atesh's New Writeups

Creature Tech (thing)

2003-01-07T09:39:59Z

"The locals have perpetuated rumors about R.T.I., from werewolf vaccines to our manufacturing a race of super-humans. Thus, they have nicknamed us Creature Tech. I'm not saying that these rumors are entirely false. Three years back a local was attacked and killed by a were-pig. We feared a were-pig outbreak, so we created an antivirus just in case."

Creature Tech is a modern fantasy/science fiction graphic novel by Doug TenNapel, best known as the creator of Earthworm Jim. Creature Tech was originally created as a proposal for an animated movie, but no studios were interested in it. After being published in 2002 by Top Shelf Productions, it was bought by Regency Enterprises(owned by Fox Entertainment) "in a deal valued at high six figures against low seven figures"(Variety). The screenplay will be written by Doug TenNapel. The graphic novel retails for 14.95. USD.

Story:

In 1854 at Moccasin Creek, California,…

100 Bullets (thing)

2003-01-06T01:26:50Z

"--Agent Graves. And you listen.
Your ex-wife was murdered.
All the proof you need is in this attache...
Along with a hundred rounds of untraceable ammunition, which is yours to use--
with complete immunity if you choose--
to go after her killer."
-Agent Graves, A Foregone Tomorrow

100 Bullets is a crime/conspiracy comic book series written by Brian Azzarello, illustrated by Eduardo Risso, and cover illustrations by Dave Johnson. Its first issue was released by Vertigo (a part of DC Comics) in August 1999 and continues to be published on a strained monthly schedule. The series is slated to run for 100 issues before its conclusion.

The Story:

Isabella "Dizzy" Cordova is an ex-gang banger that has just been released from prison. During her time in prison, things had happened to her life. Her loving husband, who had gone straight once she was convicted, and her…

I Feel Sick (thing)

2003-01-04T06:31:07Z

Tenna: Sooooo... How's your spleen?
Devi: It's doin' good.
Tenna: Now that I've guided you into a more casual state of mind with my ninja-like precision, you wanna tell me what's wrong?
Devi: I really doubt telling anyone will do much good, but... okay, I'll tell you.
Tenna: Good! Talk to virtual Spooky.
Devi: I'm losing my mind.
Tenna . o O (Keep smiling. Make it natural.)

i feel sick, A Story About A Girl, is a modern dark fantasy(or is it?) two issue comic book series "drawn, written and reviled" by Jhonen Vasquez, also the creator of Invader Zim, and "made colorful" by Rosearik Rikki Simons, also known as the voice of Gir from Invader Zim, and Jhonen Vasquez. Each issue also contains a colored one-page Filler Bunny strip. The first issue was published in August 1999 and the second came…

When I was little my mother told me not to sit close to the T.V., so when I was six I did. (thing)

2002-12-27T10:19:17Z

Many of you have heard of this through whatever lines urban legends go through. On December 18, 1997 around 6:50 p.m. in Japan, about 618 children were taken to the hospital because they had suffered an epileptic seizure. The cause was one television program airing its 38th episode for the first time. The show is now well-known as Pokemon.

Millions of Japanese people gathered around their televisions to watch one of their favorite shows. Also, because of the way that rooms are set up in much of Japan, most people were sitting less than five feet away from their large televisions. At a certain climatic point of the episode, the animators used a popular anime technique called "paka paka," which involves alternating colored lights in order to create tension.

Akinori Hoshika, a neurologist, said that such optical stimulation can cause a varied amount of effects and particulary so on children because of their less developed brains and central nervous systems.…

Chaos Magic (idea)

2002-11-22T08:47:27Z

"Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted."

Chaos Magic is traced by some as far back to Iamblichus, a founder of the Syrian school of Neo-Platonism. Iamblichus believed that the deities did not exist, but instead cosmic forces would come down representing them. In essence, this is equal to the modern idea of meta-belief.

Aleister Crowley, after the collapse of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, began to form his own religion named Thelema. The religion combined the neo-romanticism of the Golden Dawn with Yoga and other magic systems. Crowley's principle of "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" is the most important principle that was later applied to Chaos Magic. Crowley's religion is often practiced in the Ordo Templi Orientis.

Austin Osman Spare, an artist and magician, was one of the greater contributers to Chaos Magic. He was a member of the order Argenteum Astrum for awhile, but was cast…

Division X (thing)

2002-11-20T18:08:42Z

Crowley: You had quite a reputation in your day, Flint. Don't ask me why, but you all did. That's part of why you've been returned to active duty in the Paranormal Investigations Squad.
Flint: The PIS, sir, yes.
-Entropy in the U.K.

Division X is an organization in Grant Morrison's comic book The Invisibles.

In the late 1960s, three members of the Invisibles form a squad under the British Paranormal Investigation Service(PIS). Upon their decision to do this, they decide to go under deep cover and take upon personalities based on characters from TV shows. The squad was composed of Jack Flint, George Harper, Mister Six, and was supervised by Sir Patrick "Paddy" Crowley.

"Christ, but you're an undeducated bastard! Flann O'Brien only wrote "The Third Policeman," which is one of the greatest books in the English language. You'd like it, George, it's a

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