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Xenozoic Tales - art by Mark Schultz (1994)
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Just another day in the Xenozoic, by Mark Schultz.
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Xenozoic Tales Vol. 1
by Mark Schultz
After the Cataclysm, the Earth has reawakened and the dinosaurs walk the world again. But man still has some artifacts of old civilization - ruined cities, firearms, and mechanical marvels that power the cities and can move him around this new world. But there are still dangers around every corner, and you need a man like Jack Tenrec to keep you safe.
Quite the phenomenon in the late 1980's and early 1990s, this book reprints issues one through six and includes the very first Xenozoic story from Death Rattle #8. The first issues featured two stories each and served to really set up this world. In fact, this entire volume is Schultz world-building and establishing his characters. The world is a different place and much technology has been lost in the 500 years since the Cataclysm. Some people retain the ability to work with machines, but others have degenerated to a hunter/gatherer state. While people still huddle in cities, the interior of the land is very wild and dangerous and hides many unique secrets.
While there are still scientists hoping to bring mankind back to a greater form of civilization, there are also criminals and politicians that only look out for themselves. The more things change, the more they stay the same! The complexities of this new world only offer more issues and more conflict.
Jack Tenrec is a mechanic and a de facto leader in the tribe of the City by the Sea. While he chooses not to be an official member of the government, others look up to him and respect him for his ideals. He warns that people should live in concert with the world, not try to change it for their benefit, but those in power don't often listen until it's too late. Jack's affinity for machines has him living and working in a garage separated from the rest of the city, where he works on his archaic vehicles and converts them to guano power from whatever those ancients used. Cleaner energy for sure!
Jack is introduced to Hannah Dundee, an ambassador and something of a scientist from the distant land of Wasson. She seeks to initiate trade and knowledge exchange between the tribes. She is insatiably curious and headstrong. Just like any woman should be in the post-Cataclysmic world.
There's a lot of commentary in the undertones of the book, and some that's not exactly undertones as well. This book forms a cautionary tale about ecological and political disaster that we can still take to heart almost 35 years later. And all of it is draped in a lot of pulp action and gorgeous line art.
Schultz is in the same category of the Dave Stevens (The Rocketeer), Al Williamson (Flash Gordon), and Milton Cannif (Terry and the Pirates). His art style is gorgeous with detailed lines and a style that borders on the cheesecake. You won't find any ugly women in this series! He takes special care in rendering the animals and dinosaurs as well, and his backgrounds are full of detail and shadow that just draws you into this world. From complex machinery that has a real Jack Kirby feel to the expanses of the Xenozoic world, each panel is a joy to explore. This book is worth your time even if you don't want to read the story. Just page through it and absorb the artwork.
Filled with monsters, machines, and mysteries, Xenozoic Tales is certainly worth a read. Escape the current world for an afternoon and disappear into Mark Schultz's creation. You won't regret it.
#xenozoic tales#mark schultz#jack tenrec#hannah dundee#cadillacs & dinosaurs#dark horse comics#comic books#comic review#pulp art
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Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (1994) Animation Cel
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#cadillacs and dinosaurs#hannah dundee#mustapha cairo#jack tenrec#90s#sci fi#hand drawn animation#animation cel#90s cartoons#xenozoic tales#nostalgia
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'Braced for an Aerial Assault' by Mark Schultz.
Illustration from the 'Xenozoic Tales' comic, published from 1987-1996 by Kitchen Sink Press.
#Art Of The Day#Art#AOTD#Mark Schultz#Zenozoic Tales#Hannah Dundee#Jack Tenrec#Kitchen Sink Press#Comics#Comic Art
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Favorite Sega Character: Losers Bracket Round 5
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I got bored at work and ✨voila✨
#surge the tenrec#kitsunami the fennec#I thought it would be funny to dress them up as Jack and Zero for Halloween#I feel like Surge is the type of person to egg your house if you don’t give her candy#shitpost
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goofy au shadow designs
Terios the Hedgehog (Solaris AU) ⬆️
Clone of Sonic made by GUN to be their top enforcer. She/Her
Dusk the Tenrec (Feral AU) ⬆️
Tenrec clone created as a potential ambassador between the warring Mobians and Humans. She/Her
Icarus the Harpy (Stauber AU) ⬆️
Half Bird, Half Hedgehog being. Shut away from society to be tested on and removed of their wings. They/She/It
Bonus:
the sillys
#sonic#sonic au#project alacrity#sonic redesign#shadow the hedgehog#terios the hedgehog#dusk the tenrec#icarus the harpy#shadow au#gun soldier#harpy character#anthro design#cyborg#jack stauber
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Surge o' Lantern
There are pumpkin entrails EVERYWHERE HELP ME
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ok time to draw kieran aus
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Surge the Tenrec: I only know one thing: I want to kill Sonic. I need to. It's not a hope, or a dream. It's like a hunger. A thirst.
#shenanigans#sonic#surge the tenrec#sonic the hedgehog#idw sonic#jack garland#final fantasy#stranger of paradise final fantasy origin#stranger danger final fantasy oranges
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god i really like og hog and scorched's lore
i think the idea of "you replaced my world and everyone in it so i will take revenge by destroying you"
or the fact that we got "I WILL NOT BE REPLACED!"
idk where scorched redux will go since i think the og story is fine but its great with banger jack gore art
#sonic exe#sonic exe fnf#hogsweep#hog and scorched#scorched sonic#hog the tenrec#scorched redux#jack gore
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Jack Tenrec and Hannah Dundee have some unwanted company in this drawing by Mark Schultz.
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Into, Across and Beyond!: Character Charts
Today, I'd like to introduce you all to most of the major cast line-up for Into, Across and Beyond!.
BLUR GANG
The Blur Gang is a bunch of multidimensional heroes from many universes all ganged together with the equal purpose of keeping things safe. The members of this team include:
OMT!Tails (the Tails of the Sonic.exe One More Time games by Mr. Pixel Productions)
CR!Sonic (an alternate version of the blue blur by @becdoesthings)
OMT!Mina (an alternate version of Mina from a parallel timeline to Tails)
Mini Sonic (from the Sonic the Hedgehog Parts 1 & 2 game)
Mr. Needlemouse (a cartoon-like Sonic made by @mcgamejolter)
EX!Alice (an alternate version of Xenophanes' right-hand girl by AetherAsterisk) and her robot mech, E4-R6:3
D-Sides Mighty (from the FNF D-Sides mod)
BK!Amy Rose (an alternate role swap version of Amy for Sonic and the Black Knight, conceptualised by @sstorminghearts)
CU!Sonic and CU!Sonia (a father and daughter from the ChaosIIUniverse by ToonsiteComics)
Nine (from Sonic Prime)
Nitro (my own original character)
Antho (from SFG1235's Mobiverse AU)
Ex-Prince Brian (from the Mobius' Freedom Fighters AU by jordangaming101 and @becdoesthings)
Hog the Tenrec (a bootleg Sonic character by Jack Gore on Twitter)
Wacky the Hedgehog (another bootleg Sonic character by danicorelove on Twitter)
Devy the Rabbit (character and sprite by NotSoDevy)
Trip the Sungazer Lizard
QUILL SOCIETY
The Quill Society are a group of multiversal characters responsible for protecting the very fabric of the Sonic and SEGA multiverse. Note in advance that only five of its members are on a bad side, and most of them are solely good. Their members include:
Lost Memory Sonic (from What if Sonic Lost his Memory? by The Sega Scourge)
Amy Rouge (from that Sonic Adventure 2 mod with everyone wearing Rouge's outfit)
Turbo the Alien Hedgehog (that one alien rival from the Fleetway comics)
Fiona Fox
Tekno the Canary (from the Fleetway comics)
Zonic the Zone Cop (from the Archie universe)
CD Alt Ending Sonic (from Sonic CD: Alternative Ending by Lucsan 2015)
Underground Sonic
Emperor Metallix
Errorverse Sonic (from the same AU Nitro originates from)
LEGO Sonic
Sunky and Tlels
Carol Tea (from Freedom Planet)
Sarah Henderson (from the Needlem0use series by ShutUpJojo)
Barry the Quokka (from The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog)
E-21 (a modified robot from the Movie universe)
Milly Prower (by SallyAc63038470 on Twitter; SFW in this AU)
Blitz!Tails (from the Sonic/Avalice Blitz AU by BobTheGUYYYYY on Twitter)
Sonic.RAW (a Sonic.exe character made by randidesu)
Superstars / Discovery Omega Amy
OVA Knuckles
Rob o' the Hedge
Water Sonic (from that one Sonamy fanart based on Elemental; designed by @xblueshin)
Fleetway Amy
Stella Hoshine the Cat
Pana Der Hejhog
Bunnie Rabbot
Nicky Parlouzer
Somari
Warrior Feline Honey
VILLAINS
These are the various villains present throughout the stories. These include, in the Spider-Verse set:
Eggman Nega
Shadow Emerl / Uma Arachnis
Zeera the Zeti
Surge the Tenrec
Johnny the Shark Robot
Snively
Crimtake (the EXE from NotSoDevy's SONIC Lost Drive trilogy)
Gemerl / Anti-Miles
Dr. Beeman (Mr. Needlemouse's arch-nemesis)
The More than One Universe set includes:
Shalian (an alternate version of Toxinfect)
Crossover Realm Corrupt
Talrareth
Animator vs. Animation Corrupt
Richard Ambersilve
Sonath
Curse (my version of the character)
The Into the Sonic-verse villains include, from this list:
Dr. Finitevus
The Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad (Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts)
Scourge the Hedgehog
Rosy the Rascal
Walter Naugus
And finally, we've some members of the AU's supporting cast, those being the OMT versions of Sonic, Knuckles, Amy, Sally, Cream and Robotnik, alongside three other OCs of mine, Lucia, Karilvatch and Amelia, and the Mobiverse version of Tails.
Other supporting characters include:
The Errorverse counterparts of Tails, Amy, Knuckles and Eggman
Exeller (from the Spirits of Hell duology)
Team Lilac
Extraterrestrial Encounter Sonic / XE!Sonic and Xenomorphic (this AU's version of Eddie Brock and Venom)
The FNF trio from the Errorverse (alongside Bentonly/Bently Forceloyed and Isabella Fondsmith from New Identity, New Life)
The Prower Kids (Melody and Skye Prower)
Fellow SEGA and Capcom characters include:
Alex Kidd
Ristar
NiGHTS
Opa-Opa
Arle Nadja
Billy Hatcher
Mega Man / Rock Light
Over the next days, I'll drop some bios to explain who all these people are and their role in this AU. Do note that NONE of this is canon to the pre-existing AUs or official universes unless their creators deem it as such.
I apologise in advance if your favourite AU or a favourite OC didn't get in, but do know that this is only the surface level of how massive the multiverse can be. And just remember the one golden rule of the multiverse:
In the multiverse, everything is canon!
Yeah, we don't talk about THAT stuff, though.
Sprite credits:
CartoonsAnimate22 (OMT!Tails, OMT!Sonic, OMT!Knux, OMT!Amy and OMT!Robotnik)
Nebula / Cylent Nite (CR!Sonic and Lost Memory Sonic)
Cylent Nite (OMT!Mina, Tekno and Warrior Feline Honey)
jrm10071322 (Mini Sonic)
Octluigi (Mr. Needlemouse base; edit by Pico231)
deltaConduit (EX!Alice and CD!Sonic; edits by Pico231)
Sergey E.S.N. (front-facing Big Arms sprite)
Dolphman (S2 Mighty sprite; edit by Pico231)
Mod.Gen (BK!Amy, Nitro (edit and design by KoolTimYT, BroadwayBash123 and Pico231), Wacky (edits by Pico231), Fiona, Fleetway Amy, EV!Sonic/Tails/Amy/Eggman/Knuckles, Bunnie, Snively, Scourge, Rosy, Naugus and the Prower Kids)
paveldechev0604 (CU!Sonic; edits by Pico231)
SEGA (CU!Sonia, Crimtake and Shalian bases; edits by Pico231) (SS!Amy)
Deebs and Xeric (Alt Mod.Gen Tails sprite; edit by Pico231)
@mcgamejolter (Custom Nitro, Amelia and Bently sprites, alongside original sprites for AVA!Corrupt and Richard)
Antho and BECDoesDA/JordanGaming101 (sprites for Antho and Brian)
Gavin’s Golden Entertainment (Hog sprite; tweaks and edits by Pico231)
NotSoDevy (his character’s sprite)
miniluv73 (Trip sprite)
SuperGoku809 (Amy Rouge sprite)
RatherNoiceSprites (Turbo, Somari and XE!Sonic sprites)
khalifax10 and Xeric (Zonic sprite)
Deebs (UG!Sonic and OMT!Sally sprites)
DerZocker (Emperor Metallix sprite)
LegoLoco7 (LEGO Sonic sprite; recreation by Pico231)
Miles The Duck (Sunky and Tlels sprites)
GalaxyTrail (Carol and Lilac sprites)
SFG1235 (Antho, Barry and MV!Tails sprites)
KostyaGame the Fox (E-21 sprite)
JunkeyBot (Milly sprite; edits by Pico231)
Nebula (Super Tails sprite; edits by Pico231)
randidesu (RAW sprite)
Gardow and Overbound (OVA!Knux sprite)
Gabriel_aka_Frag (Rob o’ and OMT!Cheese sprites)
TheCrushedJoycon (TTS sprite; edit by Pico231)
MarkeyJester (Pana sprite)
NickyFan7 (Nicky sprite)
Shinbaloonba (Eggman Nega sprite)
Xeric (Uma sprite)
Teh2Chao2 (Zeena sprite)
ManiaMadness91 (Surge sprite)
mtallic (Sonic.OMT sprite)
Rosabelle (S1 Extended sprite; edits by BECDoesDA and PrimalKoopaPictures)
NotSoDevy and NightAkio (Talrareth sprites)
paveldechev0604 (Original Sonic 1-based sprite; edits by Pico231)
Louplayer (Ohshima Eggman sprite; edits by Pico231)
Tonberry2k (S.S.S.S.S. Squad sprites)
Smoke-the-Pyroling (OMT!Cream sprite)
KoolTimYT (Dr. Beeman and Exeller sprites)
LiefBnuy (SMA Milla sprite)
HyperTails12 and LillyDragon (Carrie sprite)
NICKtendo DS (Time Eater sprite; edit by Pico231)
RaulHedgeBomber (FNF trio sprites’ palettes)
Hyperknux6 (custom NiGHTS sprite)
#sonic the hedgehog#sonic exe#sth au#sth#sonic#amy rose#knuckles the echidna#spider verse#spiderman#sonic prime#sonic fandom#sonic oc#dr. eggman
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#cadillacs and dinosaurs#90s#xenozoic tales#jack tenrec#hannah dundee#hand drawn animation#animation cel#90s cartoons#sci fi#nostalgia
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Time to fill out that OC questionnaire but for Thistle this time!
He'll be in the @sonic-oc-showdown so be sure to give him a vote!
Name: Thistle the Tenrec
Species: Highland Streaked Tenrec
Home: Central City
✨How did you come up with the OC’s name?
Since he’s inspired by Amy I wanted to pick another prickly flower name. Thistle flowers can have a lot of negative connotations in flower language just as much as positive ones (aggressiveness, unwanted intrusion). If roses are known for being noble and lovely, thistles are more wild but pesky, they’re also hard to let go if you end up stuck by one. The image of thistle flower suited him the more I thought about it.
🌼 - How old are they? (Or approximate age range)
Same age as Surge.
🌺- Do they have any love interest(s)?
Currently Surge and only Surge. He’s had previous partners but they usually don’t last very long. Current record is 1 month.
(The only tragic thing about Thistle is that he's not trying to be the worst boyfriend ever. He really wants to do good but he's too self-centered and stupid to realize that he's the problem)
🍕 - What is their favorite food?
Key Lime Pie, he likes anything tart but sweet.
💼 - What do they do for a living?
Works part time at a flower shop in central city, he’s actually quite popular with customers.
🎹 - Do they have any hobbies?
Flower arrangement and astrology charting. Loves reading romance novels and watching old classic movies even if he gets the meaning of them completely wrong. He’s good at baking and also spends a lot of time online on social media. He’s a jack of all trades and always ready to learn something new to get closer with people in his life. He’s here for you. What more could you want from a guy :)
🎯 -What do they do best?
Anything that’s considered traditionally feminine Thistle excels at. Baking, shopping, event planning, crushing your enemies. But even with all of that he’s incredibly good at finding information. Does his new crush have a favorite band? Well Thistle just doxxed every band member and knows the rest of their schedule for the next 3 months.
🥊 -What do they love to do? What do they hate to do?
Thistle likes doing anything that will get him lots of compliments and attention, especially if it’s something he already finds fun. He’s the type to get really wrapped up in tedious side project so probably mapping out his and Surge’s life together via astrology
Hates doing something that doesn’t serve him in some way, like doing volunteer work for strangers. He also isn’t much of an adventuring type unless it’s to chase Surge down, he’d rather not though, he’d rather keep her tied down close to him and they can live a cozy domestic life.
Running around beating up robots getting sweaty and gross and for what? just to protect the masses? Awful, blech, Sonic can have that.
❤️ - What is one of your OC’s best memories?
One time he and Surge accidentally shared a soda, therefore doing the incredibly scandalous “indirect kiss”. She vaporized the soda can to destroy the evidence and then punched him in the gut when he told her. He passed out for about two days.
✂️ - What is one of your OC’s worst memories?
His first relationship was an online one where the other person ended up blocking him and then publicly warned other people about his creepy behavior.
Thistle made one of those “am I the asshole?” posts about their relationship and everyone in the forum went “yeah, you were totally the asshole.”
Thistle deleted all his accounts and started over. He learned nothing. “It’s the forum that was wrong, they were all just jealous.”
🧊 - Is their current design the first one?
There’s a few initial sketches I did to get the overall idea going and there’s a few minor tweaks but he’s basically the same design as when I started.
🍀 - What originally inspired the OC?
It was a bumblekast question asking about what a glitch Amy would be like and I liked the answer so much I wanted to develop it into a real character.
I really like aggressively-in-love characters like this in media actually, something about them being not shy at all about the person they’re in love with leads to a lot of funny or interesting situations, also since Surge is my favorite sonic character at the moment it’s fun thinking about how she would react to someone like this too. It’s a win-win situation for me lol.
🌂 - What genre do they belong in?
The villain in a shoujo romance manga
💚 - What is your OC’s gender identity and sexuality?
Identifies as male, Pan, he/him/they pronouns
🙌 - How many siblings does your OC have?
Zero. Probably for the best because he’s terrible with children.
🍎 - What is the OC’s relationship w/their parents like?
He’s an absolute mama’s boy when she’s around.
(It should be noted that Thistle doesn’t really have a tragic backstory or bad childhood. He really is just like that for some reason.)
🧠 - What do you like most about the OC?
Thistle can be a lot of things I like about male characters (a goober in love, not afraid to appear “feminine”, a polite good boy, twisted priorities) and also be the worst person I’ve ever wanted to write thoughts for. He’s a very fun punching bag.
✏️ - How often do you draw/write about the OC?
Probably too much haha, I don’t usually write a lot of actual terrible people so he’s a refreshingly fun rom-com villain.
💎 - Do you ever see yourself killing off the OC?
It’s funnier if he stays alive imo. If Surge ever changes her ways in canon or something drastic happens to her he might lose interest in her and move on to his next victim, that’s about as close as I’d ever get to “killing him”. It would have to be a very drastic personality change though.
💀 - Does your OC have any phobias?
Whatever the fear of being unloved is.
To him, being loved by someone is the ultimate goal. “I can love so easily, why is it so hard for someone to stay in love with me? I must not be loving hard enough, I need to love someone who craves love just as much as I do. Yes, then it would be the ultimate romance” - is basically the rationalization here.
🍩 -Who is your OC’s arch-nemesis or rival?
I mean probably Amy, not just for Surge’s sake, Amy will fight anyone she finds being a selfish creep in the name of love.
In Thistle's mind anyone who even smiles in Surge's direction is a rival. She's spoken for, who do they think they are??
🎓 - How long have you had the OC?
A little over a year!
🍥 - What age were you when you created the OC?
33
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