Category Archives: Poll Position

Poll Position: HeroMachine prize items!

I’ve compiled all your excellent suggestions regarding replacement prize items for contest winners who never told me what they wanted — thank you all for the time and effort you put into the ideas! I had to leave out a … Continue reading

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Poll Position: Holy war

I freely admit that this might be the stupidest poll question I have asked yet. That’s me, the overachiever. But with the whole “Clerical Contest” going on this week I wanted to do something with the idea of holy characters, … Continue reading

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Poll Position: The King Lives!

We appear to be on a bit of Jack Kirby kick this week, so let’s take the King’s designs into real life, shall we? What would be the worst part of being a Jack Kirby character in real life? The … Continue reading

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Poll Position: Young Adults is REAL, Y’all!

We’ve talked about making fantasy worlds real before, but this week I wanted to focus on the popular “Young Adult” series that seem to be all the rage. I’m leaving this one open for you to add your own responses, … Continue reading

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Poll Position: Destruction!

Let’s face it, the ability to save people is big for super-heroes, but at the end of the day we all like blowing crap up. Which brings us to this week’s Poll Position question: Which destructive super power would you … Continue reading

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Poll Position: Alter egos

We tend to focus on the flashy side of the super-hero business, but there’s no denying that secret identities are an integral part of the genre. Which brings us to this week’s question: What would you say is the best … Continue reading

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Poll Position: Unwitting minion

In the spirit of last week’s question, which generated some great ideas and discussion, once again we bring ourselves to wonder what happens if we’re not who we think we are: One day you discover that you’re actually a mole … Continue reading

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Poll Position: It is your father

Our Poll Position question this week may be late, but it’s a doozy: You discover you are not actually human, but rather the child of an alien race. What race would you be happiest to learn you were a part … Continue reading

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Poll Position:

So, yeah, I got confused as to what day it was yesterday and accidentally published “Bad Super Costume Wednesday” on Tuesday. These things happen when you work from home, time just blurs together. Now I’m having to publish Poll Position … Continue reading

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Poll Position: Indiscriminate carnage, Wolverine style

I thought I would combine two of my favorite things — cartoons and violence — for this week’s Poll Position: What group of cartoon characters would you most like to see Wolverine wander into, blades a-flashing, for unmitigated carnage? Care … Continue reading

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