NIGHTSHIFT
In a world of felines, corruption, injustice, murder and crime runs rampant. The safety of the city falls into the hands of the NYPD Special Agents that work the nightshift.
CREATED by Cindy Ramey
Welcome to the Nightshift comic. This story is about a world full of cat characters. Which focus is mainly on the characters of the good guys of NYPD and the cat burglars of Big Claws gang. With a huge swing into supernatural with the vampire lives of Cage and Travis. Why the vampires you may ask? Lets just say that this whole world has been in my head since 1992 and I have had a lot of inspiration throughout the years. Things that I wish I could had done different with this comic would had been to create a fictional world. They are forever stuck in the late 90's early 2000’s, but I sometimes slip in more modern tech and vehicles at times.
RATING 16 +
Suitable for readers of age 16 and up. Contents may contain moderate violence, mild profanity, graphic imagery and suggestive themes.
NYPD Nightshift
A list of all the officers of the NYPD Nightshift crew.
CAPTAIN WHITTEN
No team is complete without someone in charge. Captain Don Whitten has been around the NYPD for a long time. He started out as a Rookie and after a few years he became the Captain of the Special Agents of the NYPD.
CARTER KENRICK
Born and raised in Hells Kitchen, Carter knows all about the tricks and trades of the Mafia world. His Grand-father was once involved in the Mafia. Carter keeps his grandfather in good ties, so that he knows what is going down in the Mafia world.
ROXY DRAKE
Roxy has been a member of the NYPD for three years now. You would never guess by her personality that she had a rough childhood. Her mother was battered and murdered by her father. Her major goal in life is to put her father behind bars once and for all.
JACK HOWARD
Jack Howard has been a member of the NYPD for 3 years. Before that he was a recruiter for the Police Academy. That is where he met Roxy.He’s a part time mechanic, owning his own garage where he repairs old motorcycles.
JAZZ JACKSON
Jazz was involved in gangs as a young teen. But after a fatal accident involving her brother, she turned her life around and decided to do something more for her future. She found herself going to the police academy and joining the NYPD.
CUFFS LANE
Robin Lane is the youngest of the group and most of the time is referred to as “Cuffs”. She earned the nickname at the academy for being the cadet quickest at cuffing a perpetrator. What she’s more known for is her knowledge of computer systems.
CASEY ANTONIO
Casey has been an officer for 7 years and loves his job. With Casey’s background in dealing with juveniles, he is always the first on call when young people are in danger. He is usually the one involved with Say No to Drugs and other awareness programs.
CAGE BLUNT
Cage has a pretty long history that causes him to end up living in New York City with his best friend Travis. He is a vampire who is trying to do good this decade and he feels the best way to do that is to be a cop for the NYPD.
BUFFY BLAIN
Usually a dayshift cop that at times works the nightshift. The reason why? She knows Carter has a thing for her and she enjoys pushing his buttons. She may come off as mean towards him, but she really likes the guy and wants to know him more.
VESSIE HARRIS
Vessie is the lady you go to when checking in and out criminals from the jail cells. She is a strong willed lady that always speaks her mind. Whether you want to hear what is on her mind or not, she will set you straight.
ABBY SMITH
Abby is a Forensic Autopsy Technician for the NYPD and is the go to gal when there is a murder or crime to solve. She grew up watching all those crime investigation shows, so her parents were pretty sure that was what she would do in the future.
FRIENDS
A list of recurring friends of Cage's
TRAVIS TACKETT
Travis Tackett was a 16 year old mortal at one time, until he became friends with a guy named Cage Blunt. Travis eventually finds out Cage’s secret and begs to become a vampire himself. Eventually with a forceful guilt-trip, he gets his way and Cage turns him into a vampire.
LEELA SALYERS
Leela is a Senior at Johnson high school. She is on the shy side and very artistic. Leela was adopted by the Salyers as a baby and never knew her parents, but she has always wondered about them. She also has a huge crush on the boy named Travis that lives next door.
PEACE SALYERS
Peace can be described as a fun loving, mischievous girl. She often doesn’t think before she leaps and sometimes that gets her into trouble. At least she will own up to her mistakes. When she’s not trying to get inside Travis and Cage’s apartment, she is hanging out at the diner with Leela and friends from school.
CRONUS CHASE
Cronus is a college student at NYU that is majoring in law. His family lives just outside of the city, but he prefers to live on campus due to issues with his father, although his roommate is unbearable to live with as well. He befriends Cage, Travis and the girls as they are a great escape from the college stress.
THE VILLAINS
The big bad villains that roam the city.
CLAW DANE
Claw Dane Drake. He is the big king baddy daddy. He is the father of Roxy Drake and Carla Claw. Although this is not shared knowledge among the other Big Claw gang. He usually appears to them as a dark shadowy man on a tv monitor. Giving out his plans to run New York City his own dastardly way.
ICHIRO
Ichiro is the bodygaurd and loyal friend to Claw Dane. He had even went to prison for him without hesitation. Because he knew he could escape, in which he did. Now working to seal a deal in Japan to help Big Claw achieve his plans.
NEKOME
Nekome, sometimes referred to by others as Kamikaze by older members of the Big Claw, is the daughter of Ichiro. She grew up learning his specific style of fight and has taught it to the members of the Big Claw's gang. She is loyal to them and the Big Claw.
SALLY GAMBLE
Sally has been an associate of the Big Claw since she was 18. Claw had found her beaten up on a street corner. He took her to a trusted partner in China Town. They took care of her till she heals. Claw returned for her and asks for her aid in building his cat burglar army. And she agreed.
CARLA CLAW
Carla was an orphan that ran away from her foster parents. The streets were her home for a little while until she met someone named Sally. Who took her to live with her and a few other run aways, to be trained to be the best cat burglars in the city, working under the Big Claw.
PANTHER
Panther wasn’t a runaway, but instead a kid that just wasn’t wanted anymore. His parents just left him to fend for himself and so he grew up on the streets of NYC. He joined the Big Claw’s gang the same time Carla joined. Panther normally isn’t a very friendly person. He keeps to himself and pushes people away.
MAD CAT MAX
Mad Cat Max has been on the run from the law since he was 17. He is wanted for murder and the kidnapping of a 7 year old girl. The 7 year old girl is now the 17 year old, Jessie Jean. Max had always been a little on the wild side, but he never murdered anyone, nor did he ever kidnap J.J.
PATCH
You can’t have one without the other. Mad Cat Max and Patch, the two of them are practically inseparable. Jessie Jean often calls Max her big brother. Most of the time she calls him that out of habit now. They both claimed they were siblings to keep people from figuring out who they really were
SHARD
Chett aka Shroud is another young member of the Big Claw that has just begun his life of crime with his other runaway friends. He’s got to earn his keep to make sure the roof stays over his head and his belly gets fed. He’d do anything for to impress Panther. The guy that picked him up off the streets.
HEX
Sarah aka Hex, is the newest and youngest member of the Big Claw. Her and her father had been homeless for a couple years. They had been living in abandoned buildings. Sarah’s father had a run in with some nasty gang members and wound up dead. When her father didn’t come home, she was on her own.
CROWE
Nick Price aka Crowe is a your well rounded bad boy. He was a runaway that lived with different groups of people most of his life. He finally ended up sticking with the Big Claw crew. The Big Claw doesn’t use Crowe for burglaries, but instead, Crowe is in charge of drug trafficking within the city.
CHESTER
Chester is the Big Claw's hacker and tech man. He is the one who gets into the computer systems all over the city and writes specific codes to allow the Big Claw gang into any place they want. Although he is about to come up against a challenge as Cuff's from they Nightshift is catching on to the recurring code.
SKULL
This lady is a bit of a mystery to everyone. She never removes her mask. She is not a member of the Big Claw. But the Nightshift suspects that she is, as she wears a mask to cover her face as they do. Her goals are to murder people of power for her own gain.