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These are samples of my writing. The first is from 'Spencer and the Tankbuster'. This short story is an unlikely buddy tale: about how an apocalyptic sparring match impacts three fighters, an idealistic wanna-be, a cynical contender, and a wrathful, seemingly invincible prodigy. This training session enables them to face their repressed humanity in a futuristic fascist world ( dominated by militarism and violence). This is especially tricky considering that these fighters aren't quite human( one is an effeminate, fairy-like creature, the other 2 are cyborgs.

 

Tankbuster, an mma cyborg, is on the verge of giving in to the pressure of his mighty opponent, Fullmer. As you see, he finds the proper motivation for his counterattack - a motivation beyond machismo, hatred, and other draining emotion. During his struggle, he finds one of the the sources of humankind's suffering - and a cure - that source being society's dismissal of those deemed unworthy by the dehumanizing system ( those who've perished in war and disaster, 'losers', the 'weak' etc), and the cure being a deeper empathy that fixes and resurrects their shattered spirits. He is thus blessed and empowered by the newly-integrated, vindicated spirit of the cosmos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This piece is from 'Boxing Sugary Nina' This is a description of the lion-tiger, a contender in a surreal boxing world. Since people haven't found peace and stability, their spirits are assimilated into the bodies of giant monstrous mma fighters, 'drafted' to fight life-and-death matches in a reality turned upside down by the unresolved extremes and contradictions.

 

 

You can see more of my work by either scrolling up to the right side of the screen,  right-click on any title, or scroll down to the bottom right and click on older posts.

        There are also more samples of my writing at http://www.unalterable-mass.blogpot.com/ and Ken Perez graphic novels on facebook.

 

 

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ESOTERIC PUGILISTS

 'Studcreep, weakest of the mightiest' is the first tale in my sci-fi/surreal martial arts comic. It's about how the world's worst boxer finally has some fans.

STUDCREEP, WEAKEST OF THE MIGHTIEST SYPNOSIS

The cubsters, adrogynous, fairy-like monsters, are given free tickets to the fights. The cubsters constantly travel the world, in their neverending quest to do good deeds.

They arrive in time for the main event, a bout between Studcreep, the world's worst boxer, and eyebuster, an undefeated, seemingly unstoppable contender. The cubsters cheer for the hard-luck Studcreep, though everyone else boos. He's suddenly inspired by their support, and it enables him to understand what makes his opponent so tough - he has a psychic vision, which shows eyebuster using invisible monsters to overwhelm his intimidated adversaries. Slimy, malformed, serpentine, insect-like demons crawl over their floundering victims... and ghoulish faces lick them, although the hapless boxers didn't consciously realize why they froze before eyebuster's onslought.

Studcreep channels higher forces during the fight and he literally becomes a quantum giant, overlooking and pulverizing the lower-level demons of eyebuster. Studcreep advances so far in the psychic/spiritual realms, that he's able to control time itself, making his foe believe that he got hit by a left hook, before actually unloading it, like the silent flash before a nuclear explosion. He ko's eyebuster, and the cubsters cheer wildly.

                                                                    

all work copyright(C) Ken Perez