Monthly Archives: January 2012

META: Forum testing

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Jeff Hebert

At some point, the UGO Forums will (I assume) come down. It would be nice to have some sort of replacement solution in place before then, so I’ve installed a WordPress forum for the site that I’d like to test … Continue reading →

Posted in Meta | 84 Comments

Green Goblin vs The Joker

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Jeff Hebert

Our weekly Versus matchup brings us a colossal contest between a couple of confounding clowns of crime: Both are, obviously, insanely evil. They care nothing for the death of innocent bystanders and they both have impressive armories of weapons. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poll Position | 27 Comments

Worst. Waitress. Ever.

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Jeff Hebert
Posted in Daily Random Panel | 6 Comments

“Greed” by Kytana

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Jeff Hebert
Posted in Hall of Fame | 7 Comments

Caption Contest 116

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Jeff Hebert

Your challenge this week is to come up with the best replacement dialog for this comics panel: The best entry (as judged by yours truly) wins the author’s choice of either any item they like or any portrait to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Caption Contests, Contests | 52 Comments

Character Contest 81 Winners!

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Jeff Hebert

Many thanks to everyone who entered Character Design Contest 81: Greed! Without further ado, I give you your Finalists: I thought Albannach’s “Futility of Greed” told its story very well. AMS’ “Midas” is a great character study. I liked the … Continue reading →

Posted in Character Design Contests, Contest Winners, Contests | 34 Comments

She never forgave them for the “Got your nose” trick

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Jeff Hebert
Posted in Daily Random Panel | 7 Comments

Freestyle, Round 2!

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Jeff Hebert

After a missed couple of weeks, it’s time to continue our Freestyle Adventure Series. We had some really good story seeds turned in, but unfortunately my idea of a comment voting system didn’t work out — the plugin was definitely … Continue reading →

Posted in HeroMachine Freestyle | 18 Comments

Satan is a cross-dresser?

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Jeff Hebert

(From the pages of “PEP”, 1941.)

Posted in Daily Random Panel | 5 Comments

The Secret of ‘Nyms

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Jeff Hebert

This week’s Sharing Day topic is simple: Why is the story behind your online pseudonym (either here or one that you use the most often elsewhere)? I bet you can guess where mine — “HeroMachine” — comes from, can’t you! … Continue reading →

Posted in Sharing Day | 137 Comments