Caption Contest 22: It’s Manga time!
Our celebrity judge and co-host for this week’s Caption Contest is none other than Johanna Draper Carlson, of “Comics Worth Reading” fame! Many thanks to Johanna for coming up with the panel for our contest this time around; since she’s been instrumental in opening my eyes to what manga (Japanese comics, basically) has to offer, I asked her to pick a good panel from that world, and boy did she deliver:
Johanna will also help judge the winner after all the entries are in, so don’t be afraid to go over to her blog and leave some nice sucking-up style comments! Flattery might not work, but then again, it might.
The rules are the same as always:
- Keep it clean, appropriate for a broadcast television prime-time show;
- Make your entry in the comments to this post;
- No more than three entries per person.
The funniest entry (as judged by Johanna and me) will win a free black and white custom illustration of whatever they like (within reason) by professional illustrator Jeff Hebert (that’s me!). So put on that funny cap and get to work! The contest ends next Monday night / Tuesday morning.
(Note: The contest is now closed and Johanna is deciding on the winner. Check back later today for the announcement!)
July 29th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Jeff, I’m not seeing the speech bubbles….
Stupid Japanese comics
July 29th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Good point, Ashton, thanks. I’ve changed the image (forgive me, original creator person!) to add a Western-style dialog balloon pointer to the character’s mouth. Let me know if it’s still not clear.
July 29th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Manga babies hit the ground running!
July 29th, 2008 at 10:42 am
1)…..Aw screw it, I can’t think of anything PG-13. I’ll do the one next week..
July 29th, 2008 at 10:59 am
I’ll try something
1) Oh Shit. I forgot I had no hands to stabilize myself!
July 29th, 2008 at 11:12 am
1. SUPER MEGA LEAP FROG OF WIND!
July 29th, 2008 at 11:42 am
For the last time…I AM NOT A POKEMON!
July 29th, 2008 at 11:48 am
[...] honored to be the co-host and judge of this week’s manga caption contest at HeroMachine. It’s simple to enter — go to that site, look at the panel from [...]
July 29th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
1) Man, this Earth-sized treadmill is tough.
July 29th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Nothing gets between me and the cookie jar!!
July 29th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
1. That live action Transformers movie is an insult to us.
July 29th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
1) Whaddaya mean: I got leapfrogging all wrong?
2) Hah! I scared your racing stripes off!
3) I was born to run … about 3 seconds ago!
July 29th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
1. Out of my way Johanna, Jeff is mine
2. Cookies be mines!
3. AH! I came from that!
July 29th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
1. I KNEW it!!!
2. I was just looking for the cookies, that guy said he liked on her.
July 29th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
2. LEEEROOOOY JENKINS!
July 29th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
1) This is NOT how you play tag!
2) Eat my commas! Er, I mean, dust.
July 29th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
1)LG:FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!
2)LG: SO MAN IN WHITE, YOVE COME TO PUT ME BACK IN WOMB HAVE YOU?!!!!
3)LG: YOU KNOW YOU CANT TOUCH THIS
4) RAGGLE FRAGGLE!!!!!
July 29th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
“I’ve gotta find a new exit for my Megazord.”
July 29th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
“Ha! Ha! Think fast if you want to catch me! Hyper-starshine-gazelle-glow power go!
July 29th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Whoa,when the heck did I eat that!
July 29th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Jeez,when monkeys fly out of my butt, dosen’t seem so farfetched anymore!
July 29th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
1)What the heck was under her dress???!?!?
2)How’d I get here?
3)I thought this was Naruto, not Pokemon!!!
July 29th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
1. Must…find…more…speed lines!
2. Ha! Baby Parallelogram strikes again!
3. KHAAAAAAAAAAN!
Ian
July 29th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
3. I SAID MY NAME IS INYUASHA!
July 29th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
If I’m not mistaken, that panel should have the Ena (the girl in the skirt) shouting from that speech bubble (should be like “AH!” after Yotsuba ran between her legs), not Yostuba.
However, based on what you have displayed, here’s my entries:
1) Finally! Free from your infernal womb!
2) Girls in skirts should wear underwear!
3) Why so serious?
July 30th, 2008 at 12:14 am
1. Look out! Flying rectangles!
2. I just saw the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen in my young life!
3. Manga art sucks! Why couldn’t we have been drawn by Neal Adams?
July 30th, 2008 at 1:18 am
SPEED RACER! THE KID’S WAY!
July 30th, 2008 at 1:21 am
hey jeff ya know that Stan Lee has his own manga now? with the help of Hiroyuki Takei.
July 30th, 2008 at 7:37 am
2.) fing! Fang! FOOM!!!!
July 30th, 2008 at 7:49 am
2) I’m running at warp speed and all I get for onomontoPOWia is floating rectangles?!?
3)Super-Red-Bull-Pixie-Stick-Energy-Boost ENGAGE!
July 30th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
(reak all with Japanese accent)
1) For 17 years we have been popping out like bunnies, one after another… and fully dressed too!
2) It true… we both drawn by Jeff’s Japanese cousin, Wu Fong Chai.
3) Velcro shoes of speed, GIVE ME POWER!!!
July 30th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
I mean read not reak - sorry
July 30th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
1) Ha! Go fast turn LEFT, dummy!
2) Where’d you put my fingers?!
3) You are the worst barber ever!
July 30th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
“You won’t EVER catch me again!”
July 30th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
“Run mommy, run. The rectangles are coming! The rectangles are coming!
July 30th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
1) I know how to defeat the Stuck-in-the-mud-o-zoids! FOLLOW ME!
2) That’s not the tunnel of love!
3) No demonic day care can ever hold me!
July 30th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Not this time big sister. I am calling shi-chosan of shadow project!!!.
July 31st, 2008 at 7:56 am
1. Gotta get away from these evil floating rectangluoids!
2. Pi… ka… CHUUUUUUUUU!!!!!
3. Sorry miss, but that cookie is MINE!
July 31st, 2008 at 2:24 pm
1. HYPERACTIVE SUGAR CHILD ATTACK!
July 31st, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Shesh,they hide the transdimensional warp chamber in the wierdest places!
July 31st, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Bowling-Ball Girl, Go!!!!
July 31st, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Drag Knuckle Fast RUN!!!
August 1st, 2008 at 9:49 am
2. That American Godzilla movie was an insult to us.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:49 pm
1. Wonder Twin butt powers activate!
2. All your base are belong to us
3. OK, so be honest. Do these shorts make my butt look fat?
August 1st, 2008 at 4:54 pm
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August 1st, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Crystal Meth is one hell of a drug!!
August 2nd, 2008 at 11:55 am
Warfff. Get away!!! I’m the japanese version of a Rotweiler! GRRRR!
August 2nd, 2008 at 11:26 pm
1. Those sneakers wont sew themselves!
August 2nd, 2008 at 11:32 pm
2. Somebody found my nose on 3rd and Maple, gotta run!
August 3rd, 2008 at 1:42 am
1. Evil hands coming… must get BOOMSTICK!
August 3rd, 2008 at 5:24 am
Ahh! Attack of the quotation marks!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Active childbirth is the WAY!