Category Archives: Challenge Favorites

As you saw from the gallery of entrants, HeroMachinists are a very talented bunch. I’m glad it wasn’t up to me to pick just five of the many entries for our centennial character design challenge! But you all stepped up … Continue reading →

I was really impressed with all of the entries submitted for our last Pop Quiz, which challenged you to use at least one of the new “Humanoid” companions in a cool image. Here are all of the submissions:

We had some great entries for our last Caption Challenge, thanks everyone! You were tasked with coming up with a funny caption for this random comics panel: Without further ado, my personal favorites were: Gero: Not all the New Gods … Continue reading →

Thanks to everyone who was willing to take a swing at the new items for our last Pop Quiz. Without further ado (and with thanks to the free Wi-Fi at the Denver Airport), here they are:

We had lots of great entries for Character Design Challenge 99! Thank you all for sharing your creativity with us. Unfortunately, the following folks are disqualified for not naming their files properly: StrangerousRex, Maniacmick, Jawsabi, sivad96, Mr. Chowderhead, DarkWarrior076, Overseer, … Continue reading →

Thanks to everyone who entered Saturday’s Pop Quiz! Unfortunately, Jawsabi, Overseer, and jeremythurlow’s entries were disqualified as their files were named improperly and I couldn’t tell who made what without going back and manually checking the comment. I included them … Continue reading →

Many thanks to everyone who entered our last Caption Challenge, which tasked you with writing the best headline for this comics panel: Here are the ones that I personally found the funniest: Mark: When a mob boss tells you to … Continue reading →

Logos are hard to design, requiring a deceptive level of simplicity that can communicate big ideas instantly. I applaud you all for taking a crack at it with our last Pop Quiz, and I am delighted to share the results … Continue reading →

Last week we challenged you to redesign lightning-themed Public Domain characters, and you knocked it out of the park once again. I’ve chosen a handful of entries as ones that I personally liked the most, but as always, this is … Continue reading →

We had some great entries in our Rag Doll Pop Quiz, and here they are: Those are all great, but among my very favorites were Atomic Punk, Barbario, Keric, Livewyre, Scatman, SprocketSauce, and Worf. And if I have to go … Continue reading →