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Caption Contest 73 Winner

Congratulations to the winner of Caption Contest 73 -- Tim! He wins his choice of either any item he wants, or a portrait of himself, to be included in the final HeroMachine 3 release for this great entry:

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Thanks to everyone who entered and congratulations again to Tim.

RP: Don't judge us, Bondage Guy

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(From "Out of This World Comics" number 1, 1950.)

SOD.101 – Hulk

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After the jump I'll post two variations on this one just for funsies.

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RP: How super villain plans go bad

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(From "Police Comics" number 5, 1942.)

META: Site problems

We've been having trouble since last night with the site going up and down. DreamHost is looking into it, my apologies for the frustration.

The ABCs of super heroes

I spent time this last week checking out the fantastic illustrations of comics artist Chris Samnee. He was doing a more or less daily sketch routine that he felt was getting stale, so he started doing the letters of the alphabet rendered through super-heroes. The results are pretty awesome. He's up to "F" so far. Here's his "A" for instance:

Chris Samnees Super Hero Alphabet - A

Chris Samnee's Super Hero Alphabet - A

Also, best buddy John Hartwell was inspired to offer a more up to date version of the Pendragon character I used as a Sketch of the Day recently as part of his own Sketch of the Week, this time in the classic Kirby style:

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Pendragon

Great stuff Mr. Hartwell!

SOD.100 – Batwoman

A cowled version of the modern Batwoman.

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RP: Reefer madness indeed

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(From "Police Comics" number 5, 1942.)

HM3: Steampunk guitar

Anarchangel has approved his prize for winning Character Contest 25 - Banner:

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This fine steampunk gun-guitar hybrid is now available in HeroMachine 3's ItemRight - Music, last item in the set. Thanks Anarchangel!

RPG Corner: Let's get magical

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Welcome to RPG Corner, a place where you can share your knowledge and thoughts of the Role Playing Game world. Each week we will have a new topic to discuss, so feel free to talk it up, make suggestions, post images, and have a good time.

This week's topic is magic and magic-users.

What are your favorite RPG magic-using classes, and why? Is there a specific magic-using character you've played in an RPG that you remember fondly?

What spells did you find the most surprisingly effective, or useful, or powerful, or just awesome?

What makes a good magic-user, and how do they fit into the parties you'd usually run?

I'm particularly keen to hear your stories of RPG magic as I hardly ever end up playing them. I'm not sure why, except it seems inherently more complicated to me. I mean, with your typical RPG warrior, the whole idea of "See enemy, hit enemy" is pretty easy to grasp and easily relatable to the real world. I guess I just find magic users intimidating.