Monthly Archives: November 2009

Poll Position: Taking a bullet for you

We all love Bulletman around here, so this week's poll position tackles the thorny issue of how best to expand the franchise head-on:

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There's not a lot to discuss here, because Bullet-anything is made of pure awesome, so I'd be happy with any of them. But my favorite is still from the comments last week, with a Bulletgun shooting Bulletbullets. Perhaps he could load up the Bulletuncle and the various Bulletpets into the Bulletcar while doing a drive-by. Then I could die a happy man.

You can add your own Bulletrequests to the list, but please keep them clean.

Random Panel: Zoology fail

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(From "Bulletman" number 10, 1942.)

Super pets

After the discovery of Bulletdog, aka Greatest Super Pet Ever, I started looking into what other super-hero comic book pets themed after their human companion have been handed down through the ages.

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Random Panel: Why Princeton sucks

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(From "Detective Comics" number 482, ©1978, DC Comics, Inc.)

Random Panel: All that wisdom and he still hasn’t figured out paper

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(From "Marvel Family" number 1, 1945.)

Random Panel: Love means sharing

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(From "Bulletman" number 10, 1942.)

HM3: She begins

At long last, I am pleased beyond words to announce that the female template is now available for the HeroMachine 3 Alpha. Included in this initial release are BodyFemaleStandard, HeadFemaleStandard, and HeadFemaleFace. All the standard options from the male template are there, along with a few bonuses (three separate sizes of breasts, along with a breastless torso to place and size them on, and then some surprise complete figures at the end).

Here are a couple of quickie portraits I did:

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Without TopsFemaleStandard (next up on the drawing schedule), making a real character is still going to be a bit challenging, but at least now it's easier than it was and we're on our way to complete gender equality. Also, HairFemale is going to have to be a priority. Then probably breaking the face up into its parts (Eyes, Nose, Mouth at least, maybe Eyebrows).

Also, the hands and feet are not positioned or sized properly for use on the figure, so you'll have to do that manually until I can get to female versions of those.

Let me know what you think in the comments, anything you do or don't like, additions or subtractions you'd like to see, or pretty much anything else you think of in relation to the new template.

Random Panel: Cruel hilarity, thy name is “Bulletdog”

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(From "Bulletman" number 10, 1942.)

Bad real life super-hero costumes

I've shown you the right way to do awesome real-life super-hero costumes before (like the Wolverine claw guy), but in honor of this being the Bad Costume Wednesday after Halloween, and in keeping with the theme of the week, I wanted to show you a really, really bad attempt at the same effect:

Bad Wolverine costume from WTFCostumes.com

Bad Wolverine costume from WTFCostumes.com

Like Wolverine would ever use a fork.

For more awesome (and not so awesome) real-life super-hero comics, check out WTFCostumes.com.

Just beware the naked Spider-Man, that's all I'm saying. ::shudder::

Random Panel: On losing your “Fruit of the Loom” sponsorship

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(From "Captain Video" number 2, 1951.)