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Contest 42 Winner

The winner of the HeroMachine Caption Contest 42 is … Ian!

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The whole thing tickles my brain in a weird way, from the nonsense of the actual sentence to the look on Thor’s face. I imagine him being all “whaa-hunhn?!” Plus the combination of leather and lemon cookies is just perfect with the long flowing blond hair. Well done, Ian!

The other Honorable Mentions from this week in my humble opinion were:

  • Runt82: You know the Kama Sutra? They had to write an entirely new chapter because of me.
  • The Doomed Pixel: Wait…That’s not the Heimlich…
  • Ian: Mmmmm…you smell like leather and lemon cookies!
  • The Imp: Lemme show you why they call me ‘Mr. Fantastic’…
  • Ballin’ Boy: Giddy up!
  • Neil Leslie: Hello there, Thor. Let me tell you about my stimulus package.

Neil Leslie’s in particular was very timely, and now every time I watch the news and hear that phrase I’m going to get the willies. Thanks for that mental image, Neil.

Many thanks to everyone who entered! Ian and I will be talking about what he’d like for his prize, and we’ll be sure to share it with you once we’re done.

Random Panel: More comic books we don't want to see

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META: Ice outage

Texans don’t like ice, and neither does our internet equipment. I’ve been forcibly offline the last two days due to a “wintery mix” that sheathed my wireless broadband antenna with ice, hence the lack of posting. My apologies, but I should be back to normal now.

Well, you know, as normal as I get, anyway.

Whanker

Given the illustrator, it’s hard to tell exactly what’s going on here, but regardless I hope that “WHANK” is really, really, really NOT the appropriate sound effect:

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On the other hand, maybe that’s why Wolverine’s head wing thingies are standing up so tall and straight.

Random Panel: I don't think his heart's the pertinent organ, here

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(Hat tip to Superdickery.com)

Contest 38 Prize: Scavenger

StacyX and I have finished the prize for Caption Contest 38, the pirate captain Scavenger:

You can win your own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason) via Caption Contest 42, going on right now!

Random Panel: Spank me, Daddy!

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(h/t to Superdickery.com)

Killing good fashion dreams since 1993

His name is “Dreamkiller”, and apparently the way he kills the most dreams is to draw pointed attention — literally — to his enormous crotch:

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I can’t fathom any other reason for that giant arrow squiggling down his chest to nestle gently yet irresistibly at the entrance to Man Town. It’s not even a printed pattern on a shirt, that’s a solid metal doohickey, presumably to ensure that it cannot be damaged easily in battle.

Taking that into account with the sleeveless tunic shirt, the blue skull cap/long flowing pony-tail hair combination (like a mullet gone terribly, terribly wrong), the rippling musculature indicating waaaaay too many hours in the gym, and the enormous glistening veneers on those chompers, I’m betting “Dreamkiller” really means “Ladykiller”, the kind of guy who spends most of his time trying to convince anyone who’ll listen that “It’s not just padding in that metal dream hammock, honestly!”

I also love the big ol’ honking metal boots with the spikes on the sides. How the hell do you walk in those things without the inside bars bashing against each other with every step? Answer: “When you look THIS good you don’t have to walk — they come to you.”

(Image and character ©1993, Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.)

Random Panel: Great moments in bad comic book pitches, "Tempest Jones, Goat Psychologist" edition

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Caption Contest 42: Whispering sweet nothings

If you can come up with the best caption for this random comic panel, you’ll win your very own custom black and white illustration (like these) of whatever you like:

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I am not sure what exactly is going on here between these two … I mean, I support “The Brotherhood” and all, but Reed’s married for goodness’ sake!

Anyway, as always there are only three rules. First, no more than three entries per person. Second, all entries must be left in the comments to this post. And third, try to keep it relatively clean, as if you were writing for a broadcast network sitcom.

Good luck, everyone, and Happy New Year!