I’d like to credit commenter Fabien for alerting me some time ago to the horror that is Razorback’s costume:

I’m going to bet that Razorback’s origin involves having been the University of Arkansas’ mascot when he acquired his powers. That or he really, really loves the smell of bacon. Even if that’s true, though, I honestly can’t imagine anyone would come up with this on purpose without there being some sort of bet or dare involved. I’d love to see the checklist he came up with while brainstorming what he’d use for his super-villainous heroic exploits:

• Basic body suit: check.
• Belt with lots of nifty pouches for carrying keys, wallet, bottle opener, etc: check.
• Cool roll-up gloves and matching tie-across boots: check
• Headgear of some sort of giant animal that makes me top-heavy and likely to topple over: check.
• And whose mouth doesn’t match where my mouth is: check.
• And whose nose completely obscures my vision: check.

The odds are pretty good here that whatever else Razorback does or does not have in his super powered arsenal, he’s planning on doing a lot of head-butting. A lot of that probably went on even before he got his super powers, which is likely the best explanation for how he came up with this ensemble.

In any event, Razorback truly deserves a place in the all-time Bad Super Costume Hall of Shame.

I struggled mightily with this here image, which is pretty doggone funny in the original. Should I use it as an awesome Daily Random Panel? Or pontificate on the beautiful onomontoPOWia of “BIPH”? But then I thought, why not give everyone a chance to share in its awesomosity in the form of a caption contest! So here’s your chance to win your very own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason). Just come up with the funniest dialog to put in the balloon of this panel:

The rules are simple:

1. Keep it relatively clean, appropriate for a prime time broadcast TV sitcom. I admit, that will be a challenge this week, but be strong.
2. No more than 3 entries per person.
3. Leave your entry in the comments to this post.

That’s it! Good luck to everyone.

I am pleased to announce that the winner of the very competitive and hard-to-call Caption Contest 16 and a free custom black and white illustration of whatever he likes is … BiLLYisAkID!

This was a tough call, there were a lot of worthy entries. Some of my other favorites were:

Josh: Get in my Belly!!!
The Doomed Pixel: Leggo my Eggo!
citizensteve: Leeeroyyyyy Jennnkinsss!
Jester: “na-nana nana-nananananananana… BATMAN!”
MLS: KAAAAAAHHHHHHN!
Ballin’ Boy: Hey! I wanna talk to you about becoming a Jehovah’s Witness.

Thanks to everyone who entered, and I’ll be posting another chance to win in just a few minutes.

This week’s Monday Mashup (where I take one and only one panel from each of ten randomly selected comic books in an effort to make a coherent story) features gods, pollutants, girlfriends of super-heroes, and Pinky and the Brain! Sound like fun? Well don’t wait, dive on in to the madness!