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Comic TWART minimalism

Posted on November 6, 2010 | Comments Off

I am sure I've done "Comic TWART" in my Saturday "Things I Like" segment before, but this is "Minimalist Week" and I absolutely love everything they've done. It's well worth a few minutes of your weekend browsing time to check out their creations.

My favorite is probably this "Minimalist Fantastic Four" by Tom Fowler:

All of them inspire me to want to come up with something similar of my own. If you have a creation you think would qualify as "super-hero minimalism", I'd love to see it! Post a link in the comments and we'll all have a jolly time that's exactly the bare amount of jolly and time needed to establish jolliness.

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RP: On super-criminal plots, lame

Posted on November 6, 2010 | Comments Off

(From "Yankee Comics" number 4.)

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META: Moving Open Critique Day

Posted on November 5, 2010 | Comments Off

For the duration of Friday Night Fights, I'll be moving Open Critique Day from Fridays to Thursdays. Unfortunately that means no OCD today, but we'll see you next Thursday.

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Friday Night Fights 2 Play-in Cage Match!

Posted on November 5, 2010 | Comments Off

The hour has arrived, my friends, to see who will be participating in the round-robin head-to-head Friday Night Fights matchups. What you are about to witness is an all-against-all cage match pitting 21 versions of a "Space-Based Robin Hood" character based on the Sheriff of Nottingham. The top 16 vote-getters as of next Thursday at midnight will be slotted into a bracket in the traditional 16-vs-1, 15-vs-2 tournament fashion, with the creator who got the most votes being seeded first, the second-most votes seeded second, etc.

But first, we have to pick the best sixteen character images out of the twenty-one submitted, and that's where you -- yes, you there! -- come in.

I have put each character alongside his or her or its individual story (if the creator provided one) so you can find out a little more about what's behind the concept. I highly encourage you to read those as they are a) entertaining and b) key to understanding what the creator did in some cases.

After that you'll find a poll showing all twenty-one entries; vote for up to sixteen characters you like the most, and you can click on an image to see it at a larger size.

Because this version of Friday Night Fights required a cohesive vision unifying the characters in each set, I am providing the creator's online name with each entry. Last time it was all anonymous, but that just doesn't make sense in this format.

Good luck to everyone, and I hope the rest of you have fun seeing what they've come up with!

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RP: DOOM will need your HMO card first, wench!

Posted on November 5, 2010 | Comments Off

(From "Yankee Comics" number 4.)

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FNF Reminder — Time's almost up!

Posted on November 4, 2010 | Comments Off

This is your last chance to get your Friday Night Fights 2 entries in! This is your last chance to get your Friday Night Fights 2 entries in! This is your last chance to get your Friday Night Fights 2 entries in!

So ... yeah. Get 'em in! We've only got 15 so far, so if you're the only new person entering after this, you're guaranteed a spot.

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RP: Henry suspects it may be time to find a new doctor

Posted on November 4, 2010 | Comments Off

(From "Yankee Comics" number 4.)

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The No-Effort Costume

Posted on November 3, 2010 | Comments Off

I'm sure "The Enchanted Dagger" would tip his cap to the guy who designed his costume, only he doesn't have a cap. Or a belt. Or shoes, gloves, or anything else but long red underwear in what is surely a front-runner for Laziest Costume Ever:

At least he has the comfort of wearing footie pajamas. Those things are awesome. I wonder if he also has the button-up rear-end flap?

Holy crap, I can't believe I wondered that. Or published it. Gulp.

I tried to imagine an even more generic, uninspired, lazy outfit, but I drew a blank. The closest I could come was Namor's scaly briefs, but at least he had winged feet, which you have to admit is thinking outside the box for a guy who lives underwater.

You'd think with a name like "The Enchanged Dagger", a guy who runs around with -- you guessed it -- a giant enchanted dagger would have someplace to put that Enchanted Dagger. But unless he's sporting some deep pockets in those skin-tight underoos, I'm not seeing a sheath or anything like it.

If it weren't for that sad little domino mask, he'd basically be a crazy person running around in his longjohns. Which, come to think of it, makes him fit right in with the other members of the super-hero fraternity ...

(Image from "Yankee Comics" number 4.)

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