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(From "Captain Courageous" number 6, 1942.)
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Remember the Modern Warrior app, the first taste of the HeroMachine 3 engine? Now you can play with it again! Along with the Pinup Edition, Zombies, and more.
That's right, after much work and code wrangling, I am happy to announce that you can now get to all of the old HeroMachine Mini versions! I've put together a page with links to all of them, and also added a link in the header so you're never more than a click away from the full list.
I've tried to test them as well as I could, so hopefully you won't run into any major problems. Please let me know if you do. And have a good time strolling down memory lane!
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It's time for another new Caption Challenge! This week you're tasked with coming up with the best caption for this comics panel:
This one is a little different in that you're not filling in a dialog balloon, but rather coming up with a caption that might appear above or below the image. I'll pick out some as my personal favorites to highlight in a post next Monday, and then I'll choose one of those to bear the standard as the "Featured Creator of the Week" atop the right tool bar.
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!
No limit to entries, but please, self-edit and only put up ones you genuinely think are good!
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By: Andrew Hines
Though I haven't reviewed it in a while, I've enjoyed the last year of Stormwatch. It's a big picture title, which really pulls you in. They're not just there to save America or even the Americas plural. They exist in order to deal with big threats before they become a problem for teams like the Justice League. This issue deals with their entire history. It goes from the time that they were known as the Demon Knights and gives a new reason for the name change. In other words it tells us why they're called Stormwatch. The recurring characters throughout the history have been Adam One and the various Century Babies which seem to just be incarnations of Jenny Quantum.
Peter Milligan has given me plenty of reason to love Stormwatch in the few months. He began writing at #9 and has given us plenty of action. In this issue, however, action takes a backseat and the story takes over. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of action, it's just not (the comic book version of) "real time." Instead, we get to see some heavy-hitting past incarnations of Jenny Quantum and Adam One doing his best Benjamin Button impersonation. It's a new look at how to write an origin issue for a super team and frankly, it was an interesting one. I'm not typically a fan of "0" issues, so I was pleasantly surprised by this one.
Will Conrad has done a good job here on both pencils and inks. I say good and not great because at several points, both Jenny Quantum and Adam One begin to look like ReBoot characters a little bit. Overall, however it's a good issue, but those moments kind of stuck with me. There was slightly better work in regard to the effects generated by each version of Jenny. Along with that, the colors from Guy Major were a decent fit. The shading was a tad "off" in certain bits which didn't exactly help correct the ReBoot look.
It was a slightly above average issue in terms of art, but the writing was really what saved it. This one get's a "B-". My faith in the creative team's true potential is all that keeps it from getting a C-range grade.
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We had lots of great entries for Character Design Challenge 99! Thank you all for sharing your creativity with us.
Unfortunately, the following folks are disqualified for not naming their files properly: StrangerousRex, Maniacmick, Jawsabi, sivad96, Mr. Chowderhead, DarkWarrior076, Overseer, Fennec Bob, BloodlessRose, Josh, ka5zr, jeremythurlow, zdog101, and tackin. If I can't tell who created it from the file name once it's downloaded onto my computer, there's no way for me to give you credit.
Moving on, here are a few of the entries that were my personal favorites:
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Thanks to everyone who entered Saturday's Pop Quiz! Unfortunately, Jawsabi, Overseer, and jeremythurlow's entries were disqualified as their files were named improperly and I couldn't tell who made what without going back and manually checking the comment. I included them here for your viewing pleasure, however, along with all of the other great entries:
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(From "Captain Courageous" number 6, 1942.)
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(From "Captain Courageous" number 6, 1942.)
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Happy Saturday, folks! Your one-day quick-fire challenge today is to create an awesome image that uses the following item from Ears-Standard:
What ELSE would you think the contest title would mean?!
You must use the horn at least once in the illustration (and not necessarily AS a horn), but you can then use it as many times after that as you like.
You only get one entry -- that's right, just one! So make it your best. Most of the other rules are the same as for a regular challenge, but instead of a whole week I'll announce my favorites either tonight or tomorrow morning. Elaborate backgrounds aren't necessary, though if you've got one it's fine.
I'll pick one entry as my personal favorite, which will get to be featured in the side bar to the right for ultimate glory! As a bonus you're allowed to say you won the Internet for a few days.
Good luck!
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(From "Baffling Mysteries" number 9, 1952.)
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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!
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