Despite my dark-humoured lampooning of anime archetypes and industry satire, It shouldn't surprise anyone that I started out attempting the manga style when I was young and I still respect the art form to this day. If anything, art styles, like culture, are always chimeras of many elements and not just the obvious. Moreover, what better time to bring out Chimeras than the Doctor himself who terrorizes the Tytronitek neighbourhood!

Beginning as a tribute to multiple heyday anime, only one chapter was ushered out amidst a busy workload and the project was shelved. I eventually considered the path the project was taking quite removed from its original influence and considered other genres. A much grittier, darker reboot was considered during my Fine Art days, and while I'm happy that didn't fly, it did introduce Max Juggernaut and more into the creative fray. Eventually, Tytronitek was whacked into Rock Diggler and the Collected Comic Madness, then that was whacked into Genma Visage, and that was the end of that.

Presented here is the 1st chapter finished in 2005 in its original Comic Sans, typo-encrusted glory, along with the next 2 incomplete chapters. The new cover you see was done in 2011 when Tytronitek was reprinted in Collected Comic Madness 2. Admittedly, I wrote a completely new intro prologue on the first page when I was creating this gallery. Comic Artist Ryan Jenkins digitally inked 8 pages of the second chapter to an extent in 2005 but couldn't commit further. Extra credit goes to Elliot Binns for his creative feedback and suggestions for the villain Linda Von Esso in chapter 2. Some panels are directly based on his pencils.

The Tytronitek City Saga is pretty much canon to Genma Visage, besides the vast difference in genre, art style and humour. I'll continue to discuss the series in its current context. What would have happened in Chapter 3 was Shiki would continue to mingle with her new buddies as Dr Chimera made the move to test her strength by sending out his Skele-minions and test-tube monsters, including a huge Montezuma-Hawaiian monstrosity. They attack Shiki and friends during their stay at a local water park. The ensuing battle strains Shiki to such a degree that she embraces a killer instinct to overpower and defeat the monster, making her question her origins from the stars. Further chapters would have more battles and expand on character development, including MrTamano and the mysterious herald of Dr Chimera, the lady biker Ingrid. There would have been another interloper Chiatzu (pictured in a battle suit bottom-right on Chapter 3's cover) who would aid Shiki in her impending clash with Chimera. After this, the countdown to the endgame and final battle would have begun. The rest is history.

If you haven't already, check out the Bios of Shiki and Chimera in the Cast section to read up on how the Tytronitek saga panned out. For further historical context, I would like to revisit them in the Lore stories someday in the foreseeable future.

Several further notes are provided and as a traditional manga these pages read right to left.