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Gary Jaques

Gary Jaques was the much-maligned writer who joined the creative team of The Wizbits at the end of its life cycle. Originally hired by General Defense Dynamics to work on the show following the 2004 arrest, coma and subsequent semi-retirement of James Langomedes, it soon became apparent that between the loss of Langomedes' artistic vision and the show's declining ratings the show was unsalvageable. Jaques was retained on the staff while Realmworlds Publishing tried to decide how to go forward, drawing up plans for a new original Wizbits series to create a canonical show for American audiences. Unfortunately before the project got off the ground Multigame Corp decided (against vigorous fan protest) to use the translation of the existing Wizbits Extreme series and use it as a new canonical base to replace the old, badly edited original Wizbits.

Controversy

Since none of Jaques' work got past the drawing-table stage, unfortunately most fans' only familiarity with Jaques happened to be the most infamous episode of his brief, shadowy career. Although otherwise devoted to the ELotH:TES canon and interested primarily in finding synthesis among the disparate bodies of ELotH:TES literature and media, he became best-known for proposal to "update" the saga with newer, more "modern" characters. Many fans still shudder with revulsion at the mention of thankfully never-used ideas such as The SUV of Endless Soccer Practicing, King Graznyiak of the Questionable Corporate Accounting Practices, or Deputy Warden Sorcitor Korl the Thuper, although some of these have become very popular fanfic material in some circles. Jaques defended these alongside his other more traditional ideas in an interview printed in last December's issue of Epic Hierarch Monthly, but copies of the interview are exceedingly hard to find as the magazine was recalled soon afterwards when it was revealed it had been printed with a mildly toxic ink.