I wanted to draw a little section in this "who's who" to this set of characters. Namesake is a story carried a lot by siblings. Warrick and Selva, all the Crewes, and the "Gales" (technically, only Emily is a "Gale" but we tend to talk about Kansas Emily and Emma as the Gale sisters). We got a whole chapter that just ended with the Gales, that was really fun to write and draw.

Sb hasn't gotten to do much yet, but she has been as defiant as Emma and Elaine where she could. She isn't sheltered - she saw the whole world happen while being trapped in Emma's brain, she's as fighty as her sisters. She's been trying to get Emma to be less hesitant in general. Sb's little nudges to the plot crack me up. She may be a somewhat tragic figure, but she won't back down!

• My favorite SB nudging Emma scene :

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/not-alone-in-your-mind

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/leave-me-alone-to-die

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/teen-rebellion

Oh, Ben. We love Ben. He hasn't been a super active player in the story as he tends to be low drama. His job is to be an anchor for his friends. The sequence where he wakes up Emma after Calliope decided to put her in stasis remains one of my absolute favorites. What a guy.

• Here's the best Ben scene! SB is actually there too.

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/there-you-are

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/out

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/please

• Also, while Ben is non-magical, let's remember he's got an affinity for it!

    https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/you39re-hired

I love Whisper a lot. He's written as a bit of a scaredy cat because his two previous lives died tragically. Chester - the cheshire cat we all know and love from the original Alice in Wonderland tale - was killed by Ina in a jealous rage. Jasper, the life after that, was killed by Bird when she switched to the side of the Rippers. That's two very rough deaths. As such, Whisper is a softer, more meek little kitty. I think the scene where he gets rejected by Inkbell is the funniest one with him. Inkbell is totally a human and not at all a cheshire cat, after all, why would she bother with him?

• Chester's death with Alice Liddell:

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/when-there39s-ink-there39s-

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/taken-by-shadows

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/all-your-fault

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/freed-from-the-cage

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/sister-vs-sister

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/struggle

• Jasper's death with Alice Purcell:

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/the-death-of-jasper

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/no-other-choice

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/alice-vs-vanessa

• Inkbell being kinda mean:

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/inkbell

        https://www.namesakecomic.com/comic/human-person

Dorothy is so gorgeous in this page. I love drawing Dorothy. She is definitely more of a background character. We didn't want her to take the story away from the currently namesakes, but she is a bit of a cool ghost haunting the narrative.