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Chapter 01: Evolve or Die

by admin on November 11th, 2010

Hi all – this week there is no new page. Due to personal issues, Nilah was unable to complete today’s page. Instead, this is the cover for our printed book for Chapter 1 – by Heather Graham. The logo was designed by Ramon Ramos and colored by Heather.

A reminder, we’ll be at Gobble Con from November 19th-21st in the Artist Alley/Vendor room with these very books! And hopefully we’ll finally figure out the problem of paypal overcharging shipping so that we can get the store functioning on the site as well. In the meantime, if you’re reading this and would really like a copy or two of the first chapter, then shoot me an e-mail at ShapeshifterStudios@cybergen2027.com and I will arrange something for you. They go for $5 each plus shipping. :)

Gobble gobble.

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Jade

by admin on November 16th, 2010

Hey all – Nilah is still unable to complete any pages for the time being. Here is a picture of Jade on a photoshoot – asking for your forgiveness. Jade is a Goldenkid – the rich kids of the Corporate Head Haunchos. Jade himself, though, tends to hang out with the Yellowjackets as he rather prefers the company of boardpunks.

Art, once again, by Heather Graham. This is an older sketch of him, and in its full form, includes a Lady Gaga-esque prison guard.

Don’t forget, though, that Shapeshifter Studios will be at Gobble Con in Milford, Connecticut this weekend!

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Welcome!

by admin on November 18th, 2010

With birds I share this lonely view…

Hey everyone. We’re slated to begin posting pages again next Tuesday. Until then, here’s a sketch by Heather Graham of Comet.

Gobble-Con in Milford, CT starts tomorrow! Look for Shapeshifter Studios on Saturday and Sunday – as Friday we will be there late and may not set up at all ^^

If you’re here from Gobble-Con – welcome! We hope you enjoy CyberGen 2027.

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Comet Potter

by admin on December 2nd, 2010

In honor of the new Harry Potter movie, Comet’s cosplaying in the movie theater. Of course, in 2027 the movie is in full virtual reality territory, but we’re going for a throw back in this image anyway considering this movie is out now and not in 2027 :P

After a very rough November, and just as she was about to build up a buffer of pages, Nilah’s monitor died. We should be back again on Tuesday without any further delays. Many apologies in the meantime – and I hope you enjoy Heather’s image of Comet. ^_^

Here’s my review of Gobble-Con 2010!

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Gobble-Con 2010

by admin on December 2nd, 2010

Gobble-Con was a first year convention held in Milford, Connecticut, you guessed it, right around Thanksgiving. I had said that Intervention would be the last for this year, but as I was printing off our first chapter books for Intervention, I met Don. Don gave me a business card for Gobble-Con, and I kept it tucked into my pocket. Little did I know that Don was also basically the chairperson (or acting chair, as it be) for the convention. I checked out the convention a bit later, and, since they were local, I gave it a shot. I was not disappointed.

The convention was a small first year con with around 300 people attending – which is more than they were expecting. I recognized a few vendors from Connecticon, like Poisoned Apple Studios with handmade hats with animal ears and So & Sew Plushies. There were so many people with Poisoned Apple’s hats running around the con. There were also a ton of cosplayers.

Lisa Furukawa played an impromptu performance of vocals with piano at the registration table. When I first heard the piano, I left the vendor room as if lured there. I sat down to listen. Her song “Fuel” was exactly what I needed to hear right then, and Lisa’s playing and singing are amazing. She reminded me of Tori Amos, and sure enough, she also loves Tori. She played ‘Winter’ in Japanese for anyone who would listen. I listened.

The convention was a bit pricey for the amount of programming they had, but I think that as the convention grows, it will definitely earn that price tag. I’m certain that could they have lowered the price, they would have. The thing about Gobble-Con is that the staff was very accommodating and efficient. Don and Rhonda came around and spoke to every vendor and staffer personally. I’ve never been to a convention that felt so friendly and close-knit simply because someone took the time to check in with everyone. I felt welcome and supported. It was like being part of a family of strangers for a short while.

Gobble-Con also netted me the best business of any convention this year. That’s not to say that I cashed in here, but it was definitely an improvement in sales over any other convention I hit up in 2010. What can I say, I loved Gobble-Con. It’s local, it’s intimate, and I look forward to going back next year. Thanks to all who made it a great time. Special thanks to Fred for manning the table with me. You were responsible for the good times just as much if not more than anyone else.

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Why no children in Night City got presents…

by admin on January 13th, 2011

They’re ultra late (because the scanner was broken), but also because Comet and Jade refused to pull everyone else’s weight. It’s the one year the Yellowjackets were on a reality show. “Take over manning Santa’s operation Christmas night!” Put one dysfunctional group together and voila – instant entertainment.

The drive for donations to help End Human Trafficking is still going strong! And good news: Nilah’s image of Kerrigan Ripshaw is now included! If you bought the wallpaper before and want the version that includes Nilah’s image of our upcoming badass, e-mail me the wallpaper you downloaded at cybergen2027@gmail.com and I’ll send you the new one.

In addition, we have a really cool wallpaper featuring Kerrigan, in full size, on an awesome bg with our logo that you can have if you donate $5 or more. Just send the receipt, once again, to cybergen2027@gmail.com. And tell your friends about the drive! Adam Hughes donated art, Crystal Yates of Earthsong, Sarah Ellerton of Inverloch. There’s Bear Nuts. Dreamland Chronicles. Chances are any comic fan will love it. And everyone who donates 5 bucks or more is welcome to a copy of the Kerrigan background whether or not they’re CyberGen fans. It’s just that cool. Here, I’ll show you a preview.

We’ll be back next week with a new page on Tuesday!

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Thank You CyberGen Fans!

by admin on January 26th, 2011

Thank You!

The donations drive to End Human Trafficking has ended and together we raised 5,000 dollars! I’d like to thank Lora Innes of The Dreamer Comic both for putting together a project as large and complex as The Comic Creators Alliance, and for taking the extra time to include Kerrigan when the character decided to run off into the internet before she could be included. Nilah and I are grateful for her help, and I sincerely admire her ambition and compassion in putting together something of this magnitude solely to help others in need. I’m happy and proud to have been a part of this project, and I am proud of every single CyberGen fan or friend who has donated to this worthwhile cause. Together we raised $5,000!

I also wanted to say thank you to everyone who takes their time to read our comic and keep coming back. If I’ve never met you, heard from you, and I don’t know that you’re reading, I still very much appreciate you, and I hope we use your valuable time in a way that satisfies you.

A special and heartfelt thank you to CyberSensei, Booper101, Wright1, Elnixda, Bri, Jonathan, and Jennifer Z. Smith for your comments! We love hearing what you have to say. Even those we haven’t heard from in quite awhile like Duncan, Marianna, Ted, Steph, and Darrin! We miss you!

And a very special thank you to my mother who has always been completely supportive and who donated to the Comic Creators Alliance. Love you, mom.

Special Announcement

I know that quite a few of you I’ve heard from are players or Game Masters of the CyberGeneration game. I want to know more about your characters and your campaigns! Do you have a picture of your character(s)? Send it to me! I’ll be happy to include it in our gallery. Our characters are only one thread in the tapestry of characters that make up the CyberGeneration – yours are all of the others!

For anyone who doesn’t know how to draw or who doesn’t know an artist who will draw for them, Heather has graciously volunteered to draw your characters for you for a limited time! Just send in their description to cybergen2027 @ gmail.com (no spaces), and she’ll get cracking on them right away. She’ll only be able to work on them until she has to start chapter 3, so hurry!

Don’t draw or want your character drawn? How about writing? Tell us a story about your character(s). What’ve they been up to? What’d they once do? If you write us up a fiction story of any length featuring your character(s), we’ll post it in our Night City Stories section. Every CyberGeneration character’s story is a Night City Story. And for that matter, is your character from a different city? Let us know that too! Juves from all over the globe are welcome. E-mail me at the same e-mail address as above.

Don’t play CyberGeneration yet but want to participate? Sure! We can give you a basic list of yogangs (the different classes or ‘gangs’ of kids) to choose from, and if you want your character to be an Alchemist or a Wizard, we can do that for you too. ^_^

My goal is to get to know all of you and the juves in the CyberGeneration even just a little bit better. Thank you all once again. ^_^

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CyberGen 2027′s One-Year Anniversary

by admin on May 31st, 2011
CyberGen 2027′s One-Year Anniversary

Hi all, it’s our one year anniversary! So it seems fitting that I’m here to tell you about some major changes in the way things are done around here.

I’m very grateful to everyone who reads and especially to those who comment. It means a great deal to me that you are looking forward to following my characters as they get themselves in and out of trouble in Night City. Thank you all, as always.

Here’s the deal: I’m going to be transforming this comic into a more text-based format. Somewhat like an illustrated serialized novel, if you will. Illustrations are still slated to appear, but they will be much less frequent. I cherish both chapter one and chapter two, and I think Heather and Nilah’s chapters are fantastic. The reasoning for the change is manifold. The first and best reason is that I believe that working in text will enable the story to come to you much quicker and in more detail than it ever could as a webcomic. I believe text touches upon senses which are much easier to convey through the written word as opposed to imagery. Really, all I’m doing here is expounding the virtues of written stories, but this applies to CyberGen 2027 in particular because as I’ve gone ahead with the story, I’ve realized that it’s got a much greater scope and depth than I initially counted on. I want to convey all of that to you as best I am able.

Oh and just in case there’s any doubt: when the story begins again it will pick up where it left off with Comet joining Jade and Mydnight as Raptors.

And don’t worry about Heather and Nilah. Heather’s pursuing acting, and Nilah, with her degree in animation, is going for her first love: the animation field! You may still see their art here from time to time, if they’ve got room in their schedules for us.

However, all of these changes require a lot of working parts to fall into place – including legal odds and ends. To that end, I don’t know when exactly I will be able to post again – I am hoping it will be sometime in June, but that may not be the case. I will of course announce our return on Twitter, the RSS Feed, and Facebook, but should you find that you don’t like/don’t have/don’t frequent those methods of keeping in touch, you can feel free to send your e-mail address to shapeshifterstudios @ Cybergen2027.com. I will e-mail you ONE TIME ONLY to let you know when we’re back online. So don’t worry about getting inundated in updates.

In the meantime, I will continue to post the color pages as they arrive – and Nilah is working on a cover for chapter 2. This Thursday, I will be posting an image and a profile of Bri’s CyberGeneration character, as drawn by Heather. The offer to draw other denizens of Night City (or Denver or Daytona or whatever city you find yourself trying to escape in 2027) is still on the table. If you have a CyberGeneration character, send their description to the e-mail address above!

And while we’re on the subject of CyberGeneration the roleplaying game, I’m very pleased to announce that I am currently working as a writer for Jonathan Lavallee of Firestorm Ink on Version 3 of the main sourcebook. ^_^ If you have ideas, send them our way, we’re eager to hear your thoughts, suggestions, or wishes for the third version of my favorite roleplaying game.

Lots of changes, lots of writing to do, a little waiting. I am happy to have had you along on our journey so far, and if you choose to stay, I will welcome you with open arms. If not, then peace be with you and all of the best on your path.

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What’s Going On?

by admin on August 11th, 2011

Hi again everyone – it’s been awhile, hasn’t it? After I saw Herckuleon’s comment asking when the next chapter would be out, I decided it was high time to let you in on what’s going on in my neck of the woods. ^_^ So when is the next chapter coming out?

The answer to that is…! I don’t know. Right now, I’m actually still in contract negotiations for both the novel and version three of the CyberGeneration game. At this point, that is out of my hands, so I can’t really pinpoint a time for you. The second reason why I wouldn’t be able to tell you when it’s coming out even if the contract was set in stone is that I’ve decided to write the entire thing before posting it. Knowing myself, I think it would be better for me and my creative process to finish the novel up and then post it in increments for you.

I will say this, though, that if the contracts go through, I promise you and myself that the novel will be finished and posting at some point, and it will be crafted to the very best of my ability. I am aiming for next year (2012), but I can’t tell you when, exactly. I will, of course, notify everyone who has had the patience to stick around for this long. I apologize for this delay, but I don’t think anything could be done differently at this point :)

In the meantime, I have been kicking around the idea of keeping you up to date on the novel and the game via my blog. I may move my blog (or update the website) in order to make it easier to read (is it hard to read the green on black here?), but for now, it will be here. I am hoping to have news for you in terms of whether or not the i’s are dotted and the t’s crossed on licensing contracts for CyberGeneration by the end of this month. I’m just as eager to know if that goes through as you may be ;) If you follow my blog, there will be chances to give your opinions, suggestions, or general comments on things that may come up in the novel or game as they’re being created. So I hope to hear from you there!

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