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Congratulations to Spidercow2010 for winning Caption Contest 71, and his or her choice of either any item or a portrait to be included with HeroMachine3, with this great entry:
It was a narrow victory of just three votes, with the second runner-up being JWMan:
Thanks to all who entered and congratulations both to Spidercow2010 and all the Finalists!
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Posted in Challenge Favorites, Challenges
Apparently I have a thing for the Rocketeer. Note I stole the background from the contest prize for Captain Thorn and the jet pack from Backplane-Standard. Sue me.
I also tried doing more "advanced" coloring right in Flash. The main problem I am running into on that front is getting the line color right, as Flash doesn't have a nifty "preserve transparency" option like Photoshop does. There's a way around it with Masking but it's crude and hard to work with. It's fun learning, though.
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Posted in Sketch of the Day
(From "Punch Comics" number 14, 1945.)
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Posted in Daily Random Panel, Super-Hero Stuff
(ETA: Headline changed, I unwittingly used a derogatory term originally. Oops. I blame Bullwinkle.)
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Posted in Sketch of the Day
(From "Master Comics" number 57, 1944.)
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Posted in Daily Random Panel
A friend on Facebook (he teaches "Lord of the Rings" in college, so he's pretty much the Greatest Person Ever) posted a link to this site and I have been laughing my head off all morning reading it. It's possibly the awesomest comic book idea ever, pairing the story-writing skills of a five year old (literally, it's written by a five year old) with the art skills of a 29 year old illustrator. Truly funny stuff. Check out The Adventures of Axe Cop here, and take a look at just two of the many hilarious panels:
You too can thrill to the adventures of such secondary characters as Sockarang (he has socks instead of arms that he can fling out and retrieve like boomerangs) and stand amazed as anyone touched with blood becomes some bizarre version of that thing.
Plus, dinosaurs with chain guns for arms. Seriously, this kid is going to grow up to be Chris Sims at this rate. It's great fun, by all means check it out for a wonderful weekend time waster.
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Posted in Randomosity
Gero has approved his Exceptionally Large Ornate Key item, the prize for winning Caption Contest 65, and it is now live in HeroMachine 3 in the ItemRightBlunts set. I'll probably move it to Miscellaneous once I get around to that, but since it doesn't exist yet I figured this would be the best place for now. Enjoy!
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Posted in Challenge Prizes, Challenges, HeroMachine 3
The HeroMachine forums on UGO give creative folks like yourself a chance to show off their best creations. From time to time they al get together and vote on the characters they think are the most outstanding, resulting in a "Hero of the Week". I'm going to try to do better about re- posting those here so more people can enjoy them, and to encourage others to post their stuff to the forums. Anyone is welcome to join up (it's free); hopefully others will like your style and nominate one of your heroes.
Slaughterhouse
By The Imp
Real Name: Richard Baden
Powers: super-strength, ability to influence emotions in others (specifically, able to create states of extreme terror), radically slowed aging
Bio: Jacob Sarne was a physicist working at a US government installation in Wyoming in the late 70s. He was a brilliant scientist, a likeable guy, and had the love of a good woman. Unfortunately, Sarne's girlfriend's ex, Richard Baden, was the jealous sort... and a just a bit sociopathic. One night this guy broke into the base where Sarne worked and confronted him, demanding that he stop seeing his girlfriend. Sarne refused, and the two fought. During the struggle, a key piece of machinery was damaged, subjecting the two to strange, extra-dimensional particles.
When the smoke cleared, the two fighters also discovered that the woman they both loved had died during the conflict. Each blamed the other, and a decades-long grudge was born...
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Posted in Cool Characters
(From "Master Comics" number 57, 1944.)
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Posted in Daily Random Panel
Three middle-aged nerds (including yours truly!) review all of the MCU movies in chronological order. Short, funny, and full of good vibes, check it out and let us know what you think!
Nerdmudgeon.com
