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Meals are a lot less fun when you can communicate with them telepathically
Posted in Daily Random Panel
30 Characters Challenge #2: Space Soldier On Break
I can’t say I like this one as much as the first, but it is what it is. Here it is on the challenge site, and here’s the original:
Posted in 30 Characters Challenge, Sketch of the Day
Open Critique Day #49
My full-time (non-HeroMachine) job might keep me from actually getting to these before this evening, but it’s time for another Open Critique Day!
If you have a HeroMachine illustration or another piece of artwork you’ve done that you’d like some help with, post a link to it in comments along with your thoughts on it — what you think is working, what you’re struggling with, etc. I will post my critique of the piece, hopefully giving some tips on how to improve it.
Of course everyone is welcome to post their critiques as well, keeping in mind the following guidelines:
- Make sure your criticism is constructive. Just saying “This sucks” is both rude and unhelpful without giving specific reasons why you think it sucks and, ideally, some advice on how to make it better.
- Each person should only post one illustration for critique to make sure everyone who wants feedback has a chance.
- I will not critique characters entered in any currently running contest, as that doesn’t seem fair to the other entrants. You can still post it if you like for the other visitors to critique, but I will not do so.
That’s it! Hopefully we can get some good interaction going here and help everyone (me included!) learn a little bit today.
Posted in Open Critique Day
In retrospect, "Cosplayers Anonymous" was a bad idea
(From “Cat-Man Comics” volume 2, number 5, 1941.)
Posted in Daily Random Panel
30Characters #1: Von Goetz
Here’s my first entry into the “30 Characters in 30 Days” challenge, Von Goetz, ruthless Aerostadt Commandant of the Fatherland Imperium:
By all means, feel free to post links to your own submissions here as well!
Posted in 30 Characters Challenge
Adam Savage builds a Dock-Ock-a-Pus Halloween Costume for Patton Oswalt
This video features three of my favorite things: Adam Savage (from “Mythbusters”), Patton Oswalt, and comic books. Enjoy!
Posted in Bad Super Costumes, Super-Hero Stuff, Things I Like
Vartox. JAMES Vartox.
Sometimes a super hero costume is so bad, it leaps off the page and slaps you upside the head with its hairy thighs. OK, ew. But because it’s a drawing you can sort of let it slide. As a case in point, I present to you the classic Superman villain, Vartox:
Note the leather Speedo, the always-repulsive male thigh-boots, open vest with no shirt (the better to gaze upon the hirsute majesty of his manscape), and of course the Bert Reynolds Memorial Mustache, without which no homage to macho would be complete. Yes, this looks like your worst “My Dad dressed up for Halloween” nightmare, because it is. At least, if you’re Sean Connery’s kid, because this wretched bit of sartorial madness originated in his movie “Zardoz“:
And here you see the reality that as bad as something might look as an illustration, reality can be far, far worse. In no universe, ever, have gun belt suspenders holding up orange diapers over thigh-high leather boots been a Good Look for a man. Like, ever. Cap it off with a receding hairline and long pony tail combo and you, my friend, have achieved epic levels of bad costuming.
So on Halloween, please, I beg you, do NOT go out dressed like this. Or on any other date. Or planet.
Posted in Bad Super Costumes
Not a good time for insults, Bob.
(From “Cat-Man Comics” number 2, 1942.)
Posted in Daily Random Panel
META: Are we up? Is anyone still here?
It looks like we are up, at least for the moment. Hooray! Only four days … Geez. I am really sorry for all the hassle, aggravation, and down time. This is certainly the longest and worst outage I’ve had in the five years or so I’ve been with DreamHost, but hopefully we’re here to stay for now. Let me know if there is any weirdness going forward. I apologize again.
To make up for it, here is Yoda versus a Balrog. Because I don’t know if you’re aware, but Disney just bought Lucasfilm and the “Star Wars” franchise for $4 billion, announcing that they will be releasing Episode VII in 2015.
Posted in Meta
