By now, we’ve learned quite a bit about that strange boy who keeps appearing (and disappearing) on Conny, sometimes to leave mystical clues, sometimes to help out, sometimes just to hang out. The thing with ghosts is, they usually disappear as soon their story is exposed. Conny has learned to accept that, since she met […]
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Who’s Who? Amaya
It’s been a while since I’ve added a new face to my Who’s Who gallery, and this one has been burning a hole into my to-do list for quite a while now. Amaya is about the only girl in school (except for Conny) who’s not afraid of monsters. Other than Conny, though, her reason is […]
Who’s Who? Mina
Okay, one more… Mina is Conny’s first and best friend at her first school. (Okay, the only one.) They hang out during every break, always in the library. Conny doesn’t mind that nobody but her seems to know Mina, that she always seems to appear out of nowhere or that they never meet anywhere else. […]
Who’s Who? Conny’s Ma
She tries her best to be a supportive mother, even though you can’t say she ‘gets’ Conny. Is the monster thing just a phase like the imaginary (she thinks) friend phase, or is it a serious delusion? And what’s with all the fighting? Well, at least, with all the backtalking and stubbornness, you can say […]
What’s What? The Goblins
Underneath Conny’s house, connected to the upper world only through a food chute that leads from Conny’s room to the kitchen and further down, way down below, there’s a cave which leads to a mysterious underworld, populated by goblins, one of which you see pictured here. Conny met them right when she moved in and […]
Who’s Who? The District Manager
Most neighborhoods have one individual who considers herself indispensable and makes pretty sure nothing goes on without her knowledge. Most of these people are sheer amateurs compared to this one. We first met her when she sold the Van Ehlsing house to Conny’s mum. This isn’t just her day job. She also lives in the […]
Who’s Who? Kevin
Kevin, more than any other character, is what his parents make him. A sophisticated mix of drugs designed to make him calmer, smarter and friendlier makes sure of that. It also makes him sort of braindead, and since that zombie incident the dose has been reduced. He even sometimes makes complete sentences now.* This is […]
Who’s Who? Tim
Of all of Conny’s friends, Tim can probably best described as “the normal one”. He’s a sports fan and computer gamer, a mostly quiet kid who has a hard time being torn between his friendships with Conny and Gaijin. Strangely, between him and Gaijin, he’s the one I can picture having a samurai sword on […]
Who’s Who? Gaijin
Gaijin is one of my favorite characters. Right away when I first introduced him as a potentially disposable supporting character in Tales From The Sandpit, I knew he’d be back. Because he’s just so much fun to write. Gaijin (he hates it when you call him that, btw) is a big fan of all things […]
Who’s Who? Conny
Of course, any good gallery of a comic’s major characters should start with the main protagonist. Even though she’s usually the one who’s least in need of an introduction. Conny started hunting monsters on her first day of school. Or at least that’s how legend has it. Truth is, the first year of school, before […]