Monthly Archives: January 2009

Random Panel: Lost, armless lepers in the subway is quite a call …

Posted on January 15, 2009 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

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Mustang Sally deconstructed

Posted on January 14, 2009 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

I thought you might like to see how an illustration is put together. After the jump I'll post an edited image I created while putting together Ian's prize for winning Caption Contest 42.

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Contest 42 Prize: Mustang Sally

Posted on January 14, 2009 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

Ian and I have completed work on his prize for winning Caption Contest 42, a character named "Mustang Sally" from his forthcoming novel:

Your chance to win your own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like is going on now, with Caption Contest 44, so head on over and try your luck!

Edited to add: Original HeroMachine version after the jump if you're interested.
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Random Panel: Ben Grimm's private pain, revealed

Posted on January 14, 2009 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

(From "Skyman", vol. 1, no. 1, 1941.)

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Caption Contest 44: Conan revisited

Posted on January 13, 2009 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

Jeff Rients did a great job guest-hosting the Caption Contest a few weeks ago, but there were some other panels from the same issue that I thought would have also made good caption-contest-fodder. So I'm going to use one of the alternates from that week to see what you can come up with:

As always, the winner will receive a free black and white illustration of whatever he or she likes from yours truly, so put on those thinking caps and get busy! Keep it to no more than three total entries per person, left in the comments to this post, and relatively clean and you're home free.

Good luck everyone!

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Caption Contest 43 Winner

Posted on January 13, 2009 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

I am happy to announce that the winner of Caption Contest 43 and a custom black and white illustration of whatever he likes by yours truly is Rob Rogers!

Rob deserves special credit for successfully using the word "Ampersand" in a sentence, which is not easy to do. I always thought that would be a good name for a super-hero... Anyway, I digress. Congratulations to Rob, and to the other Honorable Mentions from this week:

Runt82:
GL: The spider just caught a couple of flies. You know what that means?
Batman: Bring out The Gimp!

Pip:
GL: Did you remember to put out the crackers?
BM: Crap, I think I left them in my other utility belt.

Lyogi:
GL: I only agreed to meet your fan club if you would introduce me to the hottest members.
BL: …Those three are the hottest.

Dave:
Green Lantern: Batman why are you smiling?
Batman: Because I am about to beat you to within an inch of your life.

I can see why two-balloon panels don't work as well, I think they're a lot harder to make funny and pithy. I think I'll go back to the one-panel weird looking ones for the foreseeable future.

Thanks to everyone who entered, and congratulations again to Rob.

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