Monthly Archives: January 2010

Caption Contest 67: BRAKASH!

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

I think it’s time we had a full-throated, two-page-spread, Image super-sized caption contest, complete with flying ponytails, ridiculous facial hair, unhinged jaws, incomprehensible female anatomy, outsized onomontoPOWia, no backgrounds, and all the rest of the high quality you’ve come to … Continue reading →

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Character Contest 24 Winners

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

Thanks to everyone who entered Character Contest 24: Super Enemies! Before I get into the Honorable Mentions and then the overall winner, I wanted to say a quick word to recap how I go about judging these things. On Tuesday … Continue reading →

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HM3: Let’s do Aural

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

With thanks to all the great suggestions in the last thread, I am happy to report that you can now use Backplane-Auras in the creation of your characters in HeroMachine 3. Here’s a preview of some of the new bits: … Continue reading →

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RP: Finally, a weapon that both blows and sucks

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

(From “Master Comics” number 52, 1944.)

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HM3: Aura input needed

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

I am finally going to work on the “Backplane-Aura” set of items for HeroMachine 3. I know some great ideas were suggested before, which I am going to try to incorporate, but by all means feel free to chime in … Continue reading →

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Poll Position: Costuming

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

Character design is more or less the “raison d’etre” of HeroMachine.com, so I thought we should take some time to figure out what, exactly, makes a costume “super”: What element makes a costume “super”? Underwear on the outside Mask Insignia … Continue reading →

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RP: Because nothing good ever happened at a square dance

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

(From “America’s Greatest Comics” number 8, 1943.)

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Random Panel: Crop-dusting, super-style

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

(From “Master Comics” number 52, 1944.)

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Random Panel: Great moments in detecting

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

(From “Master Comics” number 51, 1944.)

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Hammerknight’s HM Creator’s Club Poster

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

Thanks to Hammerknight for putting together the first ever “HeroMachine Creator’s Club” poster! Click on it to see it in a much larger version in all its glory, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! And that … Continue reading →

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