Sweet. It's like one of those things right? I was always taught that hard work would pay off... then the internet appeared and it was as if hardwork was for schleps. Next thing I know, two decades after the rise of the internet, it's all hardwork will bring you success again.
How far in are you into your comic? Do we get to see some of the results of these characters yet?
my comic is long running and it's called Talesfromswipecity
some story lines have been finished with the different characters but it's like one big story. I was posting daily but i have now had to slow that down to posting when a page is finished.
Cassie and Jane Jones have some big story's it's got loads in the comic but it's mainly based around the girls
I guess the nameless character from Garden Of Mold represents isolation, running from your problems and neurosis.
It's a short comic, so i'm not spoiling much. They go from isolating themselves to extremes to finally the comic ending with them going outside.
I guess my characters altogether represent disrupted normality or people's natural ability to adapt to change... if that makes sense 😅
Dakotas chief trait is loyalty but I don't think she represents it. She won't always put others before herself and she wouldn't blindly follow orders, even if they come from her best friend.
And Ai is positive and trusting but they're not her whole character. So I'm not sure if one character represents one thing well/completely.
My characters all represent... game companies xD that's literally what they're personifications of
A different way of telling game history and news, you could say...
I know for me, after years of working with Kamiko as a character, I've come to see her as someone who represents willfulness, risk, recklessness, hubris, and arrogance. Those are the qualities I want to explore more in her character.
Well thinking about it that way, in my comic I have 2 characters, the first, Raon is my curiosity; she's always looking around. While Alex is the one who is afraid of Raon finding something she'll regret, he believes that ignorance truly is bliss because he thinks the more you know the more you fear, but overall he's the part of me that thinks ahead and makes sure to keep emotions in check. It's called Silence if anyone's interested.
I really like this question because I have really put a lot of thought into my main character and what she presents.
My only webcomic called 'Coffee, Blood' Rust, Sweat, and don't forget the Violence' has a man character named Augustine. For her, her ultimate ability and personality trait is clarity and peace. The only reason why she is good at anything is because I made her to be someone who has a small social disability, but in a way that had allowed her to tap into complete peace. So she seems normal, and a little weird, but can remain completely chill and calm during really intense battles! For the most part, she is not void of emotion she just accepts her emotions, deals with them, and moves on at a much quicker rate than most people.
Ha, I feel like a doof saying so much about my character. I feel like I am just bragging.
hm. im not really sure what alec represents, so maybe he represents that really uncertain phase we go through as teens
interesting thing to think about.
My protagonist Zack Wandaz1 represents a thirst for vengeance
I my comic: https://tapastic.com/series/magicadvisor The main character Lizzy does represent a need for control in the weird supernatural world she lives in ^^
Her enemy (frenemy?) Prim does sort of represent chaos and disorder:
You can kind of see it in the way they dress. Lizzy (main character) is dressed more strict then Prim ^^ Prim has more fun with her clothes. ^^
I never really thought about it but it is really interesting. 
Thank you @vongcw for a great thread! ^_^
I do usually think about these things when writing, but even if you dont mean to its still always there somewhere. Its really cool breaking things down in this fashion for Two Kings' characters its something like
The Frozen King - Conquest/obsession
Unseelie King - vice/reason
Unseelie Queen - loyalty/revenge
Prince Estoc - penance/forgiveness
Cytherea - love/vanity
For Gatf it would be
Ceres - death of innocence/mercy
Galdranorn - death and rebirth
I think some of those are a lot clearer in the original stories than the comics but there's mine!
Mine are really basic...
Crow Worth: Finding one's worth
Miss: Too miss someone/ femininity
Brad Bail: To run away from responsibility
Shoo-Fly: To be clingy (like a weed) and not going away, like a fly
Blake Blossom: or black blossom...which is a flower which is burnt.
Nono: constant rejection...like being told "no" repetitively
To name some...
I've only had 2 characters that are really prominent in Don't Be A Hero1 so far, so I'll talk about them:
Gemini = Vanity - Even though I haven't touched upon my main character much yet, I will say that her character is representative of the populace who has an easy run through life, gaining everything and not focusing on the people who have less. Losing a key part of her life who was integral to the development of herself and successes as a person, leads her on a quest to rectify what was broken. She believes that she's worth more, and deserves more, and she can't come to terms with the first real crippling loss she has had. Granted, her successes are rightfully earned. She's damn smart, determined, strong, and with a charming personality. But she has a tendency to hold grudges, and has a need to feel that she's in first place. She wants to bring about change to the world as a scientist, but is reluctant to change within her own life. Really, she doesn't like not feeling in control of her own life and the things around her. That scares her the most. She represents what we want the people ahead of us to feel sometimes. Loss, and the ability to learn and change through it. However, sometimes we should be careful of what we wish for. Sometimes, the loss is too great, and we wonder if the ability to recover from such a blow is irreverse-able once events are put into motion.
Johnny = Ego - Johnny is a great parallel to Gemini to start the comic off with. He's extremely egotistical, and believes he's the face of a millennia. Nothing can convince him that he isn't the greatest thing since sliced bread. His ego is a little more over-the-top than Gemini. Gemini is confident in herself, and has realized what she's achieved, and she does actually have the smarts to back it up. But while she can be stubborn, she can learn to change, even though she hates it. Johnny can't learn to change. He can't admit that he's wrong or is in 2nd place. And not just to someone else, but the entire world. He's an over-inflated representation of an egotistical person. Truth be told, he's partly based off of a real life musician who is the exact same way. And harming his poor ego brings out the worst in his temper, which is also over-inflated. Like a spoiled child he has to get what he wants, but unfortunately, the poor man doesn't have the intelligence to back up his claims. While his talents have earned him some stellar achievements, he tends to believe that he's bigger than he really is. He represents the masses of people with big dreams, who think they can achieve anything, but unfortunately, get relegated to at least second place. He represents that desire that our egos carry us towards. He represents overconfidence. And in the moment where we need to shine the most, sometimes our ego and passion can't take us all the way there.
In Rooftop Bookshop:
Rory- represents warmth, honesty and kindness
Laurent- Cool, mysterious, strange
Z- A persona; wearing a mask to hide true feelings, as well as cockiness
Quinn- Innocence and a pure heart
Blaize- Energy, tenacity, carelessness
In (Semi) Super, I've really only introduced one main character in the series so I'll just list her;
Nova- Untouchable, a force of nature, willful, witty
So many brilliant concepts wrapped up in your characters, you guys! Thank you so much for sharing but it's doubly awesome that we've got creators thinking deeper about their casts' significance. Honestly, it's one of the things that makes a pitch all the more delectable for audiences (and you'd be shocked at how often fresh creators overlook this topic!)
There's No Such Thing as Jason1's characters all began as chemical imbalance personifiers. I'd been fascinated with G. S. Hall's "Storm and Stress" of adolescence, a psychology study in the early 20th century. There are 3 focal factors:
￭ Parental conflict -- challenging, defending, and boundaries exploration
￭ Risk taking -- impulsive behaviours, recklessness, and experimentation with moral areas
￭ Fluctuating mood -- sensitivity toward and heightened experiences with emotional stimuli
So... the three main characters have a foundation in this. I grabbed the main issues one deals with during adolescence and shoved them into each character, revving up the properties of each a bit while injecting experiences with chemical imbalance issues (both artificial and genetic) into them. It's ultimately an examination on how ridiculous being a teenager in the 21st century can be.
However, the comic I'm working on now is a spin-off, an alternate ending to the actual story. All but one of the characters are young adults. So it's more a "coming off that high" tale about trying to recover yourself after the storm, memory being a crucial aspect involving trust (or mistrust!) of the self. It's a little bit-o-philosophy and psychology, my other loves~
I think every cartoon character is an extension of his/her creator. As a human, I have much of the same thoughts and feelings as anybody else, and so I'm working on a character who often sees the world through the eyes of, well, me, and hopefully by extension most other people. She's not a super heroine who beats up (and gets beat up by) the bad guys. She's, as I like to think of it, one of us!
