Cybel

Cybel has been involved in fandom since the late 1970s, first as a poet and fanfic writer and later as a VCR vidder. Her gen and slash writings appeared mostly in fanzines, and her vids appeared in convention vid shows throughout the 1990s. 
She is more recently known primarily for her fan art, and especially for her participation as an artist in the Spn_j2_bigbang and other BigBang and ReverseBang challenges (see her journal at http://cybel.dreamwidth.org). More notably, she is known for her involvement in the podfic community, where, in August 2007, she compiled the first fannish audiobooks for various podficcers, soon after that coining the term podbook to differentiate them from non-fannish audiobooks. She has compiled more than 1,700 podbooks since then, creating cover art for many of them. She also recorded a couple of short podfics herself, the first of which was All Your Zombies by kestrelsan. Cybel was the tagging mod for the amplificathon podfic communities on Livejournal and Dreamwidth from 2008 to 2013 and was in charge of archiving podfics in the Supernatural and Supernatural RPF fandoms during most of that time as a volunteer at the Audiofic Archive. She stepped down from these posts in 2013 for health reasons. As of 2019 she is semi-retired from active fandom participation but still creates occasional artworks.
==Interview==
* On the Double Interview with Cybel (1987)
==Early Years In Fandom==
Like many fans, Cybel first began reading and writing in Star Trek TOS fandom. Below is an example of some of her fan poetry:
"I have sought you before in different climes and times, felt you in the back of my mind like a whisper of certainty even before we met. I have known you before in different places and faces, yearned toward you as a flower yearns toward the sun for light and life. I have loved you before, minds, bodies, and souls entwining round one another in an endless dance, reaching, teaching, feeling awe in the simple perfection of touch until identities merge and two become forever one." From 'Forever One', a poem published in The Naked Times #14.
==Vids==
One of Cybel's better known vids is Patterns, a Mulder-centric X-Files vid from 1996. Four of her Professionals VCR vids, originally made in the early 1990s, were remastered and made available on Nell's website (now moved to Morgan Dawn's site here): "Being Alive," "I Don't Mind the Thorns (When You're the Rose)," "It's a Sin," and "Not While I'm Around."
For a partial list of her vids, see Songtape Collection by Cybel, two multi-fandom collections from 1995.
===Vidding Process===
In 1995 Cybel posted an overview of her vidding process on VCRs to the Virgule-L mailing list. It is reposted here with permission.
==Podbook Covers==
Cybel has made hundreds of covers for podfics in many fandoms. See her LJ podbook cover gallery and Photobucket podbook cover gallery. 
Cybel has given blanket permission for her art to appear on Fanlore. Below is a selection of some of her work:
=== Merlin ===
Image:BeltaneCycle1-4.png|for the anthology version of FayJay's reading of The Beltane Cycle by Astolat
Image:Beltane.jpg|for Winkingstar's reading of Beltane by Astolat
Image:Beltane2.jpg|for FayJay's reading of Beltane by Astolat
Image:Coming of Age.jpg|for FayJay's reading of Coming of Age by Astolat
Image:That Shall Achieve the Sword.jpg|for FayJay's reading of That Shall Achieve The Sword by Astolat
Image:An Exile In Albion.jpg|for FayJay's reading of An Exile In Albion by Astolat
Image:To Be Known.jpg|for Rhea314's reading of To Be Known by esohpe
Image:TruthIsaWhisper.jpg|for villainy's reading of Truth Is a Whisper by Seperis
Image:Favorite.jpg|for Fleur Rochard's reading of Favorite by Astolat
Image:The Trouble With Unicorns.jpg|for smallearthcat's reading of The Trouble With Unicorns by Astolat
Image:Damsel in Distress.jpg|for twilight_angel's reading of Damsel in Distress by thehoyden
Image:Give In, Oh Sweet Surrender.jpg|for Lunchee's reading of Give In, Oh Sweet Surrender by inane_rational
Image:Seven Magpies.jpg|for Lunchee's reading of Seven Magpies by syllic
Image:Fools of Us All.jpg|for FayJay's reading of Fools of Us All by adelagia
Image:History of Two Conversations.jpg|for threequarters' reading of The History of Two Conversations (On Paper) by takadainmate
Image:Obeisance.jpg|for rhi cauldrie's reading of Obeisance by casspeach
=== Supernatural ===
File:Lastdaypodficcove.jpg|for the podfic version of Last Day On Earth by candle_beck
File:Old rebel yeller.jpg|for Issaro's reading of Old Rebel Yeller by Big Pink
File:Phthonus 000pffyy.jpg|for juice817's reading of Phthonus Series by leonidaslion
File:Lastoutpostcover.jpg|alt=Image of Sam looking to the left and worried Dean looking at Sam, they appear to be behid distressed glass. Texr reads 'Last outpost of All That Is by eighth horizon'.|for Rhea314's reading of Last Outpost Of All That Is by gekizetsu
File:Andfoolsshineon.jpg|for fairyd123's reading of And Fools Shine On by gekizetsu
File:Othersidepodcover.jpg|for nu_breed's reading of Otherside by rei_c
File:Verbal.jpg|for podfic_lover's reading of Verbal by Big Pink
File:Red pod.jpg|for grrli and twasadark's reading of Red by Big Pink 
=== Other Fandoms ===
Image:AJoyousAnthologyofBandomPodfic.jpg|for A Joyous Anthology of Bandom Podfic by pennyplainknits
Image:Jeeves Has A Theory Podfic Cover by cybel.jpg|for dodificus's reading of Jeeves Has A Theory by kalimyre
Image:Tomorrow Belongs To Me-Podfic.png|for kalakirya's reading of Tomorrow Belongs To Me by valtyr
== References ==
Category:FanartistsCategory:Vidders
Category:Fanwriters