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Contest 52 Winner

I am happy to announce that the Three-Peat Club has a new member: Steve!

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I have to say, the whole idea of activating super-powers through a head-to-butt contact is … unique. And funny. There were a ton of great entries this week, so forgive me for the long list of Honorable Mentions. Maybe this “no limit on the number of entries” thing is a good idea after all … Anyway, here are the especially funny entries, well done everyone!

  • Damien: “Carry me, I’m scared of the dust!” How do you get me to believe this crap?
  • Runt82: Why couldn’t I have been partnered with Julianne Hough?
  • Ballin’ Boy: Let’s see colon… pancreas… Webster…ah here we go prostate.
  • Frankie: “Quiet you. You’re extinct.”
  • Frankie: “Mmmmm. Nothing like freshly squeezed dino juice.”
  • Fishpants: Hang on, I have another call.
  • Fishpants: NOW can we teach evolution, y’all?
  • Fishpants Says: Sorry we’re late. Where does Noah want these dinosaurs and unicorns?
  • Cory: OOOH, a penny!
  • HalLoweEn JacK: …and now my head’s stuck in a dinosaur. Mondays *sigh*.
  • HalLoweEn JacK: KITTY!
  • HalLoweEn JacK: We’re almost at the hospital, but YOU’RE explaining how it got stuck in there!
  • Lyogi: Next time, I’ll ask what the pregnancy craving is for, before I agree to get it.
  • StrangezThingez: I feel like I’m losing my head doing this!
  • The Imp: It plumps when you cook it!
  • Syzyx: You’re going to the vet whether you like it or not!
  • Jester: Voted most likely to get my head stuck in the back of a dinosaur… what are the odds?
  • CARR10N: OMG!! I cant use that as an eye hole.
  • JonnyDemon: Damn, this zit is out of control!
  • Blue Blazer: For the last time, I’m NOT Little Johnny Paper!
  • Danny Beaty: I’m really “dragon ass” today.

Special bonus credit (not currently redeemable for anything) goes to Runt82 for giving me an excuse to do a Google Image search for Julianne Hough. Hubba hubba. And to Blue Blazer for the difficult-to-achieve “Peter Paul and Mary” shout-out. Well done, sir!

Steve wins another black and white custom illustration of whatever he likes (within reason) to go with the one he’s already got and the one I still owe him. That’s three times in six weeks for the Stevester, which is darned impressive.

Thanks again to everyone who entered, and I hope you had as much fun reading all the entries as I did!

Random Panel: Because soft-core literary porn is always a good solution

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(From “Top 10″, Season Two, ©2009, DC Comics, Inc., written by Zander Cannon, pencils and inks by Gene Ha.)

Poll Position: What was the best super-hero TV show of all time?

We return to filmed entertainment for this week’s question, which is:

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Discussion after the jump, or as I call it “Revealing how little Jeff knows about super-hero tv shows”.

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Random Panel: What's so weird about your boss being a son of a bitch?

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(From “Top 10”, Season Two, ©2009, DC Comics, Inc., written by Zander Cannon, pencils and inks by Gene Ha.)

HM3: A pattern is emerging …

The HM3 Alpha applet has been updated again. The pattern buttons now work, and the problem where you couldn’t manually drag items more than halfway to the left and down has been fixed.

You might need to hit REFRESH in your browser to reload the most current version of the applet if you’ve been there recently.

Edited To Add: Also, I added a “LegwearMaleBriefs” set of starter items so your guys don’t have to be nekkid so much. More of those to come, obviously.

HM3: Patterns

I’d like to have a LOT more patterns in HeroMachine 3 than the minis had, to the point that you’ll have a set of basic clothing options in the various slots that you can then turn into chainmail or full of lightning or Scottish tartan or whatever. Here’s the list I have so far, let me know any additions or deletions you might have:

  • zebra
  • leopard
  • cheetah
  • tiger stripe
  • fur
  • leather
  • stone
  • metallic
  • cement
  • rusted/dirty
  • hexes
  • scales
  • rivets
  • camo
  • fishnet
  • banded armor
  • cracked earth
  • chainmail
  • stripes – horizontal
  • stripes – vertical
  • circuits
  • stars
  • checkerboard
  • webs
  • bark/wood
  • crystalline/icy
  • flames
  • lightning
  • reptile skin (gradient filled tight circles)
  • paisleys
  • smoke
  • tartan

Random Panel: Often thought, rarely said out loud

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(Last panel from “Dynamo 5″, number 20, ©2009, Jay Faerber and Mahmud Asrar. Which you should probably buy just for this entire War Chest sequence, it’s a hoot.)

HM3: Alpha JPG tweak

Just a quickie update, the HM3 Alpha “Save as JPG” feature now saves the figure and not just its left leg. Oops.

HM3: Alpha update

I’ve updated the HeroMachine 3 Alpha with the following changes:

  • Masking now works. More on that below.
  • Flipping items now works (though if you then scale it, it will flip back, a bug I hope to fix soon).
  • Paintbrush feature now works (applies the current color scheme to whatever you click on).
  • Color Hair now works (click it applies the current hair item’s color scheme to all “hair” type items).

More on all of this after the jump.

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Contest 48 Prize: March Madness

Runt82 and I have finished his prize for winning Caption Contest 48:

Apparently there is some sort of impending athletic competition coming up and some folks like Mark Shute and Runt82 have strong feelings on the matter. Not that these figures are in any way representative of popular, and copyrighted, college mascots or anything. No sir.

Thanks to Runt82 for working with me on this one, it was fun!