Monthly Archives: July 2009

Friday Distracticon: Serial trouble and I don’t mean Captain Crunch

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

So by Friday, I’m usually pretty brain-fried and in need of distraction, a state which I am sure is shared by most of the world plus the people who read this blog. So during my jog this morning I thought … Continue reading →

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Random Panel: Great moments in bad first dates

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

(From “Amazing Man” number 10, 1940.)

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META: Movin’ on up

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

Just a heads-up, I’ll be in San Antonio all day helping a buddy move, so if your comments and whatnot take a while to get approved, that’s why. In the meantime, consider this an open thread, talk about whatever you … Continue reading →

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Tiles tiles tiles

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

(Hammerknight has been kind enough to assemble another set of recipes for cool stuff you can do with the HeroMachine 3 Alpha. Thanks big guy! Click on any image to embiggen it.)1

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Random Panel: On stating the bloody obvious

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

(From “Amazing Man” number 10, 1946.)

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Sometimes short is bad

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

I won’t go so far as Randy Neuman did and claim that “short people got no reason to live”, but I am willing to say that people who wear purple shorts with purple shirts and purple pointy-topped boots got no … Continue reading →

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Random Panel: Walt Disney interviews gone bad

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

(From “Day of Vengeance” number 1, ©2005 DC Comics, Inc.)

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Character Contest 13: Kick it!

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

Apparently I am on a sidekick kick, because your character design contest for this week is to create a sidekick for some well-established, but currently solo, character! You can pick any character you like, so long as they don’t currently … Continue reading →

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Caption Contest 57 Winner

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

I am happy to present the winner of Caption Contest 57, and the guy who gets to choose either his own custom item or a caricature of his head for inclusion in HeroMachine 3, Cory! The other Honorable Mentions were: … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge Favorites, Challenges | 16 Comments

Random Panel: Great moments in awkward insults

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

(From “Amazing Man” number 10, 1940.)

Posted in Daily Random Panel | 3 Comments