How To Make A Fully Digital Graphic Novel Step 2 - Design characters that are unique Let's meet our characters: Nevv, the Armageddon Express bike courier A child of The Aftermath, Nevv grew up in the arid wastes of the Barren Sea region. Working as a courier for Armageddon Express, a parcel delivery service connecting Wrecktown with other settlements in the Barren Sea region, she spends her days pedaling across a region that was once completely under water. With legs like tree trunks and the aerobic capacity of a racehorse, Nevv rides her modded fat-tire bike over 100 miles every day as she shuttles mail and other small items across the arid wastes of the Barren Sea. It's a dangerous job filled with risk -- avoiding lawless marauders, massive sandstorms, and keeping the rubber side down. But, she likes the job, loves her bike and the daily workout, and relishes the solitude. Klink, the Wrecktown mechanic A broken world needs fixers and that's Klink, Wrecktown's mechanic. The great grandson of The Old Ship's chief engineer, Klink makes sure that Wrecktown keeps on running. It's not an easy job. Wind turbines need constant cleaning and oiling. Well pumps and moisture gatherers require daily maintenance. Hammering. Patching. Welding. You name it, he does it. Plus, he eagerly repairs any Wasterunner or Militia vehicles when they roll into town, gears grinding, transmissions whining, and pipes belching smoke. But, he drops everything when the town courier's massive quads wreak havoc on her bike, bending its frame or snapping its chain.Yeah, he's got a crush: Nevv. Stork, the Armageddon Express dispatcher "When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around" and Wrecktown's serial entrepreneur, Stork, learned at a very young age how to make something out of almost nothing. The owner and dispatcher of Armageddon Express, he knows a valuable resource when he sees one. With the only reliable form of communication between settlements being person-to-person delivery, Stork's delivery service helps ensure that medical supplies, books, blueprints, seeds, news, and gossip are regularly exchanged between settlements of the Barren Sea region. So, when he first saw Nevv and her insanely muscled quads and calves, he immediately hired her, gave her a bike, and let her do what she does best: ride. Fast. Brother Tripp, the Keeper When you dine with gods, the leftovers themselves are a feast and so it is with everything that was not destroyed in The Aftermath. Brother Tripp knows this all too well. A member of the quasi-religious monastic order, the Hand of The Great Architect, he travels across the wastes searching for remnants of knowledge and technology from the time before The Aftermath. Known to the people of the Barren Sea region as Keepers, Brother Tripp pursues his order's mission with unbridled enthusiasm. A regular visitor to the settlements, he heals the sick and injured, teaches reading and writing to children, and combs through the piles of wreckage, trash, and debris that are in no short supply. Collecting objects both common and rare, Brother Tripp sends his most significant findings to the Order's monastery at the edge of the Barren Sea where they will be carefully repaired, meticulously cataloged and safely stored for use by future generations. Shay, Captain in the Regional Militia When your job is to stand between the surging tide of chaos and destruction and the fragile remnants of human civilization, you must be willing to sacrifice yourself to protect all that remains of humanity. It takes a hero to play that role. That’s Shay. As a captain in the regional militia, Shay is responsible for defending settlements like Wrecktown from marauding bands of raiders. She’s a no-nonsense woman — smart, tough, and deadly. Respected by her friends and feared by her enemies, Shay is just the kind of person you want on your side when you are about to step into the battle for the future of humanity. Thrown together by chance, the future of the human race is in their hands. Literally. Welcome to Armageddon Express. Wait. You've never heard of Armageddon Express? It's a post-apocalyptic adventure/comedy/musical/mystery with bicycles, classic 80's hits, muscles, broccoli, goons, and lots of four-letter-words that sound like obscenities, but aren't. Confused? Think Mad Max meets Mama Mia! in a bar, they hook up, and nine months later their love child is Napoleon Dynamite. Yeah, it's kinda like that. Book 1 of Armageddon Express is available NOW in print and digital versions at Blurb.com and Book 2 is coming soon! #ScienceFiction #DystopianFuture #PostApocalyptic #Armageddon #Express