Author Archives: AFDStudios

How best to tie one on?

Posted on June 14, 2012 | Comments Off

Shockingly, in our guise as the Cosmic Guardian we opted NOT to shoot our annoying neighbor in the face last time. In this Modern Age of Post-Modern Super Heroing, I'd say that qualifies us for inclusion in the Heroic Hall of Fame right there. While personally I might be disappointed in our upright behavior, it nonetheless has led us to a bar, and for that I think we can all be thankful.

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Posted in RPG Corner, Thrusts of Justice

Comic book metaphysics in one panel

Posted on June 14, 2012 | Comments Off

(From "Target Comics" volume 2, number 3, 1941.)

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Posted in Daily Random Panel

Of fire nipples and Cyclothongs

Posted on June 13, 2012 | Comments Off

If you're standing next to Emma Frost and you're the one people point at while shouting "That's a horrible costume!", then you, my friend, have achieved truly epic levels of sartorial psychopathy:

It's bad enough that Cyclops is wearing a red thong here (or "banana hammock" if you want to be technical about it), set against a black backdrop so it really pops. What's worse is that it's the same shape as his Cyclopean eye slit, making you think maybe they're both staring at you and waiting to blast you with a beam of some sort. Yuck.

His metal or leather or whatever the chic super-hero fabrique du jour is has a deep, plunging neckline cut into it in the shape of a phoenix, presumably because he's been taken over by the Phoenix Force. Or the NBA's Phoenix Suns, which would be much worse. Either way, it's good that the cutout exists because his nipples are on fire. That's gotta smart, but if you're not willing to take the pain then you're not really committed to your fashion choice.

So congratulations, Cyclops, you've managed to wear an outfit so bad I can't even mention Emma Frost, a sentence I'm pretty sure no one anywhere ever thought they would be able to write.

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Posted in Bad Super Costumes

They don't write curses like they used to

Posted on June 13, 2012 | Comments Off

(From "Target Comics" volume 2, number 3, 1941.)

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Posted in Daily Random Panel

Blade vs. Buffy

Posted on June 12, 2012 | Comments Off

A classic comic book gambit is to pit two heroes against each other for a short, introductory fight. Imagine that's happened here, that these two vampire hunters happen to meet and go at it in an all-out battle. Who do you think would win, and why?

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Posted in Versus

You're all first class seamen now!

Posted on June 12, 2012 | Comments Off

(From "Target Comics" volume 2, number 2, 1941.)

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Posted in Daily Random Panel

Character Contest 93: Public Domain

Posted on June 11, 2012 | Comments Off

Captain Fight and Smiler!

Your Character Design Challenge this week is to pick someone from the list of Public Domain Comic Book Characters and redesign them!

The person with the winning entry as selected by our expert panel (i.e. me) will win their choice of a) a portrait to go in HeroMachine 3, b) an item to go in HeroMachine 3, or c) a custom black and white "Sketch of the Day" style drawing (also by me). The rules otherwise are the same as always:

All entries must be in JPG or PNG form (BMPs are too big), posted to a publicly accessible website (like ImageShack, PhotoBucket, the UGO Forums, whatever);
Entries must be made as a comment or comments to this post, containing a link directly to the image and the character name;
The image cannot have been used in any previous HeroMachine character design contest;
Please name your files as [your name]-[character name].[file extension]. So DiCicatriz, for instance, would save his "Bayou Belle" character image as DiCicatriz-BayouBelle.png.
Please make the link go directly to the image (like this) and not to a hosting jump page (like this). See this post on how to get the direct link for most sites.
All entries must be in by next Monday, when I'll choose a winner.

No limit on entries this week, so knock yourselves out. Just make them good!

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Posted in Challenges, Character Design Challenges

Caption Contest 123 Winners!

Posted on June 11, 2012 | Comments Off

Many thanks to everyone who shared their humor with us in Caption Contest 123. I've picked some of the funniest lines replacing the missing dialog in this strip: