All entries written in February, 2007
February 28, 2007 at 1:24 pm · Filed under On My Influences, Thoughts
I suppose I’m trying to make one post in each of the major categories before The Gauntlet begins its run next week, so that none of the sidebar links will still be empty by then. In that spirit, here is the first entry into the “Thoughts” section, i.e. stuff that isn’t School Kids SG but which interests or inspires me. ABC’s hit show LOST has often inspired or interested me, and I really love looking at it from a storyteller’s perspective. Unlike almost everyone else I know, I still have faith that the writers have some kind of long-term plan, at least in basic terms, and when I see hints of a framework that engages my thoughts in the show, it makes me smile even if there’s no one else around.
With that in mind: I have an idea about what might happen tonight that I want to put on-record before the new episode airs. If anyone would care to discuss these things with me, go ahead and leave a comment, and I’ll try to respond as quickly as I can.
There are spoilers from this point on. You’ve been warned.
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February 28, 2007 at 12:37 pm · Filed under Cast, Guys
February 27, 2007 at 2:42 pm · Filed under Cast, Guys
February 27, 2007 at 12:14 pm · Filed under Announcements
Hi there, and welcome to School Kids SG! As you may already know, this site will soon contain a whole series of stories, which will come to you chapter-by-chapter in the form of blog posts. If you haven’t gone to the “first time visitors” page under the About menu on the right, you can do that right now to learn more about what SKSG is and what sorts of things you’re going to see on here in the coming weeks.
School Kids SG the series will begin running on the site as of March 9, 2007 (i.e., this is the day on which the first chapter of the first story will be posted). After that, at least one new chapter will be posted every week, but that’s not all.
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February 26, 2007 at 8:36 pm · Filed under About
School Kids SG, schoolkids-sg.com and all characters, stories, drawings and elements contained therein Copyright © 2003-2007 Jonathan V. Cann. All Rights Reserved.
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February 26, 2007 at 7:07 pm · Filed under About
The quick version: School Kids SG is an ongoing fiction series that combines Asian cultural influences, comic-book-style dialogue and video game combat aesthetics into a totally unique sci-fi story. It’s set in the year 2029 and follows the adventures of 16-year-old Mark Daley and his friends, who try (and often fail) to live normal lives in a town full of technological warfare and anime-inspired drama.
The in-depth version: This is the blurb I used on the main page when I was still constructing this site, before I opened it and started posting stories. It was intended to get people interested:
It is the year 2029, and the Go-Cart Gang is gone. They were the last in a long line of vigilante groups who defended the town of Woodvale, and before they retired, the brought peace to the Prattcorn Valley. As a new era dawns in the twilight of the vigilante age, Mark Daley, a sophomore at Woodvale High, sets out to find himself and his place in the world….
School Kids SG is primarily about Mark Daley, his friends and enemies. All of these characters live in or orbit the town of Woodvale, New Jersey, which is just like any other preppy suburb, with one major difference: Woodvale has a long history of breeding young vigilantes. In fact, there have been a total of six vigilante groups in Woodvale since 1997, all of which defended the streets and schools against gangs, bullies, and other malevolent forces. A lot of weird, futuristic technology has shown up on both sides of the vigilante and gang wars from mysterious origins, and these machines have served as both a catalyst for the conflict and a means of escalating more “normal” conflicts that already existed.
To put it another way: the formula behind School Kids SG is that typical high school drama + bizarre technology = a warring states situation.
School Kids SG begins in the year 2029, just about two years after the most recent Woodvale vigilante group, who called themselves the Go-Cart Gang, had their final battle with their arch enemies, the Canarre Gang. With all their nemeses defeated, the Go-Cart Gang retired, and there have been no new gangs or vigilante groups since. This places Mark and the rest of the SKSG characters in the middle of an interesting transitional period, but Woodvale is still Woodvale, and everyone in town is still feeling the aftershocks of the vigilante and gang wars. Mark in particular seems helpless to avoid stumbling into all kinds of crazy adventures, and on top of that, he’s on the verge of some major changes in his personal life as the series begins….
