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Monthly Archives: February 2010
RP: Awkward moments in hero-villain beat-downs
(From "America's Greatest Comics" number 7, 1943.)
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Count Crapula
Having a bad costume foisted on you is demeaning enough, but a far sadder spectacle is a bad costume the recipient actually likes:
This revamp (get it, re-"vamp"?! I just slay myself!) is from the Golden Age of comics, when an intrepid publisher tried to cash in on the whole super-hero fad by combining spandex and Dracula. It must be frustrating to have all the supernatural power of the night and still no fashion sense, but he's really pulled it off here. From the Daredevil like horns and spandex mask to the gigantic bat buckle holding up his underwear, you'd think at least he'd be granted the mercy of not being able to see his own reflection in a mirror like a real vampire, but no. Even that is forbidden him, and he is forced to endure his own sartorial horror for all eternity.
Now that's a curse you can believe in.
Update: As several commenters pointed out, this is actually from a Dell comic in the 1960's. That's important because they had to make him non-scary due to the pernicious Comics Code. Remember kids, censorship leads to bad art, that's key.
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RP: Then I’ll need some Doritos!
(From "America's Greatest Comics" number 7, 1943.)
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Poll Position: A brave new world
I like thinking about what the real world would be like if some of the genre conventions we all love about comics were to be introduced here. So that's our weekly conundrum:
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Discussion after the jump!
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Posted in Versus
SOD.047 – Crocalien
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Posted in Sketch of the Day
RP: Because sometimes Clark needs a little pocket change
(From "America's Greatest Comics" number 7, 1943.)
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Caption Contest 70
Come up with the funniest -- while still being clean, that's important this week, as you'll see -- replacement dialog for the balloon in this panel and you'll win the chance to include any item you like, or a portrait of yourself, in HeroMachine 3!
The rules are simple:
- No more than three entries per person;
- All entries must be left as a comment (all in one comment or separate ones, doesn't matter) to this post;
- Must be relatively clean, appropriate for broadcast on late-night network TV, for instance.
That's it! Good luck everyone, we'll post the Finalists for voting next Monday.
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Character Contest 27 Vote!
I hate doing this, but I am going to change the rules for the "Hunted vs. Hunter" contest mid-stream because this thing didn't quite work out the way I intended originally. My apologies for the course correction. What we're going to do instead is to have two polls, one for the best overall Hunter and one for the best overall Hunted. The top vote getter overall will receive a free custom black and white character portrait by yours truly, while the top vote getter in the OTHER category will get any item they like or a portrait of themselves to go into the HeroMachine 3 final version.
In other words, if the overall vote leader is a Hunter, then the Hunter team "wins" and that person gets a character portrait. The top Hunted vote-getter essentially becomes runner-up and gets an item. Or if the overall leader is Hunted, the top Hunter would come in second. Hope that makes sense.
Good luck everyone! You can vote for three Hunters and two Hunteds. Congratulations to all the Finalists, you did a great job! Click on any of the images below to see the character in a larger size.
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