Category Archives: Super-Hero Stuff

General ramblings about anything super-hero related, from comics to films.

Conan gets animated

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

Not the big muscly Conan, but the tall pale one with shocking red hair. He sat down with some of the Warner Animation guys to talk about bad super-hero designs and to get Bruce Timm — Bruce Effing Timm! — … Continue reading →

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Super-Fetishes

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

We can all be thankful that Comics Alliance hired Chris Sims, because now we get to enjoy his “Super-Fetishes: 5 Super-Heroes Who Used Their Powers For Sex” column. Not unsafe for work, but let’s be honest, no one wants to … Continue reading →

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From Panels to Prose: The Art of the Superhero Novel

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

(I’m delighted to present the following guest post from author and frequent commenter Ian Healy. Thanks Ian! I’m posting it today because creative writers putting together interesting super-hero novels is definitely a Thing I Like. — Jeff) Jeff asked me … Continue reading →

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Mighty God King on Arsenal and comics

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

Don’t click the link if you’re upset by bad language, or if you don’t like rants, or if you have a deep abiding love for Roy Harper (aka “Arsenal”, aka “Speedy”). Actually, if you have a deep abiding love for … Continue reading →

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More sketchy goodness

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

Best bud John Hartwell has taken up the challenge and agreed to try doing up a Sketch of the Week every Friday. You can find his artistic postings on Facebook right here every Friday. John has illustrated numerous RPG books … Continue reading →

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RP: Great moments in puzzling threats

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

(From “Punch Comics” number 14, 1945.)

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Character redesigns

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

The gang at Project: Rooftop have a cool new feature where they redesign an old public-domain character along modern lines, kind of like we’ve done a time or two with character contests here at HeroMachine.com. Their first pass is with … Continue reading →

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SOD.065 – Superwoman

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Jeff Hebert

I got a little carried away with the Sketch of the Day this time around, as you can see: Cory Walker has been doing a new Supergirl redesign every Wednesday as part of his “Sketch of the Day” series, which … Continue reading →

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Iron Man 2 Trailer

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

For those of you who have not yet seen it, the new trailer for the May 2010 “Iron Man 2″ movie is out. I have only one word for it: SCHWING!

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A secret poorly kept

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

Despite being the Greatest Generation, the people of the 1940s were irredeemably stupid. At least, the ones in comic books were, because while Captain Marvel was the most popular super-hero in the world, no one ever suspected that he was … Continue reading →

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