Monthly Archives: March 2009

HM3 Journal: An early character

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I only have about a third of the slots filled with any sort of items at all, and the functionality is a bit hit-or-miss with lots of bugs and undesired behaviors, but ... already this thing is pretty cool. I love the part in developing one of these applications where I've got enough features implemented and enough items ready that I can actually build something. So here he is, the very first character image generated by the early HeroMachine 3 software:

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Posted in HeroMachine 3

He's back to bother you

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The future, my friends, is more horrifying than you can imagine, because not only has Disco survived, it's thrived and has its own super-hero champion:

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Posted in Bad Super Costumes

Random Panel: THAT's the sound of destruction?! Wow.

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forbidden-tales-1-1951-soundofdestruction

(From "Forbidden Tales" number 1, 1951.)

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Posted in Daily Random Panel

Caption Contest 51: The family jewels

Posted on March 3, 2009 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 51: The family jewels

Come up with the best replacement dialog for this blank comic book panel and you'll win a free custom black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason)!

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After the skull-punching and flame-throwing of the last two weeks, I thought you might appreciate a change of pace. The rules, however, are the same as always: no more than three entries per person, left in the comments to this post, which are appropriate for a PG-13 rating. I'll announce the winner next Tuesday, so good luck everyone!

Good luck everyone!

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Posted in Challenges

Caption Contest 50 Winner

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In a tough week filled with very strong entries, the winner of Caption Contest 50 (and his own custom black and white illustration of whatever he likes) is ... Tal!

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We had a lot of really good entries this week again, you guys are on fire! Or maybe that's Brigade's gun from the panel, I'm not sure. Regardless, I felt the following entries should be singled out as Honorable Mentions:

  • Skiriki: “I feel inadequate!”
  • Niall Mor: I hate commuting.
  • Frankie: “Damn! Of all the times to get earthquake in the pants.”
  • Blue Blazer: Jesus Christ! I thought this was a flashlight!
  • Dom: Ha! nobody expects the spanish inquisition!
  • Rob Rogers: Bwoom goes the dwynomite!
  • Socrates: Give me back my neck!!!!!
  • von Bek: Outta the way, I’m gonna be sat on!
  • HalLoweEn JacK: Who doesn’t have superpowers NOW?!

Look for Caption Contest 51 (can you believe it's been almost a YEAR of doing this?!) coming up soon for YOUR chance to win your very own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason)!

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Posted in Challenge Favorites, Challenges

Random Panel: Great moments in awkward banter

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(From "The Green Lama", 1945.)

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Posted in Daily Random Panel

Poll Position: There can be only one … billion.

Posted on March 2, 2009 by | Comments Off on Poll Position: There can be only one … billion.

This week's Poll Position puts the fate of Homo Sapiens in your hands. Meaning we're all screwed.

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Discussion after the jump.

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Posted in Versus

Random Panel: Bad ideas for moving companies

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strange-tales-1-1951-vampires

(From "Strange Tales" number 1, 1951.)

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Random Panel: Great moments in feigning interest

Posted on March 1, 2009 by | Comments Off on Random Panel: Great moments in feigning interest
green-lama-1945-generic

(From "The Green Lama", 1945.)

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META: New RSS feeds

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I've introduced a new feature here on the blog -- RSS feeds for each category, so if you only want to subscribe to certain kinds of posts without being bothered by the rest, you can. In the sidebar on the right you'll see the category list like always, but now each entry has a little RSS logo next to it. Clicking on that will take you to the feed for just that category.

For instance, you can subscribe to just the HeroMachine 3 updates, or just the Daily Random Panel, or whatever else tickles your fancy, without having to sift through Bad Costumes or inane Movie Reviews and whatnot.

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