Author Archive: JeffWilcox

#29 Doctor Lemuria

#29 Doctor Lemuria (Sci Fi) Dr. Lemuria is a mystic who found a gateway to a magical world of light. In that world, Lemuria appears as a white silhouette affecting the lines of force around him. These lines of force can take any shape and even appear as people for the associate with. The Doctor can also use those lines of force to defend that world from the forces of darkness.

In one of the Good Doctor’s adventures, the world of light is invaded by another dimension. This dimension was a pocket universe that was expanding its boundaries. It was also a realm of darkness and shadows. In defending the world of light, Doctor Lemuria used all his energy powers against the shadowy defender of that shadow realm. The battle was feirce; but in the end the Doctor discovered that the shadowy defender was a scientist called Griffen (post #8) who thought he was defending his realm ( the Shadowlands) against an invader. After a brief reconciling, both heroes worked together to restore balance to both realms. Neither of the heroes saw each other again, but pledged to help the other if they should ever need it.

Doctor Lemuria is my antithesis to “Griffin in the Shadowlands”. Both characters have their strenghts and weaknesses, their “yin to their yang” as it were. And since I created both these characters many years ago, I honestly can’t say which came first. Not that is matter — right?

#20 Tex of the Skyfoxes

#20 Tex of the Skyfoxes (Sci Fi/Anthropomorphic Cartoon Character) In the far future, Tex is a member of Team #17 of the Skyfoxes, the space ranger division of the IDF (Interplanetary Defense Force). Tex is the rebel personality of her group. She is always wearing nonregulation clothes along with her ranger uniform — cowgirl hat, boots, gloves, and a pair of six-shooter holsters for her blaster sidearmes. Also, nonregulation behavior gets her into as much trouble as her missions for the Skyfoxes. But her value as a ranger comes from those same traits; and so her boss Kit Zenko does her best to stear Tex in the directions she can do the most good.

Tex is part of my “Kitty and the Skyfoxes” series of characters. She is also the last character I’ll be doing here. I also considered doing these characters in an anime style, but the furry fandom style worked out great. Plus the use of color was fun.

20 characters on November 20th — all right!!!!!!

#14 & #15 Roxie and Red (“Big Red”)

#14 & #15 Roxie and Red (“Big Red”)(science fiction/anthropomorphic cartoon characters) Two characters this time.

In the far future, Roxie is a member in Team #17  of the Skyfoxes, the space ranger division of the IDF (Interplanetary Defense Force). Team #17 is stationed at the Rubah Space Station (orbiting the planet Rubah 4). Her other teams mates are Tex, Casey, and new recruit Kitty. Basically speaking, Roxie is an adventurous, amazon fox woman who has a sexy outlook on life. In the picture above, Roxie is experiencing an adventurous moment with one of the space station’s tech support personnel, the cat guy called Red (“Big Red” Roxie whispers in his ear; after she dispatched the station’s alien invaders, of course).

Red is a Science Tech at the Rubah Space Station (this is indicated by his green and brown uniform, as opposed to the silver and red of the space rangers). Red has spent most of his time just being your average hard-working guy, till a very nice cat lady joined the ranger teams named Kitty. Red and Kitty eventually got together, dispite the ribbing of Roxie and others, and now are a couple.

Roxie and Red are part of my “Kitty and the Skyfoxes” series of characters. Of that series, there is only the character called “Tex” to add. I’ll probably add her tomorrow. And, yes, Tex is a female.

#11 Kit Zenko

#11 Kit Zenko (science fiction/anthropomorphic cartoon characters) Kit is the “big Boss” of the Skyfoxes, the space ranger branch of the IDF (Interplanetary Defense Force). Her base of operations is in the Rubah space station (orbiting the planet Rubah4), right size where she commands and sends out mission plans for 17 squads of rangers (while rangers can work solo, the usual habit is to work in teams of four or five; these teams are just the right size to pilot the standard patrol starship).

Kit Zenko is part of my  “Kitty and the Skyfoxes” series of characters. Her character is patterned after the Japanese myths of the Fox Woman. Long and thin, a fox woman is really a fox who has lived long enough to gain mystic and magical powers. At one hundred years old, a kitsune (Japanese word for “fox”) has the power to see and hear every in the world and gain as many as nine tails (in the series, Kit has a desk that has a throne-like chair behind it, the chair looking all the world like  nine fox tails spread out on the chair’s back). Other powers include shapeshifting, demon possession, mental influence, and creation of fire. All these help Kit Zenko in her job of commanding the Skyfoxes.

#10 Kitty of “Kitty and the Skyfoxes”

#10 Kitty (science fiction/anthropomorphic cartoon characters) In the far future there are the Skyfoxes, space rangers for the IDF (Interplanetary Defense Force). The Skyfoxes’ newest recruit is Kitty, a cat person. She is placed in squad number 42, an all female fox squad. The foxes distrust Kitty’s ability to be a ranger; but may change their mind after Kitty joins them is a number of missions. Kitty herself is a go-getter type of person, energitic and full of enthusiasm. Her rushing around trying to prove herself will likely land her in trouble, but that might change with some experience. Also, Kitty has a boy friend, Red (“Big Red”, who will be seen in a later post).

Kitty and the Skyfoxes is another series of characters I’ve created but as yet haven’t done anything with them. If I start up a webcomic then this series might be a good choice to try.

10 characters on November 10th — all right!!!!

#8 Griffen In The Shadowlands

Griffen In The Shadowlands

#8 Griffen In The Shadowlands (science fiction) James Griffen is a scientist who discovers  a new dimensional space — a “pocket” universe he calls the Shadowlands. The Shadowlands is a dark world populated by strange creatures and plants ( when someone dies in the Shadowlands the grasses pull the dead body into the earth). Fearing the world isn’t ready for his discovery, Griffen keeps the Shadowlands secret. Griffen does have a purpose for this world though; with his control of dimensional space Griffen can spy on criminals here on Earth.  And when Griffen learned all about the criminal’s activity, they got sucked into Griffen’s shadowy world. 10 criminals a day disappeared from the Earth never to be seen again. No trials, no jails needed; and no further criminal activity from the evil people who committed those crimes.

That is, until Griffen witnesses a mugging of a woman. The mugger is caught in the dimensional vortex that leads to the Shadowlands, but so is the woman. Both are tumbled into the dark grasses of that midnight world. While Griffen admits the event was an accident, he feels guilty sending an innocent person into the place suited for thosethat are evil. Griffen then enters the Shadowlands to resuce the woman, and discovers he is stuck there too.

Now Griffen spends his time trying to survive the dark world he sent others. Not only does he have to watch for the creatures and hostile plant life, there are also survivors of the criminals he sent. Wish him luck; he’ll need all of that he can use.

#6 Doctor Gene Hu

#6 Doctor Gene Hu (science fiction): Doctor Hu is apart of my Foxfire One series (see posts #4 & 5). The Good Doctor is the civilian medical and science officer aboard the starship Foxfire One. He is the third member of a crew of  three, with Captain Jason Templar (post #4) and Ship’s Engineer Lis’a Roan (post #5). Doctor Hu is a causal, congenial man who makes life aboard Foxfire One fun. A favorite activity is the quiet time between missions when the crew can kick back, have some ice cream, and swap stories. The Doctor keeps himself occupied with a variety of hobbies:  from space exploration to mythology, martial arts to video games. In fact, he is a big fan of the old British television series “Doctor Who” and loves making references to the simularity between his name and the series’ lead character –“Would you like a jellybaby?” Also, his cabin aboard ship has a handprinted sign stating the cabin is the entrance to a TARDIS.

Doctor Hu was a fun character to create. If Jason Templar is the workaday “let’s get things done” part of my mind, then Doctor Hu is the part of my mind that is is into hobbies, kung fu, fudge brownies, and other things fannish (whether we’re talking science fiction, fantasy, comics, anime, or whatever). And I couldn’t resist sticking a Doctor Who reference into the series, it would be just too much fun tripping through space with the Good Doctor. 🙂 As for his appearance, since I practiced Kung Fu in my younger days, I also realized that the other best person I would like to be stuck on a starship with (besides my wife, who was the model for Lis’a Roan) was Jackie Chan – or, at least, the film persona Chan like to project throughout his movies. Thus, Doctor Hu has a familar looking face.

Enjoy.

#5 Lis’a Roan

#5 Lis’a Roan (science fiction)– Lis’a is the engineer aboard the starship Foxfire One. She is a strong, opinionated woman that has some deffent ideas on how things should run (“Everything has its place”). Naturally she is mechanically inclined, with a talent for growing plants (one of her ways of “getting away from it all” aboard ship), and reading up on nutrution and health books. Her husband is Jason Templar (see post #4), the captain of the starship.

Lis’a is part of my Foxfire One series of characters. She is loosely based on my wife ( though my wife would point out that Lis’a doesn’t look like her much). For the Foxfire One series I’ve stuck in a number of injokes. One of these is the use of fox images and references. Lis’a Roan’s name is one of those examples. Lis’a ( that’s Lis_a, not Leesa) is the Polish word for fox. And roan is a color usually associated with the color of some horses — a red-brown. So in a sense, Lis’a Roan, means “red fox”.

#4 Jason Templar

#4 Jason Templar — Jason is a starship captain aboard the Star Ranger patrol ship, Foxfire One.  Jason is a workaday captain more interested in exploring space, aiding the injured, and stopping a problem than the paramiltary rankings amoung the Rangers. As it is, he is the ideal of the American western: causal, good humored, hard working, fair treatment with others, etc. Foxfire One’s other crew members are Lis’a Roan (Jason’s wife — the ship’s engineer) and Doctor Gene Hu (the ship’s civilian medical and science officer)( the Ridgerunner class patrol ships have an average crew of three to five).

The Foxfire One series was my idea for the great American science fiction novel. I thought it would be great if I could get all my diverse science fiction characters together for one big, splashy adventure that pitted the heroes against an alien invasion. The lead characters would be this little patrol ship that would end up carrying all the heroes to the climatic fight scene. Unfornately, I’ve been playing with this idea for ten years.

More of these characters will be seen for the first time in my falling posts.