Monthly Archives: May 2010

Caption Contest 76: WHUK!

Come up with the best replacement dialog for this classic "Uncanny X-Men" panel and you'll win your choice of either your own portrait, or any item you choose, to be included in HeroMachine 3's final release!

We're going to open it up this week, removing the entry limit -- as many good lines as you can come up with, throw 'em out there. Just leave yours in the comments to this post before next Monday and you're good to go.

Good luck everyone!

Twister Sisters

"Twister Sisters" by Imp, winner of Character Contest 34.

Character Contest 33 Winners

Many thanks to everyone who submitted the great entries in Character Contest 33. I've picked out the ones I thought were truly exception for one reason or another, and at the end I'll reveal the winner of any item they like, or a portrait of themselves, to appear in the final HM3 versions.

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Caption Contest 75 Winner!

Congratulations to Joshua for winning Caption Contest 75!

Apparently we have a lot of FarmVille players lurking hereabouts, which makes me feel better when I see how much money my wife has spent on it each month.

Anyway, congratulations to Johsua, who wins his choice of any item he likes, or a portrait of himself, either of which will appear in the final HeroMachine 3 version. Well done, sir!

RP: ER, no, actually. NOT hot.

(From "Stars and Stripes" number 6.)

SOD.129 – The Sighted King

This whole drawing is worth it just for the line of his lower lip. That's a good line. It's just the right thickness at the bottom, with just the right amount of tapering as it goes up into the light, and just the right distance from the mustache before it fades off to white. That one line is a thousand times better than the entirety of that djinn drawing from yesterday.

Yes, this is the kind of thing I look at in my own work. Sometimes just that one line can make it all worthwhile.

RP: Now that's random

(From "Stars and Stripes" number 3.)

SOD.128 – Djinn

This is a terrible drawing. Crappy craptacular crapitosis. Blerg. I blame the dog crapping in the house, it set the tone for the day. Also the moon was in my eyes. But, you can't only post the good stuff if you're trying to be honest, which I am. Some days it just doesn't come together.

RP: Why Aquaman doesn't wear a Speedo

(From "Stars and Stripes" number 3.)

SOD.127 – Strange

Version 1, with giant robot:

Version 2, without giant robot: