The Mine Shaft part 2 In the 90s, the Brain Boy cartoon featured an assortment of characters that were not in Ryan’s life, including a rat sidekick named Labrat. As the show (and Ryan by proxy) became popular, Craig Levison approached Ryan about possibly creating Labrat “for real”. Levison obviously knew a wise-cracking, pizza-loving rat on a skateboard wasn’t feasible but he felt an approximation … Continue reading AP Productions: Formerly Known as Brain Boy#13

The Mine Shaft part 1 The soldier disappeared in a cloud of sand and dust once the IED went off and as it settled, the smell of burning flesh was ripe in the air; the Afghani heat didn’t help to remove the putrid smell, either. The platoon came down from a nearby hill to the sandy patch below to bear witness to the charred remains … Continue reading AP Productions: Formerly Known as Brain Boy #12

Welcome Back Alysa walked down the street happily as she approached two young African American girls making a snowman in the yard. She didn’t know the girls, but when they saw her coming, they stopped and rushed to her shouting, “Alysa! Alysa!” She smiled and spread her arms out as they hugged her and it was the warmest greeting she had had in a long … Continue reading AP Productions: Winghaven #30

Deadly Upgrades part 4 (finale) Dante had been watching videos nonstop since the Resurgence. Sometimes he would watch reruns of One Smart Cookie or Real Community Service and sometimes he would watch Grey Matter Family videos on youtube. He also found himself checking for old news clips concerning Senator Jackson. This was all footage that featured his former friends and teammates. He missed them. He … Continue reading AP Productions: The Commission #9

Deadly Upgrades part 3 While in Baltimore, Dante Greer had been trying his best to live a normal life. Teachers, family members and classmates stopped asking him questions which he welcomed but he knew conversations would start up each time he left a room. It was easy enough to forget he had powers as long as he didn’t play any contact sports in PE or … Continue reading AP Productions: The Commission #8

Deadly Upgrades part 2 Ryan Bennings studied the lump of metal under a series of lenses and sensors in the ship’s lab. As the mass absorbed anything it came into contact with, it was held aloft in a small forcefield where it couldn’t touch anything solid. Astra Machina stood nearby for further analysis. “Whatever it is, it attaches itself to solid matter and transfers it … Continue reading AP Productions: The Commission #7

Deadly Upgrades part 1 In Washington DC, a guard stood at attention in front of a downed U’ntari Commander Class vessel which had been taken out by Alysa Saraki and the Upstarts during the Resurgence. The ship’s crash took out the bridge on the Potomac River and the tip of the Washington Monument and it now lay across most of the park. There was a … Continue reading AP Productions: The Commission #6

The Shit-town Saga: Midnight Rider part 6 (finale) “Cav, are you okay?,” Reins asked as he met with the Cavalier on the roof of the police station, “I got your note downstairs.” “I’ve felt better but I’m still standing,” he told him, “We need to switch up our channels of communication for a while,” he tossed him a burner phone, “If anything comes up, call … Continue reading AP Productions: The Cavalier #28

The Shit-town Saga: Midnight Rider part 5 Emily Kobowski was startled awake by a loud knocking on her apartment door and when she peered through the peep hole, she saw a familiar black helmet slouched against her door. “Cav?,” she exclaimed and opened the door, ready to catch him as he stumbled into the room. “Shit, what happened?,” she asked as she kicked the door … Continue reading AP Productions: The Cavalier #27