Concluding our month-long “What If?” tribute, I bring you a scenario so unsettling, I may not be able to sleep tonight:
Rampaging muscle-bound Hulks and sinister Kryptonians are a walk in the park next to this one, folks, so let’s take it below the fold and not scare the kids.
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For no particular reason, here are the comics I currently am reading:
That’s pretty much it for me. I’ll pick up one or two singles or small runs if I read something good about them online (usually via Chris’ Invincible Super-Blog), but really it’s Jack Staff, Fables, and Invincible that keep me going to the comics store nowadays.
I’d love to hear what you’re reading in the comments, maybe I’ll trip on something new and great.
Posted in Randomosity
I don’t know what in the heck Jim Starlin was thinking with this sound effect:
I believe I’m on record as being opposed to onomontoPOWia that are nothing more than common English words used as sounds, but this is easily the most egregious and least effective example I’ve seen to date. Come on, The Bronx isn’t even a city, it’s just a borough, you know? If you’re going to hack your way out of coming up with an actual effect, at least go for something incorporated.
Plus, it’s a crappy sound effect. When a guy with metal fists hits a giant hairy gay ape-man/galactic vampire from outer space wearing a sporty blue cloth tunic, the sound you’d get would be nothing like “BRONXX”. Off-hand, I can’t think of anything that would make that noise, to be honest. If you’re going to lame out with a city-based word, right here in Texas we could offer him “meXIa!” or “BANGs!” or “FROGNOT!”
I have to be honest with you, I’d love to see a comic book use “FROGNOT” in some way. Villain name, onomontoPOWia, the call sign for Wonder Woman’s invisible jet, I don’t care, just give me some Frognot!
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The previously beta-tested Warrior Mini has now been officially released, and is available for use right now on UGO.com. But even better, the applet is the center of a new contest that is so cool I almost wish I weren’t working for UGO so I could enter:
How cool is that?! Read the contest rules for more information, but basically you have from now until the end of January to work on your creation. You can enter up to five different characters. From the rules, here’s how they’ll be judged:
Winner Selection: All entries will be judged by a panel of three (3) judges comprised of members of the UGO editorial staff who will select five finalists based on the following criteria: Visual Design Aesthetic Appeal (30%); Visual Design Originality (30%); Character History (20%); and Character Name (20%). Judging for the five finalists will take place on February 2, 2009.
And once again, the winning character will be featured in an online game built by and featured on UGO.com. Yes, that’s right, you could be the next great action hero. Or at least, someone you make up could be, which is darn close.
Anyone who wants to pose questions about design techniques or to get feedback on what you’ve built, feel free to post it here or hit up the UGO HeroMachine forums. The guys there have a ton of experience building cool characters using the HeroMachine tools and can probably give you some good pointers.
So get out there and start creating, and good luck to everyone!
Update: Just to be clear, you must create the character with the tool linked above (no other HM version) and it must be submitted via the “Submit to Contest” button in the applet. No other submission method will qualify.
Posted in Challenges, News & Updates
Runt82 and I have finished work on his prize for winning Caption Contest 34, and are proud to present … Electrode!
Thanks to him for the character concept, we hope you like the final illustration.
Your chance to win your very own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason) is going on right now with Caption Contest 38: Power Squat Happy Team JUMP!!, so head on over and try your luck.
Posted in Challenge Prizes, Challenges
(That’s from the disturbingly funny “Milk and Cheese’s Latest Thing”, ©1997, Evan Dorkin.)
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I’ve got all 52 Head items in and the 12 hand-held items, so I took a moment to whip up a scary-looking guy in the upcoming Horror Mini.
That’s an assemblage of something like eight different “Head” elements, some (like the eyes, horns, and ears) duplicated and flipped. I like the effect of having one huge eyeball hidden behind the ball-less socket of an eye item, while the other giant eyeball has been moved in front of it to look like it’s bulging out. Good times.
Here he is from a distance:
He’s kinda nekkid on account of I don’t have the clothing items in yet, but you get the idea. I like the effect of the two different interior colors combined with the red line color, all outlined in black with the “outline” feature.
The deadline on this is extremely tight, so I don’t know if you’ll have a chance to play with it in beta before it launches, but I hope you will for at least a day or two.
Posted in News & Updates, Previews
Three middle-aged nerds (including yours truly!) review all of the MCU movies in chronological order. Short, funny, and full of good vibes, check it out and let us know what you think!
Nerdmudgeon.com
