It makes me laugh that there are those of you actually reading these pages. That's pretty neat...!

HYPER-REVOLUTION is the product of a hyperactive imagination and started off as an itch in my brain during the time that I worked on the illustrations for the BABES OF ACID promotion. Maybe it's because I had spent the time immersing myself in imagery associated with some of my favorite CoA members, or maybe it's just because I'm crazy -- but I found myself preoccupied with strong visual depections of some of the Children. And it just wouldn't stop.

I grew up creating comic-books, and for me visuals have to somehow be associated with a narrative. This was no different. I thought about it and more and more specific moments would come to me, ever-so-loosely connected by the barest concept for a story. And I couldn't help but think to myself:

"You know, this would make one kick-ass animated series!"

At the time I was also watching the digitally-animated SPIDER-MAN series on MTV and it occurred to me my idea couldn't be all THAT far off. Why not? Stranger things have been making their way onto the airwaves every day. (Have you seen VENTURE BROTHERS on Cartoon Network lately? Now that's some weird stuff.) And once I start plucking ideas out of the ether there's just no controlling it. I really liked this idea. A Children of Acid-based animated series. It was clever.

But there was nowhere to go with it really. CoA isn't mine and I don't have the first idea about pitching an animated series to a network. So I just kept it all to myself.

But the ideas wouldn't stop coming.

Jump to last October when for the first time I started writing down some of the loose thoughts I'd had regarding this orphan of an idea. It started making more and more sense as I did. The tapestry of characters and circumstances actually wove the fabric of a plot. I mulled over it some more and realized...I could write a novel. Again, why not? You think of novels as something other more learned, studious people decide to do. An endeavor no normal person undertakes without proper research, planning and pedigrees.

Screw that. I don't like being hemmed in by preconceptions. It seemed like fun, and I like to surprise people with new projects. Besides, no one in recent memory has accused me of being normal anyway.

And you know something? It really has been fun. Sometimes it would just dawn on me how a character could be introduced here or what Acid-spawned powers a character could exhibit there and I'd just go giddy with excitement. I figure, if you can't get excited about a project, what's the point in undertaking it?

As I see it, every Child featured in H-R is a combination of elements. There's the online fiction of a screen-persona, which if you pay attention you'll quickly see is usually completely different from the actual person underneath. The screen-name is like an amplified or hyper-realized version of the person who uses it. For me it's a treat getting to know the people beneath the personas...but I have to admit, there's something cool about the mystique of the persona too. I like being able to combine parts of both, coming up with something brand new and yet hopefully instantly recognizable at the same time.

I try not to include people who I think are going to get bent out of shape by the manner in which they're included. Everything here is done in the spirit of good fun. That said, I'm taking some liberties with characterization and such, so all I can ask is that the selected few understand that this is just my own interpretation of them set against a fantastic backdrop of revolution and interstellar awakening.

When you fuse music with the potential for evolution...that's when you can feel the Acid start to burn. For me, that burning began as an itch in the deepest recesses of my imagination, and now you get to see the results play out twice a week on this site and on CoA. All I can do is thank everyone again for providing such rich, amazing inspiration for a pedigreeless soul like myself to work his magic with.

The ideas just keep on coming.