Please note that characters’ status and bios contain spoilers.
Primary Characters
Name: StewartStatus: Alive
Weapon: Machete
First Appearance: Episode 4
Bio: Stewart was a high school student prior to the outbreak, and it shows. The youngest and cockiest of the group, what Stewart lacks in experience and intelligence, he makes up for in aggression and the desire to lead. He butts heads frequently with Cheryl, with whom he appears to be slightly infatuated.
Additional Notes: The four original primary characters have names that start with an “S” sound in honor of the webcomic that inspired me, The Adventures of S Team.
Name: CherylStatus: Alive
Weapon: Baseball Bat
First Appearance: Episode 4
Bio: Cheryl considers herself the smartest in the group. She’s very cautious, and prefers to stay put and try to fortify rather than running out in the open. Cheryl is often at odds with Stewart.
Additional Notes: The four original primary characters have names that start with an “S” sound in honor of the webcomic that inspired me, The Adventures of S Team.
Name: ShannonStatus: Deceased
Weapon: Hatchet
First Appearance: Episode 4
Bio: An executive administrator at an insurance firm, Shannon is the most social of the group. She’s often the first to greet new characters and, like Sam, Shannon usually tries to act as the group’s peacekeeper, although she takes sides more often. Shannon is also the most likely to put the group at risk to help someone in need. Shannon was bitten by a zombie in Episode 138.
Additional Notes: The four original primary characters have names that start with an “S” sound in honor of the webcomic that inspired me, The Adventures of S Team.
Name: SamStatus: Alive
Weapon: Crowbar
First Appearance: Episode 4
Bio: A mid-forties software developer, Sam is shy and timid. He is often cowed into schemes by others in the group because he cannot assert himself. Since he doesn’t like conflict, Sam often intervenes to calm Stewart and Cheryl. The rest of the group distrusts Sam after he freaked out and refused to help Stewart until Stewart apologized for treating Sam poorly.
Additional Notes: The four original primary characters have names that start with an “S” sound in honor of the webcomic that inspired me, The Adventures of S Team.
Name: MurphyStatus: Alive
Weapon: Rifle (no ammo) and semi-automatic pistol
First Appearance: Episode 13 (Background)
Bio: The lone survivor from the police department’s SWAT team, Murphy was trapped inside an apartment and contemplating suicide until our heroes showed up. He is looking for someone, but we don’t know who or why.
Additional Notes: Murphy is named after Robocop.
Secondary Characters
Name: GeneStatus: Alive
Weapon: Magnum revolver
First Appearance: Episode 15
Bio: A producer at the local news station, Gene is shrewd and clever but often considered too direct to the point of rudeness. After losing power, Gene organized Ted and Jeff, ensured everyone was armed, and led them out of the station.
Additional Notes: I picked the name Gene because I thought it sounded like a producer’s name. I still do.
Name: TedStatus: Alive
Weapon: Hammer
First Appearance: Episode 1
Bio: The anchor at the local news station. Ted is extremely career focused and generally comes across well on camera, however he isn’t terribly intelligent and often fails to grasp the whole situation. He also has a very nasty cowardly streak. Ted left with Gene and Jeff after the station lost power.
Name: JeffStatus: Infected
Weapon: Chainsaw
First Appearance: Episode 15
Bio: The news station’s camera man, Jeff is clearly just working for the paycheck. Jeff was bitten by a zombie while trying to find the station’s electrical generator. He left with Gene and Ted, but probably won’t last long.
Additional Notes: Jeff is the first named character to get infected.
Name: Inez LouisStatus: Unknown
Weapon: None
First Appearance: Episode 2
Bio: A field reporter who was assigned to do a story on the safe zone. Has not been seen since the safe zone was overrun by zombies.
Name: ClarkStatus: Unknown
Weapon: Spear
First Appearance: Episode 29
Bio: A former used car loan officer, Clark fancies himself to be a survivalist. Because he sees himself as completely self reliant, he often looks down on those who are more dependant on society. Clark also seems to lack social graces, and comes across as more than a little creepy. Last seen at his campsite in the woods.
Additional Notes: Clark is named after Clark W. Griswald and William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Name: Dr. StevensStatus: Zombie
Weapon: None
First Appearance: Episode 100
Bio: Dr. Stevens was the doctor on call in the emergency room when the first zombie patient arrived. While attending to his patients he was bitten on the neck and died from blood loss. He reanimated a short time later and attacked Officer Skinner along with his former patients.
Additional Notes: Any relation to Chris Doyle of Brick House is purely coincidental.
Name: BarbStatus: Alive
Weapon: Shovel
First Appearance: Episode 100
Bio: Barb is the only survivor from the hospital, where the zombie outbreak appears to have originated in town. She fled the room while Officer Skinner was devoured. Barb recently came across the news crew, who came to the hospital looking for medical help for their bitten camera man.
Name: Officer Mike SkinnerStatus: Deceased (Possibly zombified)
Weapon: Semi-automatic pistol
First Appearance: Episode 100
Bio: Officer Skinner arrived at the hospital with the first zombie patient and his infected partner. Officer Skinner prevented Dr. Stevens from work on a grievously wounded patient to ensure that his partner, John, would be helped. That patient turned into a zombie and attacked Skinner and the doctor. Officer Skinner was killed a short time later.
Additional Notes: Mike Skinner is named after B.F. Skinner.
Name: Unknown (Prisoner)Status: Alive
Weapon: Combat shotgun
First Appearance: Episode 44
Bio: This prisoner, presumably the leader of a gang of three escapees, showed up with his buddies to loot supplies from the overrun safe zone. They took everything that wasn’t nailed down and escaped in a panel truck. When they realized Murphy was there, they attempted to gun him down.
Additional Notes: The prisoners were inspired by the short-lived CBS show Jericho. In the show some escaped prisoners held a couple principal characters hostage, but the situation was quickly and violently resolved. I always thought that could have been milked for more drama.
Name: Unknown (Prisoner)Status: Alive
Weapon: MP5 submachine gun
First Appearance: Episode 45
Bio: This prisoner apparently has some military experience, as he talks about being trained to shoot for center mass. Despite – or perhaps because of – this training, he appears to follow orders well. We don’t know how he lost his eye, but it doesn’t appear to affect his accuracy.
Additional Notes: The prisoners were inspired by the short-lived CBS show Jericho. In the show some escaped prisoners held a couple principal characters hostage, but the situation was quickly and violently resolved. I always thought that could have been milked for more drama.
Name: Unknown (Prisoner)Status: Alive
Weapon: MP5 submachine gun
First Appearance: Episode 45
Bio: This prisoner doesn’t get much dialog, but he’s quick to advise his compatriot on how to deal with the undead horde who are slowly surrounding them.
Additional Notes: The prisoners were inspired by the short-lived CBS show Jericho. In the show some escaped prisoners held a couple principal characters hostage, but the situation was quickly and violently resolved. I always thought that could have been milked for more drama.
Misc. Characters
Name: ScrimshawStatus: Unknown (Presumably dead since he’s from the 1800s)
Weapon: Harpoons
First Appearance: Scrimshaw’s Scruvy Scallawags – Episode 1
Bio: Scrimshaw is the captain of the Dutch whaling ship The Albatross. He and his stout crew harvest whales to ensure a steady supply of lamp oil and other whale-related items.
Additional Notes: Scrimshaw is named for the art of scrimshaw, which involves intricate carvings on whale bones and ivory, often depicting scenes of whaling.
Name:DaveStatus: Alive
Weapon: The awesome power to alter the world of Bricks of the Dead as he sees fit
First Appearance: Guest Strip Intro
Bio: By day, Dave works for a small web development company, but by night he fights crime on the streets of old Detroit– no, wait. He just runs a silly little webcomic made out of LEGO® people. Regardless, he is not to be triffled with.
Additional Notes: Dave almost stepped on a very large alligator in Mexico. He was married the next day.
Great
I realy like the characters’ description 
Looks like I needed this page – I thought that the news producer was Ted and the anchorman was Gene
You have me second-guessing myself; I just went back and checked the archives and I did have it right.
Boy, that would have been embarrassing.
Thank you thank you thank you!! Dude, I totally forgot about the news crew at the station.
Hah, don’t forget too much; those guys will be showing back up sooner or later.
Dont’ forget John, Skinner’s friend. And Scrimshaw. And you! (same ep. as Scrimshaw)
Good call! I’ll have to add those.
Okay, I added myself and everyone’s favorite character, Scrimshaw. I’ll have to find or take a photo of John though.
Very nice! After reading through more than 100 episodes in one day, I had no idea Clark and Stewart were supposed to be different people. Gets a little confusing with the same face design.
This clears a lot of stuff up!
And are you saying you married the alligator?!?
In hindsight, the same face was a bad idea. That face is just so douche-y though that it fit the character
yeah i use to think clark was stewart from the future i read 1 to 103 in 2 or 3 days thank you dave where is stewarts face from in his bio picture?
also i hope everybody see this.
Hah, no time travel or anything like that here. Other than the zombies, the Bricks of the Dead world is supposed to be just like ours.
So there’s no super-speed building super-imaginative constructions going on around?
Your missing the most important awesome character ever possible to assemble and create!
Calicade Otis Schneider the ultima survivor… They say he was born from Chuck Norris’s beard hair as it landed and planted itself with in the womb of a Dragon which birthed the egg in which put itself inside of a volcano which exploded and released the all mighty Calicade. … Oh wait that’s Scientology, sorry.
(On a quick note for Status on Dave you should put Omnipresent Lego Master)
Hah, I can only imagine the carnage-filled comic you’d create Calicade. In fact, I’m going to keep that in mind for the next time I go on vacation and need some guest strips.
I do actually, oddly enough, enjoy writing. I’m not fully carnage though I can scramble up a really hell bent battle scene as well the details I put into death and what not are borderline insanity.(In other words it seems as if I had done it myself) But that’s all because I study everything before I even think of writing it out.
As well I procrastinate so much I can’t even begin on my Story of Calicade Otis Schneider.
Bad idea Dave. The cast’ll be dead by the third panel.
Most like, yeah.
Nah.. Just with out a few body parts.
It would be so cool if you made bios of some of the comic fans! Like Calicade, tyler, and Adelaide C. F.! It would be fun!
That’s kind of a cool idea. If you guys want to post bios in the comments, have at it!
Think I might put up a bio.. Once I find the page I first commented on, and as well get the time to do it.
my bio:
username:tyzan8
past username(s):tyer
bio:11 year old homeschooled kid with too much free time.
interests:lego(no duh).
comics i read:botd(duh),zombe outbrick,the misadventures of the trailer park trio and reasonably clever.
Sounds like a fun, haha
Let’s see if I can think up a good ‘bio’
Plus, Dave, you have awesome abs!
If only that were true in real life.
The prisoners!! LMAO!
Hah, yeah. I kind of overlooked those guys before.
Also, I think there is a little typo in that gang leader’s description.
It says: When they realized Murphy was they they attempted to gun him down.
Aaand fixed. Thanks for pointing that out.
Man, I’m just a typo machine lately. I need to work on my editing.
i hate to ask this but where is the shirtless prisoners head from?
I believe it’s from a Wild West set.
thanks!
Okay, I think Dave forgot two people: The two as yet unnamed ambulance officers who bought both cases in on Episode 100.
After they left, we have absolutely no idea what their fate was!
I don’t know if those characters will ever get revisited. Like the cops in the safe zone at the beginning they’re basically just there short term.
You’ll think of something! People like those two are the kind you fall back on when a situation calls for something unexpected! Like the gang’s getaway plan which will be going horribly wrong sometime after Monday! Or whatever!
This is true. It’s always nice to have a fallback.
Name: BuilderNate
Status: alive
Weapon: Ak47
First Appearence: A comment
The young boy grew up in the small town of LA. He enjoyed playing manning games like shoot a brain and run away from horde. Who knew these games would help him as he was growing up. On his sixteenth birthday an infection broke out, turning everyone into blood thirsty zombies. Some how he didn’t get the infection. He is now one of the most well known zombie killers in the world! His idol Is Dave for all his great advice. Additional notes: He once shot a zombie bird
What do you think of it
Not bad at all!
Thanks
The “A” of your additional notes is not bold. Just thought you should know.
Fixed now. Thanks for the head’s up!
Name: Calicade Otis Schneider
Status: In the jungles of Africa taking down a warlord for a high bounty
Weapon: Mk14EBR, M1911, Bowie knife, hugs, and a big fluffeh pillow.
First Appearance: Ha!
Bio: Born in Oklahoma, Calicade(Ben) always knew he would grow up to be a mercenary.. Or the first honest politician in history. His passion for guns, zombies, and chicken Alfredo may or may not stop him from his impending future! See what happens next in ‘Dun de dun dun!’ Generic named Adventures!…. Right… In truth is the above average intelligent 17 years of age teenage boy (Man clearly) that fakes his sanity and plans for the zombie apocalypse for the majority of his day. He loves guns, zombies, chicken Alfredo, and anything to do with politics. An aspiring writer he enjoys slamming his head against the wall to get it working again. Lets hope for humanity his minds creativity starts working again.
Additional notes: Can fly, leap over tall buildings in a single dance move, and enjoys a nice cup of coffee with cookies.
I guess you can change the Nurse’s card now.
I’m half-expecting Jeff’s status to just suddenly turn ingto “Turning…”
I’m half-expecting it to change to “On his last stand.”
Don’t forget the people from the bonus features episodes
Do you guys want to see that? Most of these people will be in a single comic, and that’s it.
You do realize how much trouble you get into from the screen actors guild if “Zombie number 8″ doesn’t get his credit. Take this seriously, Dave.
Don’t mess with them.
Hey Dave i’m new so i would first like to say great job on Bricks of the Dead. I really love it! Also i don’t know if you know but Brickarms has really cool weapons the Advanced Recon Carbine(ARC) Heavy Assult Carbine(HAC), m3 Grease gun, and the Browning m1919 mounted machine gun. You should check those out on G.I.brick. Aso when are Steward and the gang going to make an appearance?
Thank you, Exterminator136!
I’ve definitely been checking out the new BrickArms; I’ll probably pick a few up when the budget allows (I want a minigun too, but I just can’t see how I’d use it in the strip).
We’ll see Stewart and co. again on Monday. The arc with the News Crew is over now.
You should put who the character’s ‘actors’ are from the behing the scenes strips.
That’s a good idea! I’ll throw that field in there sometime next week when I get some time.
I guess It’s time to update!
what about the hazmat people
Time to update again!
I agree time to update