Monthly Archives: June 2011

Is a male cougar a mougar?

Posted on June 22, 2011 by AFDStudios | 17 comments

When I imagine what a male cougar would look like, a beefy 1970s mustache ranks high on the list, along with a stout midsection and a grandiose sense of self-worth. Luckily, those intuitions were confirmed and expanded on by witnessing the sartorial and sexual magnificence of Superman’s ~~arch~~ ~~well-known~~ completely forgotten nemesis, KING Cougar!

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Posted in Bad Super Costumes

Super Hero Philosophy 101

Posted on June 22, 2011 by AFDStudios | 8 comments

(From “Big 3” number 4, 1941.)

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Poll Position: Barbarian vs Drow

Posted on June 21, 2011 by AFDStudios | 44 comments

I realize I will get hammered for the undisguised pandering of this question, but I don’t feel well and Myro will yell at me if I don’t get my post of the day done, so here it is:

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First of all, let’s make clear that we’re talking about Conan from the great Robert E. Howard novels, not the gap-toothed philanderer of the Hollywood version. And we’re definitely not talking about Conan O’Brien, who aside from the momentary stun of the hair-whip would be largely defenseless against Drizzt’s teddy bear, much less the Drow himself. The main points for me are:

Drizzt has access to Drow magic, yes, but Conan is used to dealing with magic-users — he has them over for lunch. As the main course.
Drizzt has a magical panther, but Conan has killed too many magical constructs to count.
Drizzt is a cultured, albeit outcast, citizen of an advanced if depraved civilization. To Conan, being civilized means giving the other guy a chance to see your sword before you bury it in his guts.
Drizzt is lithe and athletic, a ninja to Conan’s bruiser.

Which means this is a toss-up for me. Who would you pick?

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Quick, to the Bat Clapper!

Posted on June 21, 2011 by AFDStudios | 5 comments

(From “Big 3” number 4, 1941.)

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Caption Contest 101

Posted on June 20, 2011 by AFDStudios | 89 comments

With hearty thanks once again to Glenn3’s “Say What? Pictures”, your challenge this week is to come up with the best replacement dialog for this comics panel:

The best entry (as judged by yours truly) wins the author’s choice of either any item they like or any portrait to be included in HeroMachine 3′s final release, or a custom black and white “Sketch of the Day” style illustration (you pick the subject, I draw it however I like).

All entries must be left as a comment (or comments) to this post. Keep ‘em clean (appropriate for a late-night broadcast TV show), but most importantly, keep ‘em funny! That might be a challenge given the nature of this week’s panel, but I’m sure you can pull it off. So to speak.

This week we have a cap of no more than five (5) entries per person, so make ’em your best!

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Posted in Caption Challenges, Challenges

Character Contest 66 Winners!

Posted on June 20, 2011 by AFDStudios | 41 comments

We had a huge response to Character Contest 66: Cyborg — thank you all so much for sharing your creativity! As a result of the larger than usual number of entries, I also have a larger than usual number of Finalists. There were just too many quality submissions to limit it to the usual 20 or so.

I hope you enjoy browsing through this creme-de-la-creme as much as I have. Without further ado, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you (in alphabetical order) the following Finalists.

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Posted in Challenge Favorites, Challenges, Character Design Challenges, Cool Characters

And I can’t believe he ASKED for a spanking!

Posted on June 20, 2011 by AFDStudios | 3 comments

(From “Big 3” number 1, 1940.)

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DOOM has done it! At last, the DOUBLE espresso!

Posted on June 19, 2011 by AFDStudios | 8 comments

(From “Big 3” number 1, 1940.)

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Power User Profile: MartianBlue

Posted on June 18, 2011 by AFDStudios | 17 comments

In addition to winning two character design contests, he has created an amazing number of importable custom items for use in HeroMachine 3. I thought it would be fun to learn more about this innovative creator, so it gives me great pleasure to present the latest Power User, MartianBlue!

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