Posts tagged Michael A. Garard
PROTECTING THE WEAK, EVERY WEEK * * * [*** HIATUS ***]
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.
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.
Codename: Depression
Team: THE STAGES OF GRIEF
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Melan Coliene is the representation of Depression. The night after her husband proposed to her he was tragically killed in a boating accident. This drove her to such a feeling of loss and dread that she poured all of her emotions into her engagement ring.
This caused the ring to embody the spiritual representation of her drowned husband to comfort and console her. Though his spirit cannot touch her, it can cause anyone nearby suffer a similar fate, “drowning” in an unfathomable depression. Donning the ring reunites her with her lost love, but at what cost?
Created by Michael Garard.
Codename: The Nose of the Camel
Team: THE INFALLIBLES
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Representing the Slippery Slope fallacy, Abrahem, The Nose of the Camel was unsure of his place in the world before joining the Israeli army. He served his country well and became a decorated special operations team leader in a very short time. While on one fated mission his entire platoon was ambushed and gunned down by rebels. The only survivor, albeit at the expense of one of his eyes, Abrahem was taken to the rebel chief. Admiring his strength and perseverance, the chief bestowed upon Abrahem a gift, albeit one that came with a curse, the legendary Klerksdorp Sphere, replacing Abrahem’s lost eye.
The Klerksdorp Sphere allows him to “slip” briefly into the future so he may witness forthcoming events and attacks. Because time is fluid, his predictions are not always correct, as they rarely require proof or logic. This often sends him down a slippery slope. He is often compared to the old proverb, “If the camel once gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon follow.” He now fights for lost soldiers wandering the deserts of the world, telling them to mind their actions because he has seen the consequences.
Created by Michael A. Garard.
Codename: Human Cubicle
Team: THE CARPOOLIGANS
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When Mort Hyman’s coffee shop was burned down after he refused to pay protection money to the Mexican cartels, he was forced back into his first job: working at a call center. With crushing debt and equally crushing job, Mort armors himself in his own cubicle, vowing to get revenge on those who prey on the innocent.
Created by Moris Machuca and Michael A. Garard.
Week 7 Group Photo: The Literati
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The badass bibliophiles of The Literati take a break from defending both the world and the written word to relax in that most apt of locales: their local library. From left to right: Tall Talea, Hamartia, The Second Man, The Red Herring, Lagos the Anthropomorph, Pastiche and Chekhov the Gunsmith.
Characters created by Michael A. Garard, Josh Eckert, Joel Bergman, Jackie Crofts, Brian Reyes, Amy Sims, Brian Baum and James F. Wright.
Art by Michael A. Garard.
Codename: Tall Talea
Team: THE LITERATI
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Talea Bradly was always one to stretch the truth. Since she was a child she’s been overly dramatic in all situations, but it wasn’t until her teens that she discovered her amazing ability.
When Talea tells a tall tale, she alters the object or person about which she is speaking. If she says her brother is an annoying troll, her brother will transform into a troll. If she says it’s raining cats and dogs, it will rain cats and dogs for the duration of the storm. Understanding the danger of her immense power, she tries to speak only when absolutely necessary, and uses her unique gift to aid The Literati in their quest for peace and justice.
Created by Michael A. Garard.
Codename: Matt Laundro
Team: THE STRIP MALL DEFENDERS
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The Laundro family has always been obsessed with cleanliness. But when the oldest son, Matt, inherited the family laundromat from his late grandfather, he discovered that there was more to the family’s legacy than anyone would have thought. Matt learns that he is next in line to become the “Lord of the Clean.” His bloodline has been charged to maintain a cleanly world, and stop the forces of filth from driving the planet into darkness.
Armed with his state-of-the-art cleaning armory loaded with high-pressure tidal wave generators and permanent pressers, he is ready for action. Matt Laundro now fights the keep the streets clean of crime. It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it.
Created by Michael A. Garard.
Armed with his state-of-the-art cleaning armory loaded with high-pressure tidal wave generators and permanent pressers, he is ready for action. Matt Laundro now fights the keep the streets clean of crime. It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it.
Created by Michael A. Garard.
Codename: Patrica “Pat” Pending
Team: A FIRM HAND
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A patent attorney who can look at any object and immediately understand its component parts and how they work together. She is a superhuman reverse engineer. As a result, Patricia can also reconfigure objects into new and frightful products which will hold up in a court of law.
Created by Marc Uyemura and Michael A. Garard.
Codename: Southern Comfort
Team: A FIRM HAND
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Always brash and overconfident, Simon Sinclair was the best defense attorney in his firm. This was until a devastating loss in the courtroom left his resolve shaken and life in the balance. After a night of drunken regret he screamed that he would sell his soul to never feel this way again. Someone was listening. That night he swore his Immortal soul to unknown dark forces to never lose a case again. The deal was struck over a glass of Southern Comfort.
Southern Comfort was given the ability to control the minds of all around him using his brainwashing Bourbon Breath. He can alter the perception of all who inhale this pungent but tasteless gas. He possessed a keen analytical mind long before being granted his dark gift. None can object to a taste of Southern Comfort.
Created by Michael A. Garard.
