Hi all,
Due to some major changes in our schedules (and lives), Defenders of the Week is going on hiatus for a while, at least until we feel comfortable contributing consistently as we were in the early going. As you may have noticed, the past few weeks have seen only two or three entries, and rather than continue with a severely limited number weekly, we thought it best to rest a spell and then come back rejuvenated with many more Defenders for many more weeks.
Thank you for your support, encouragement and appreciation. And we’ll see you again soon.
- James
Filed under hiatus
Codename: Tokugawa Chibiyasu
Team: THE TOKUSATSU PARTNERSHIP
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The other half of the Tokusatsu Partnership, Chibiyasu specializes in subterfuge and misdirection, using his expertise to craft miniature sets and effects to fool enemies. He’s also capable of shrinking standard sized objects, for transportation or for safety. Sadly, he has yet to find a means to increase his own height, and is doomed to remain chibi forever.
Created by Brian Reyes.
Filed under The Tokusatsu Partnership Brian Reyes Tokugawa Chibiyasu
Codename: Shimmering Bio Boots Tetsuomon Excel
Team: THE TOKUSATSU PARTNERSHIP
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The aging CEO of a transportation conglomerate, he receives youth and special powers from commuting extraterrestrials. He can run at super speeds, shoot time lasers from his eyes and, when necessary, summon a giant blue race car to deal with larger threats.
Created by Michael A. Garard.
Filed under The Tokusatsu Partnership Michael A. Garard Shimmering Bio Boots Tetsuomon Excel
Week 11 saw the debut of the grapplers from ancient Briton, The Pin-Dragons, wrestling both with their enemies and with the rules of modern professional wrestling. King Arthur, Guy Galahad and The Lady of the Lake were passed over in the history books, but we’ve finally given them their due.
Week 12 introduces a partnership of Japanese sci-fi film heroes, The Tokusatsu.
Filed under recap The Pin-Dragons of Slam-A-Lot
Week 11 Group Photo: The Pin-Dragons of Slam-A-Lot
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Our small band of Arthurian professional wrestlers, The Pin-Dragons of Slam-A-Lot, take a moment between bouts to engage in a little musical interlude. King Arthur on the fiddle, and The Lady of the Lake accepting Guy Galahad’s invitation to dance. It can’t all be body slams and turnbuckle leaps, can it?
Characters created by Michael A. Garard, Brian Reyes and Jackie Crofts.
Art by Brian Reyes.
Filed under group photo The Pin-Dragons of Slam-A-Lot King Artur Guy Galahad Lady of the Lake
Codename: The Lady of the Lake
Team: THE PIN-DRAGONS OF SLAM-A-LOT
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The Lady of the Lake uses her magical and feminine powers to her advantage when she enters the ring. Not even Merlin can stand up to her charms. She can also summon the mythical weapon known as Excalibur, a folding chair of legendary origin, to give her an advantage in the ring.
Created by Jackie Crofts.
Filed under The Pin-Dragons of Slam-A-Lot Jackie Crofts Lady of the Lake
Codename: King Arthur
Team: THE PIN-DRAGONS OF SLAM-A-LOT
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The leader of the Pin-Dragons, King Arthur long ago decided to cut out the middle man and just made himself the Round Table. Or, the Round Ring, as it were. His powerful steeds ferry him about Briton, ever hunting out discord and injustice and, upon finding it, pits those at adds with one another in combat in his Round Ring. Should the ensuing contest appear to favor one side over the other due to strength or weight or experience, Arthur evens those odds by just manhandling the favorite until the playing field is more level. In this way he serves to keep the peae in his kingdom.
Created by Brian Reyes. Story by James Wright.
Filed under The Pin-Dragons of Slam-A-Lot Brian Reyes King Arthur
Codename: Guy Galahad
Team: THE PIN-DRAGONS OF SLAM-A-LOT
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Sir Guybrush Galahad is well known for being the purest and most noble of all the Knights of the Round Table, and he knows it. He is smug, brash, and arrogant before all who are in his presence. If he feels you are deemed “worthy,” you will be splashed with his Holy Grail juice. This is very rarely a good thing to any who cross him. He often hides his signature shield under the ring as a last resort tactic.
Guy Galahad may be pure, but he is not noble. Well, not as noble as he would like you to think.
Created by Michael Garard.
Filed under The Pin-Dragons of Slam-A-Lot Michael A. Garard Guy Galahad
It was a sad week last week as the villains, The Stages of Grief, took over, leaving us at the mercy of characters such as Denial, Anger, Depression and Acceptance.
However, the grief has now passed and we can look forward to a brighter tomorrow in the form of Week 11’s heroes, a group of Arthurian pro wrestlers known as The Pin-Dragons of Slam-A-Lot.
Characters created by Jackie Crofts, Joel Bergman, Michael Garard and Brian Reyes.
Filed under recap The Stages of Grief Denial Anger Depression Acceptance
Codename: Acceptance
Team: THE STAGES OF GRIEF
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One look into his eyes and you will come to grips with the sorry state which this former world class circus performing clown has fallen to. Once known to hundreds of children everywhere as “BooGoo The Amazing!” He turned to alcohol and drugs under the stress of circus life. He tried to turn his life around in the military but
was dishonorably discharged for making fun of his superior officers and putting his fellow soldiers in harms way trying to recreate his famed “human cannonball act.”
Out of money and rolling (literally) on the streets he came to terms with his sad existence. He was now known as “BooHoo The Saddest Clown That Ever Lived.” Don’t let him catch you staring at him because if you do, you will have to come to terms with your own sorry existence and doomed fate.
Created by Brian Reyes.
Filed under The Stages of Grief Brian Reyes Acceptance
