Monthly Archives: January 2012

META: Forum testing

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

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Green Goblin vs The Joker

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

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Worst. Waitress. Ever.

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“Greed” by Kytana

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Caption Contest 116

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

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Character Contest 81 Winners!

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

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

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Freestyle, Round 2!

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

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Satan is a cross-dresser?

(From the pages of “PEP”, 1941.)

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The Secret of ‘Nyms

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

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