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Sandra, a.k.a. Zebragirl, a.k.a. The Miscellaneous Devil, and the main character of the comic, remains stuck in her demonic form, inherited from a random surge of magical energy. She has discovered (through various trials and errors) that her body has numerous capacities, such as wall-walking, flight via retractable wings, pyrokinesis, the ability to smell souls, and God knows what else. It's like a comic-book fantasy, which would be great for a detached comic-book geek, ... but not Sandra, who is forced to live a concealed life in an alien body and cope with her loss of a sense of self.

Early interactions with Broadshoulders allowed it to be determined that Sandra still has an essentially human soul, yet the demonic form seems to come with various psychotropic influences that at the very least cause her to be irritable and prone to fits of anger (often with resultant pyrokinetics), and at the very worst may be changing her mentality or slowly dissolving her human nature with a more demonic self. If Jack understands any of this, he's not talking .. yet it seems to be pretty much under control. The only worrisome element is that her dreams may be getting tampered with by a malevolent outside entity, which may be creating or furthering the problem.

She went all psycho-like once as the result of a terrible-looking incident that removed a good chunk of her torso. She seemed to recover easily enough physically, but was out of control and attacking everything until she was able to recover her memory being flashed back to her from an out-of-body experience being out-of-body-experienced back to her by Sam, an alter-ego from another dimension. Man, it's amazing how much sense that doesn't make if you haven't read the comic. As a result, however, both she and Sam have seen each other's lives and understand each other's life experiences. During her period of apparent soullessness, she apparently would suck matter and tissue out of the bodies of her victims, leaving them alive .. but thoroughly physically infirm and incapacitated. She has not repeated this capability since she recovered from her berserk state. It is assumed that grievous or nigh-fatal injury or trauma might cause this frenzied state to recur.

Recently, she has been more upbeat and seems less alienated by her own condition. She's fortunate enough to have the constant support of both a lifelong friend and a dimensional alter-ego. It's always good to have people that understand you.

At the conclusion of last storyline, she was afforded the surprise capacity to look human again.. If just but for one night, anyway. The results were mixed and may have spurned a whole new wave of troubles, especially given her odd encounter with Mike and the fact that she has now become an urban legend.

Sandra still misses interaction with the outside world, which is all the more reason for her to be concerned with the troubles she had socially interacting on Halloween. Also, she's stuck wondering why Jack continues to allow himself to be burned by her, though it's easily possible that Jack could protect himself from it. Again, Jack isn't talking. Sandra has a mom, and keeps in contact with her over the phone. She probably misses being able to see her, too.

Jack has changed drastically. He's still essentially the same guy that he was before the fateful discovery of Tomie, but there was the whole matter of the loss, pain, and death he went through after Broadshoulders sucked Sandra and Crystal away from him. That changes a guy.

Now fully bonded with the tome he possesses, he has been re-awakened in an extended form: He's now Jack the Plaid, after he 'pulled a Gandalf' (A process that DuVase termed an 'ascension') and was brought back from death with a big change: the flannel shirt that he wears is now an integral part of his magical capacity. It is his totem, his element.

He's now devoted to and absorbed in wizardry, and it seems that his capacities and studies of magical matters are being increased. Jack begins to feel alienated from his previous, mundane life, but has sworn himself to the task of bringing magic back to the world - a promise he made to Dawn after the confrontation with DuVase.

He is genuinely concerned for Sandra and continues to pay penance. He might fancy himself something of a martyr, what with his willingness to sacrifice. Being versed in arcane lore, he may know more about Sandra's condition than he's willing to speak of.

His loss in the magi-net, and the subsequent period of relentless work on rescuing his friends, have revealed an inner nobility, courage, and strength of character that few possess.

He's still a pervert and a slacker, fortunately.

Crystal is in love. Awwwwwwww! She's managed to be far more than your average bubbly ditz. She's truly innocent and charming (Which gives her a profound insight on arcane matters) and seemed to rebound happily from anything the group weathered. For example, she wasn't doing so good when she thought Sandra was dead, but bounced back from that in a flash.

Ever since her torture at the hands of Tool, her previously dynamic ear adornments have become consistent: They are now tiny chain-links that were once part of the electrifying contraption she was connected to. Her knowledge of ancient Sumerian and her casual study of arcane matters (for entertainment value, originally) have had an effect - she can soul smell, and do some spell-itizin'. Also, there's her love of Lovecraft - that's just gravy.

She also wore one of Sandra's T-shirts on All Hallow's Eve. I don't know why that might possibly be important, but there you go. It's just cool.

It's astounding that she managed to be a telemarketer for so long without feeling rejection or depression, but very recently she felt lonely and evaluated the lack of a significant other in her life. Of course, she then instantly fell for Wally after meeting him on a park bridge at night ... and will likely still want to canoodle with him despite the problems going on right now as a result of him being Doyenne's omega, and all that other ... stuff.

Sam is in an interesting position, and don't expect me to make it make sense here - that's your job. He's formerly Sam Sprinkles from a cartoon show that Sandra and Crystal watched as kids, and Crystal managed to get there from limbo by wanting to be in a safe happy place - what safer than a childhood cartoon? - and hey presto, some incidents later, we've traded life-flashing-experiences and it turns out that Sam is Sandra's alter ego in an alternate dimension. His world was in the iron grip of the megalomaniacal Tool, but they dealt with that, but Sam got pulled away from his world and is now a six (four, when not counting the ears) foot tall anthropromorphic rabbit living on earth, and that's just the tiniest bit odd just perhaps kind of a little bit maybe, but he makes do. At least he's not drinking, ... as much.

Sam lived for months in his world after he had essentially lost everything he held dear, and bottomed out into a life of drifting, squatting, and drinking. Having lived for so long in this abject state, his personality is a unique combination of his former idealistic, caring self, and a more contemporary, brazen and sardonic Sam that had become bitterly resigned to fate in a time where he had nothing else to lose.

Sam has a unique talent: Being a cartoon character, he understands plot and character dynamics as they happen. He sees patterns, and instantly recognizes cliche. Of course, he can't really talk about it without confusing people who lack this fourth-wall-sixth-sense - those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music.

Tomie is a magical book far older than recorded history, the product of an unknown writer. In his own words, he has existed since long before man first folded paper. He was discovered in Sandra's attic by Jack, and promptly bonded with him. He has proven to be a loyal and faithful steward to Jack's magical endeavors. Now, he's got a problem - apparently, he wasn't ever supposed to actually care about the people he became bonded to, and has lost his way. For once in his existance as a magical tome, he doesn't know what he's going to do when he loses Jack, as Jack is the first tome-holder who has ever been a friend as opposed to an owner.

Tomie is still getting the hang of being more than a mere possession. In a moment of outspoken concern for Jack, he told Jack to awaken from meditation. Apparently, that's a big no-no for an obedient book, seeing as it is 'not his place' to make demands of his owner, but Jack continues to assert that Tomie did nothing wrong and that's what friends do. Don't they make such a cute couple?

Tomie does much better as a friend, though. With permission to make his concerns known, he wisely pointed out his unfamiliarity of DuVase's dimension, and took precautions with Jack that allowed him to avoid being consumed.

Lord Incubus was freed from 3 kajillion years of imprisonment and was all set to conquer the world and drown it in eternal flame, but he kind of got flushed down a portal construct in the form of a toilet. I think that ranks up there in the Top Ten Most Ignominious Banishments Of All Time. Rumors of his re-emergence in a hamster cage notwithstanding, his whereabouts are unknown. He's probably kicking it in a native demonic plane somewhere, probably happy to have been restored to power by Crystal's blood, and maybe not so bent on Apocalypsing the earth anymore. I say he's too astoundingly awesome of a character to dissapear forever, so tremble at the remote prospect of Lord Incubus' Second Coming!

Professor Broadshoulders appears to be sitting, watching, seeing, and waiting. This is inherently super-duper ultra mega bad news because there's no telling what kind of a stunt he might pull.

Keep in mind that this guy has his act together. He's never actually been defeated, countered, or set back in any of his dealings with Sandra and Co. - it is only providence of an astounding degree that has kept Sandra alive in the face of Broadshoulders' errant quest to eliminate her.

Broadshoulders has already displayed an impressive array of demon-proof supplies and training. Jack hypothesizes that he is an alchemist, and the last encounter between Broadshoulders and the group showed that the man knows how to wax arcane, as well.

As a skilled demonologist, (ironically) possessed with a drive to duty, a pattern of operation is beginning to emerge. As before, he will sit and observe, unseen. When he does make a move, he will ensure that he is in complete control, and will only do so when he is fairly confident that he knows what he is up against.

And it's a fairly safe bet that as he observes from the shadows, he's coming to negative conclusions about all the goings-on in town, and will likely fault Sandra. It's easy to do, as the clues that led to Broadshoulder's discovery of Sandra's survival the first time around were telephone pyrokinetics and Sandra's death threat towards Mr. Bowling. And now we have werewolves, talking rabbits, and public rumor, all associated with Sandra. From Broadshoulder's limited viewpoint, Sandra is a metaphysical rabble-rouser.

It has been wondered whether or not Broadshoulder's demonic brand (The frowny-face, given to him during a run-in with a demon long ago) is more than just a physical mark. Broadshoulders is committed, and seems to be religious, if not just versed in theological matters. He may be the slightest bit misunderstood, but in his dedication to purge demonic evil from the world, it is clear from his second run-in with Sandra that his zealous crusade is creating some ethical lapses on his part, such as his indifference to Crystal's jumping in the portal.

Also, he did mention to Jack that he did sympathize for his loss. While he certainly didn't look like he did, this may be an allusion towards a tragic event in Broadshoulder's past that turned him into such a zealot.

Mike isn't a very happy guy right now, I'll bet. From his last conversation with 'Angel', we know that his experience with Sandra has shaken him in many ways and left him haunted. His personality has been rumpled by the fact that it was his own self-centered games that got him where he is now. Poor guy. Oh well, maybe there's a next time, and maybe it will be better. He does seem to have fallen for Sandra, in that lost-dream sort of way.

Mike's original interaction with Sandra, as we recall, was when he took it upon himself to unearth the mystery behind Sandra. He was egotistical, and figured that he would have no trouble unearthing the 'psycho goth' behind the hood. Originally, she wasn't a human being so much as she was a tempting challenge.

Unfortunately for oh-so-clever Mike, it turns out that Sandra was in many ways too much of an intellectual equal, and managed to second-guess his motives. When he admitted the truth to Sandra in that alleyway, he was also admitting a lot to himself. By the time we caught up with him on Halloween, it's become obvious that his interaction with Sandra had changed him.

Mike's Pals haven't been seen hanging around Mike recently. Ralph (the guy) met Jack in the Magi-net and told him that the aliens taught him about magic, and appeared to have been one of those killed. The girl's status is unknown.

Tom 1, or Tool, no longer controls Sam's world. We know very little about what Tom really is, and can only make guesses based on eclectic bits of information. We know he went through a portal of some sort, and it seems likely that this had the tragic effect of seperating him from his soul and turning him into an antipathic looney with no spirit to guide the intellect. He was advised not to, but was apparently not the patient type. We then see a collective 'aiee' moment where (perhaps) he hurtles towards hell.

Tool enters the story when Sandra and Crystal are observed entering the world he has been stuck in. Can you say 'total information awareness'? At this point, he's pretty well established. He's got what appears to be a bionic eye, he typically works while connected to various cybernetic apparati, and uses an artificial personality construct called Jacob to regulate automated functions and act as a voice of reason when needed (Unfortunately, he's less than inclined to listen.) - and he manages things from the confines of his ridiculously large tower fortress.

He assumes, erroneously, that these visitors are the people he left behind 15 years ago. He sends forth mechanical legions and (among other things) 'kills' Sandra and apprehends Crystal, who teaches him how they ended up there.

In a non-typical conclusion to the apocalyptic confrontation between Sandra and Tool, it ends with Tom's own narrative, as he discovers where he 'has been' all along and throws himself into an apparent re-unification with his soul, launching himself from limbo into Hell.

I'd say Tool is far from gone. He's probably right in front of us ..

Tom 2, or Berserk, seems to be an alter-ego to the Tom that became known as Tool, or so Sam seems to have noticed. Anyway, he's a white werewolf, Doyenne's beta, that hasn't had time to do much of anything besides get into a fight with Sandra. If Doyenne is to be believed, Berserk is likely a brute killer.

The Guys are off doing whatever people do when they are culpable enough to believe in the Knife-Room-Bird incident. It is presumed that they are busy taking Sandra's cautionary tale in earnest and attempting to ensure that their own personal knife rooms are free of rickety ladders, nesting avians, and oily rags.

Tawny, Crystal's presumed alter ego from the alternate cartoon universe, hasn't been seen since the conclusion of the Angels storyline. It is assumed that she has been more than able to help what with the dissapearance of tool - likely she is playing a large part in the recovery of their world. Heck, maybe she even got to be a doctor! Not pictured are Ed and Rudy - Rudy got leeched, but he's alive and recuperating.

Romulex almost managed to conquer the world, but he made the mistake of trying to do this on Cartoonist's Day. Now, he's just milling around in his trailer, drinking coffee, and waiting in vain to be reintroduced.

Mr Chalk is one of the most enigmatic characters in the comic. We know we have to worry about him, we just don't know for what reason.

Whatever he/she/it is, Mr Chalk manifests himself in Sandra's dreams and is almost certainly malevolent. It is speculated that he may be an incarnation of Tom, but we have no way of knowing. His presence in Sandra's psyche is disconcerting and might be a source of problems...

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Mr. Bowling Ball Head, another shining example of the Middle Management Condition, was the first outsider to see Sandra, during a violent outburst when she couldn't get her severence pay from him. He has never turned down a request for severance pay since.

Jacob, Tool's right-hand-robot and sanity resource, was utterly thrashed by an infernal curse during his attempt to prevent the rescue of Crystal. In addition, Tool's tower was destroyed during the vortex incident after Jack pulled the nail out of his thumb. Odds are, Jacob is gone. You never know, though - computers can be cunning like that.

Krull the Magnificent soldiers professionally through the Xylyx Incident. It turns out that the spirit, resolve, and innate goodness of Krull was so much, that the supposedly loyal anti-Krull turned against its evil maker and sacrificed itself for the real Krull's freedom. The liberation of Morgus is nigh.

Faceless Man has tragically been unable to dispense valuable advice via Sandra's dreams recently, on account of Mr. Chalk's interference. He got a gig in Paragon City, though, and that passes the time.

His primary power is his 'inexplicable vision' and it's been rumored he also makes great coffee.

Harold DuVase had suceeded in his master plan to take the power of an age, unleashing his fatal trap and absorbing the essence and power of all who dwelled in his pocket universe. Yet he was unable to kill Jack ... more than once, anyway ... and unfortunately found himself defeated by a magic technicality. He was consumed by his own house scarf (which looks oddly similar to .. no, ... no, couldn't be ..), now a totem adornment of Jack the Plaid.

His fate can be summed up by how jack concluded it - wherever he doesn't want to be, that's always where he'll go.

It appears that the souls he consumed were freed from his possession in the instant of his banishment, so it remains to be seen whether or not he still possesses the power he never got a chance to use.

Harold is (or was) a powerful wizard of an unknown age; according to his exposition, he was one of the many wizards of an old generaton. According to him, most of the old-school magical powers decided at some point before the dawn of the Industrial Revolution that the age of magic was over, and dissapeared. He must have been very powerful even before his absorption, as would anyone with demon contacts, spirit guides, and the ability to forge a pocket universe through his own sheer will.

Dawn was killed by DuVase. Her parting was possibly the hardest for Jack. The issue of her apparent abuse remains unresolved, but she did indeed die with a black eye on her physical body.

In the short time that Jack knew her, he learned that she had learned magic from a gypsy at a ren faire. She had also begun manifesting herself astrally with a black eye, which indicates that she suffered abuse constantly, as her ego now manifested itself (Literal or symbolic, as Jack said) with the injuries of her physical body.

Dawn was the one who originally reccomended that people learn ventriloquism spells. Jack used one of these to good effect, slipping out of Jacob's death-trap.

Lord was also slain by DuVase, apparently. One of untold casualties. He had learned magic from his grandfather.

Nerve the juggler was also technically killed by DuVase, but it appears that the death of the physical body does not have to accompany the loss of the spirit; we last see him - or rather, his shell of a body - soulless, and confined within a mental institution.

The Mysterious White Haired Man with Cool Jacket Featuring Logo Of Author was last seen trying to find his introduction into the plot. I'm sure he'll find his way in someday.

The Robot, as it turns out, was only looking for love.

Mole was KIA.

Wally is a werewolf, and the omega in Doyenne's clan. He seems like a good guy at heart, trapped within a structure of submissiveness to the employ of Doyenne. He appears to genuinely like Crystal, and the role he will play in the upcoming conflaguration between the wolves and Sandra's gang will doubtlessly be pivotal in determining the outcome. Hopefully, this won't come between him and Crystal.

Wally's a good singer and a rather peaceable and emotive guy. Probably a good match for Crystal. Depsite being the omega, Doyenne claims that he had potential or promise, while not being overly thrilled with the prospects of her other pack-members. Coming from Doyenne, that's high praise. He might be the most powerful among her subordinates.

Is my name Stack Roberts? You'll have to decide!

Kooky the Zombie was loved like a brother. Until the septic leakage became a serious issue with all involved.

Rage and Cage, most demonic whatevers of all dark dread, featured here colored at the expense of my wrist, were thoroughly owned by a surprisingly pain-resisitant Jack and de-summoned back to the hells from whence they came. There, they shall doubtlessly have many an age to ruminate on being owned so effortlessly by a half-dead opponent.

Maybe next time, they won't be so cocky.

'Contacts' summoned by DuVase to do his dirty work in killing Jack, they appear to have been a lower 'class' of demons that Jack knew how to unsummon. He did this by poking their eyes out, or something. It's unknown how well Jack would have done had he been prepared for the confrontation, but to their credit, Rage and Cage seemed to have killed Jack. It's just ironic that an ascension was exactly what Jack needed to defeat DuVase.

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Pluto and Snoopy have had a sad run, so far. They are an embarrasment to the species, having gotten whipped multiple times in multiple circumstances. I mean, they looked all scary at first, but now we begin to understand that they are essentially sissyfeather pansies in wolves' clothing. I'm serious, it's because of guys this tender that the airlines have to take nail clippers from 80 year old grandmothers, you know. Because if that granny got on board a plane full of guys this astoundingly wussy, while armed with a nail file, it'd be all over.

Well, okay, maybe they aren't really wusses, but Sam's sure made it look that way. They are the intermediate members of Doyenne's pack, and so far we haven't been able to learn much about them. Maybe they are more interesting than we know now, but Doyenne seems to regard them as failures, little more than brute killers. In the wolf world, this means they were to be 'slated for decomission', as it were.

The Boy Who Is Always In Front Of Sandra's House At The Wrong Time continues to cross the street before passing that residence .. just in case.

Emily Crig ate $20 in ill-gotten ice cream recently, and now thinks that people have the wrong impression of demons.

Doyenne is powerful. Astoundingly powerful, in fact, to the point where her subordinates don't even rank on the scale of her power magnitude. She is at this moment attempting to get Crystal to join her pack, and is experiencing trite and momentary difficulties which regrettably is requiring her to thoroughly maim all the good guys. So far, she's threshed the opposition like so much impudent wheat, before a scythe. A scythe of evil.

Also, her teeth are scary.

More to the point, Doyenne is a werewolf Alpha of unknown age. She was apparently attracted to Sandra and co. by the ability to sense the metaphysical activity in the area. Werewolves respect strength first and foremost, and simply failing to ward your territory is an open invitation to do whatever you want.

She came originally for entertainment, likely, and has decided that Crystal is a viable candidate for being introduced into her clan. Apparently, a 'self destructive' period in her past has removed her capacity to have children, and she can only increase her pack via volunteers. She says this seldom works, so there's no telling how many previous underlings she's .. uh, laid off.

To understand Doyenne's modus operandi, we have to be more culturally relativist and not simply see her as an 'evil hellbitch'. Werewolf social dynamic is apparently complicated, and not so inclined to respect the ethics or laws of greater humankind. For instance, she doesn't think much about the need to 'cull' her herd by killing nonproductive members who failed to live up to expectations.

Alex Dunn is not expected to have lasting scars, but will keep a lasting impression of the importance of matrimonial accord.

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