And if that wasn't enough, they're also butting heads with the Police but thanks to a misunderstanding unknowingly caused by the Crew. It has escalated into full blown turf war against the city's law enforcement.
Beware the Living: They have become become little more than glorified bandit clans utilizing the resources of their former occupations, all while waging a violent turf war against the Police.
Bring My Brown Pants: A particularly cocky rocket launcher-totting soldier, expells his bladders contents after narrowly getting a close shave with the Lou's van.
Bulletproof Vest: Some of them wear these for protection, it saves the life of one of them from Monday's shot with his Mauser C96.
Evil vs. Evil: A vaguely defined evil granted, the Army isn't exactly the friendliest face being trigger happy and more than happy to mow down opposition, both living and dead. While the police basically just let the city's residents fend for themselves. Only ever actually caring when they're "breaking the law" and believing they can push around the police despite minding their own business and trying to survive.
Gatling Good: One of the Guardsmen in the mini-comics is armed with this. With a good dosage of Chainsaw-Grip BFG.
Helmets Are Hardly Heroic: An interesting case in that this goes both ways. All of them are very non-heroic yet in their own macho fantasies they believe they still are. Some wear helmets while others don't (and the latter pay for it dearly).
Law of Inverse Recoil: Averted here with an Unsound Effect.
Testosterone Poisoning: They suffered a very bad case of this thanks to the apocalypse, believing themselves to be heroes and are heavily implied to be engaging in sex-slavery under the pretext of repopulating the human race with their "Spartan seed".

Yellow Ponchos

Harbor City Hornets

Group of survivors somewhat similar to Tombstone, but more inclined towards raiding although still willing to make something of themselves. They all wear yellow plastic ponchos and are lead by an enigmatic woman named Karen. Who gives orders in mnemonic rhymes. Their base of operations is currently Harbor City Mall, which they have turned into a cozy little nest. Mary and Trevor end up joining them in one of the intermission strips.

Bandage Mummy: Happens to one of the members of the trio led by Marvin, specifically the one who taunted Liz that he didn't tip.
Beware the Living: Unlike the previous two groups however. They're actively trying to raid supplies from settlements and other survivors in general.
Butt-Monkey: The whole group could be considered this for the most part, as a lot of things go bad for them and they lose quite a bit of members to the rest of the cast or the zombies.
Combat Medic: Implied, a Hand Cannon-brandishing and eyepatch-wearing member of Karen's group has a backpack with a cross on it.
Eyepatch of Power: One female Hornet not only wears an eyepatch but is also armed with a scoped revolver.
Gang of Hats: They're the first true post-apocalypse bandit group to emerge and are so named because they all wear bright yellow ponchos as an identifying mark. They besiege the OmniMart a few days before Liz and co. arrive, and eventually encroach on the settlement of Tombstone. We finally get to learn more about them in both the intermission strips and mini-comics.
Gardening-Variety Weapon: The hat-wearing member of the trio led by Marv, uses the seldom seen manual polesaw as a weapon, wielding it like a Serrated spear with pretty good efficiency in a fight.
Hand Cannon: A scoped revolver is brandished by an eyepatch-wearing member.
Handicapped Badass: We finally get to meet their leader Karen and she appears to be an intimidating wheelchair-bound brawler.
Improvised Armour: One of their members carries a stop sign as a shield, pairing it up with a gladius.
Katanas Are Just Better: One of them employs these while fighting against Liz, being proficient with the weapon too and putting Lizzie on the ropes. She even dual wields it with the scabbard. Sadly it gets broken.
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Two members of the trio that check out tombstone, are both on the receiving end and deliver one from and to Lizzie respecitvely.
Sheath Strike: The above mentioned goggle-wearing and katana-wielding female Yellow Poncho member, dual wields her katana with it's scabbard when fighting her.
Shovel Strike: One of the members of Karen's group that raids the cinema Mary and Trevor are staying at is armed with a shovel and wears a construction cap with a smiley face.

Sons of Surtr

One-percenters, outlaws, biker gang and all that entails. Their clubhouse is the local scrapyard and were trying to have a pig roast before their party was rudely crashed by the police. Oh and speaking of the police they fucking hate them. Every noseful of coke in the city comes through their Scrapyard.Barry and Terry are acting presidents of these bikers and are huge Mottley Crue fans.

All Bikers are Hells Angels: Choppers? Check. Leather? Double Check. Spikes? Triple Check. Outlaw one-percenters that the police despise thanks to being responsible for almost every cocaine brought into the city? Super Check.
Badass Biker: A whole gang of them, who's so far managed to survive the apocalypse with most of it's members intact. They've also got some sweet rides, that Monday and Lou "borrow" for a moment.
Chain Pain: One of the goggled bikers tries to use chains against Yuri in the "Clocking Out" mini-comic
Cool Bike: Naturally, they wouldn't be proper bikers if they didn't have sweet choppers.
Hellbent For Leather: No self-respecting Hells Angels-type biker wouldn't be caught dead without some badass leather outfits.
Improbable Weapon User: One of the bikers uses an improvised yet still effective flail, made out of a large hefty padlock with a long length of cloth wrapped around the shackle.
Pistol-Whipping: One of the older bikers delivers one with an uzi as a Dope Slap.
Shut up, Bill.

Characters / Dead Winter

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