Monthly Archives: July 2008

Contest 19 Winner!

Posted on July 15, 2008 by | Comments Off on Contest 19 Winner!

The winner of Caption Contest 19 is ... HeroComplex!

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HeroComplex wins a custom black and white illustration of whatever he or she likes (within reason) as a prize for creativity. I'll be posting Caption Contest 20 in a few minutes, so be sure to check back for your chance to win!

The Honorable Mentions from this week were:

  • DJ: LOOK AT ME! CARTWHEEL IN SPACE!
  • EnderX: Eat that, Broadway! I’m finally a STAR!
  • John D: “RICOLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
  • Nombo: I can see my house form here!
  • Free2Ryhme: Houston we have a problem
  • Joe: “Screw you, Danny at tech support. Screw you.”
  • jonnydemon: IIIII’m sailing awayyyy!!

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Random Panel: Things you shouldn't brag about

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Monday Mashup 20: The horror, the HORROR!

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I descend into the crypt for this week's Mashup, where I take one (and only one) panel from each of ten randomly selected comic books and attempt to create a coherent story. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy putting it together for you!

And now I feel the cold hand of Death reaching for me as I type, spinning out this tale of woe and evil ...
Continue reading →

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Contest 18 Prize: Hephaestian

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xStacy's prize for winning Caption Contest 18 is complete! Here's the summary he sent me:

A buff girl in a wifebeater, jeans, armored boots, and heavy gloves with some armor on the forearms and elbows. A pair of welding goggles (either worn or slung around the neck) completes the outfit. Carries either a smith's hammer or a big wrench--whichever you think looks better.

And here's the image we came up with:

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Overall I think it turned out quite well. If I were doing it over again, I'd probably give her a different haircut (I thought maybe a pony tail would be more practical for forge work) and maybe dirty up her face with a clean space around the eyes where the goggles would go. But, aside from that, I'm very happy with it.

Also, note fellows that xStacy has a girlfriend who games. So now you can be super-duper envious of him!

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Random Panel: Next up on "The Directors" with Michael Bay …

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Random Panel: Why is someone flashing Wanda at the Avengers Christmas party?

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Random Panel: Questions you don't want to hear your pilot get asked

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The sound of fat guys breaking windows

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When a lithe, muscular, bald-pated outer-space super-powered individual goes through a pane of glass, it sounds like this:

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But when a fat guy goes through an almost identical pane of glass in the very same comic, it sounds like this:

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I am sure some fancy-pants acoustic engineer will saunter in here and make some mathematical arguments about sound waves and refractions through different cell types and whatnot, but at the end of the day I think we can all agree that what we need to settle this controversy once and for all is to throw more guys through windows.

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Random Panel: Just don't eat the Snickerpoodles

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Contest 17 Prize: Celtica

Posted on July 10, 2008 by | Comments Off on Contest 17 Prize: Celtica

Niall Mor and I have finished his winning prize for Caption Contest 17, "Celtica":

Niall also has a web site, "It's All Straw", where he talks about a variety of topics, including super-hero stuff, so you might check it out when you get a chance. Odds are he'll post this image there too, along with a description of the character. For grins, here's the HeroMachine version of Celtica he sent me for reference:

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Your chance to win your own custom illustration by yours truly is going on now in Caption Contest 19, so head on over and try out your creativity!

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