We are watching waiting and ready to engulf you into our hate grail 96 i l l u s t r a t e d - j u n e 9 6 - dark rituals - - a dark repository of information - intro Waking up in the back of a taxi cab I come around and glance over the shoulder of the driver to see that the meter reads two thousand nine-hundred and seventy dollars 54 cents The driver informs me that I hailed him several days ago and I have been in a deep alcohol-induced slumber ever since leaving him no choice but to drive endlessly around the block with the meter running Calmly instructing the fool to pull over to the side of the road I grab him by his poorly kept hair and repeatedly bash his head against the steering wheel until his brain becomes so drenched with blood that he begins convulsing like popcorn Proceeding towards home on foot I encounter a roving gang of hoodlums who somehow regard my wallet as something worth risking their lives stealing In one fluid motion I unveil my trusty TR-870 automatic shotgun and dispatch them as quickly and as easily as the deadly weapon allows I finally arrive at my place of residence where I quickly down a few cases of Nestea for the purpose of rehydrating myself I then boot up my computer and log onto the Dark Illustrated WHQ The Lethal Aspect and peruse the message bases where I read therein that several Dark-related events have taken place in my absence Dark Illustrated Editor in the house Grail here taking over as this month s wordsmith I hold my breath as I fill in a pretty big spot Anyway aside from that I m sitting here in the Editor s role pondering on what the hell I should write about for this month s Info file I guess I should mention that there are a few new members for the month of June which I have the opportunity and pleasure of introducing Status on an HQ board and Member Boards as well as news from the front the social front in regards to Dark members And thus begins Dark s Summer of Hate Tour A summer filled with ever-encompassing darkness and despair When you find one day the sun has disappeared you shall know who rules the world Muahahaha Dark Illustrated Social Misconducts Well Sunday 23rd came and went and along with it Dark hosted a VGA competition on the Internet Relay Chat Organized by Arzach and judged by Burnout Purple Dye Egoteq and myself Channel #vga saw many pop in within the four hour long contest and participants showed up and strutted their talents to the fullest of their capabilities Among the contestants Dark s own Arzach took first place Kosh second Edge third and in fourth place Method Man other notable contestants were Armaggeddon Donut Black Guard Bedlam Prison Breaker and MagneticM coming in that order of scoring It was a good day to socialize on IRC Look for the IRC VGA competition art pack floating around featuring all the weird and wonderful works of the participants A Dark meet was also held during this same week proving to all that the fun doesn t necessarily end when the sun goes down (Or when it rains for that matter ) Those Darkies present and accounted for included Arzach Burnout Carnifex Grail The Green Hornet Mist of Death Oxygene Prison Breaker and Purple Dye Nuclear Inferno a non-Dark member also tagged along for the ride In addition to wrecking havoc in our wake fruitful discussions were held about Dark various side-projects and zinderfines It is expected that Dark will experience many exciting triumphs in the near future as a result of this gathering Interestingly enough Black Ire the one responsible for organizing this meet failed to attend Oh well -- maybe next time Selvin! Dark Illustrated Say what ! Hi I m Smokey And that s Lord Q Dark Summer of Hate Tour -- courtesy of (Crappy) Canada s Wonderland THAT s a zinderfine ! Good thing I brought my PONCHO! group news Dark Illustrated New Members As you all know from last month Dark enjoyed its very first merger with the now-defunct Wyld Studios Not mentioned however was the addition of a new arrival from Wyld In addition to the previously unmentioned arrival Dark also finds new talent from other local groups as our Summer of Hate Tour kicks into high gear this June The - If you have been following Wyld Studios since November the Anarchist addition of The Anarchist s role as the BBS Mod Division Head boosted Wyld Studios productivity with kick ass coding Now Dark has the pleasure of exploring the wild side of whom we call The Anarchist Trash - In a return engagement from nowhere Trash rejoins the ANSI Department from a long sojourn from reality Still just as good when he disappeared the first time Evil - I actually don t know much about the artist whom everyone Genius knows as Evil Genius But with a name like that I m pretty sure his artistic talent must be phenomenal Genius I say pure ANSI genius WatOr - In a return engagement from out of nowhere (Deja Vu ) WatOr rejoins the ANSI Department with DoRK written all his forehead I mean Dark! ) I m sure you ll enjoy this month s TERRIFIC WatOr toon as much as I did Dark Illustrated Internal Structure Not a lot to report this month in regards to internal structure except for the fact that the Internet Division has blossomed With additional help from the rest of the Dark Members it is now a complete group on its own Joining the Internet Division are Grail and Purple Dye as the new Dark site s Webmasters and Arzach becomes Head Graphic Supervisor Cyber X Burnout and Prison Breaker are also on the roster With the addition of experienced staff to the division not only will Dark s World Wide Web Site grow into something it will be the place to to be You can expect that more members will be participating in its development as the days go by Reach the beta test of the site at http wyldstudios com purpled As further development continues the official site will be moved to http wyldstudios com dark To avoid confusion Wyld Studios still does exist No longer an art group but as a full-time business dealing in web publishing graphic graphic art consultation and illustrations as well as other related services USHQ East 1999 With the loss of Tribal Siege s Tundra East 1999 is the new USHQ Like it s predecessor Skypager s board is just as great as well as easy on the eyes =) Member Boards The Feanorian Letters & The Way Station Well along with the merger from Wyld two boards officially become members boards and i myself would like to say that with the addition of these boards the Hamilton Dark Chapter will quickly see rapid change and productivity by providing a really good communication hub with the rest of Dark Welcome to the fold and embrace the darkness miscellaneous Dark Illustrated The Collections For the latest available DARK Collection you can check out Halaster s Regency or the Washington University Archives wuarchive Yggdrasil s homepage is currently in the darkness and unavailable As mentioned in Group News a new web site is in the works as this pack goes into release The Collections will be fully available when it s officially completed DARK packs old and new are also available on Member Boards listed within Dark Illustrated The Filenames Filenames work like this XXXXX-## DRK XXXXX - five characters we hope represents an artists name adequately ## - 2-digit number representing the number of releases this artist has had since 01 96 Dark Illustrated Darkview DARKVIEW still has bugs in it JPGs may not display properly so consider yourself warned A new viewer is being designed Dark Illustrated Site Listings The Lethal Aspect World Headquarters Xypher Matryx East 1999 US Headquarters Skypager! Saturated Fat Member Board WatOr Sight & Sound Member Board Drone-Fly The Way Station Member Board The Anarchist The Feanorian Letters Member Board Purple Dye The Regency Internet Site Halaster Dark does not have distribution sites nor is it seeking any Please cease requesting them or sending applications Dark Illustrated Greetings Group Greets To all who s anything and everything Yeah right =) Individual Greets You know who you are so we are just greeting you From all of us at Dark Illustrated to all of you out there somewhere over the freaking rainbow Dark Illustrated Dedications I would like to dedicate this month s Dark Collection to the efforts of those whom the scene has molded into the kind of people they are Not only for their existence within the scene but for their dedication in keeping the scene alive as it stands in this day and age With their talents camaraderie and strong sense of integrity the scene will only continue to grow stile layout grail the green hornet editing grail carnifex intro prison breaker Dark Illustrated 1996 All Rights Reserved