DiCicatriz and I have finished work on his prize for being the overall Friday Night Fights 3 champion. It’s a duo of his original characters, Wraith and Howl. Here they are in black and white (click to embiggen any of these):
And here they are in color:
Posted in Challenge Prizes
Our matchup this week pits two titans of sci-fi fiction against each other. Your task is simple — choose who would win in an all-out war between the Borg and the Cylons (from the new BSG):
Take it to the comments to persuade us that your choice is right. Will the human/robot hybrids of the Cylon Empire overcome the soulless collective of the Borg?
I present, you decide!
Posted in Versus
I’ve just uploaded Trekkie’s prize for winning Character Contest 88 to Headgear-Mask:
Enjoy!
Posted in Challenge Prizes, HeroMachine 3
Your challenge this week is to come up with the best replacement dialog for this comics panel:
The best entry (as judged by yours truly) wins the author’s choice of either any item they like or any portrait to be included in HeroMachine 3′s final release, or a custom black and white “Sketch of the Day” style illustration (you pick the subject, I draw it however I like).
All entries must be left as a comment (or comments) to this post. Keep ‘em clean (appropriate for a late-night broadcast TV show), but most importantly, keep ‘em funny!
This one should be a bit more challenging than usual, both because you’re coming up with an editorial caption instead of dialog and because, let’s face it, keeping them clean enough for late-night television won’t be easy.
No limit to entries, but please, self-edit and only put up ones you genuinely think are good!
Posted in Caption Challenges, Challenges
Don’t forget, you only have one more week to get your submissions for the Super Omega Deathbattle Warzone Apocalypse Contest! The winners will get their characters painted in full color in a promotional piece for this new awesome game by professional artist Livio Ramondelli of “Transformers: Autocracy” and “DC Universe Online” fame.
If I were you (and be thankful I’m not, because none of those Oreos in your house would still be around if I were) I’d pick out the nine most outstanding characters I’ve ever designed with HeroMachine and send them in as my entry. You’re not limited to new characters only, folks, so go with your best. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity!
Posted in Challenges, Character Design Challenges
(From “Target Comics” number 5, 1940.)
Posted in Daily Random Panel
(From “Target Comics” number 5, 1940.)
Posted in Daily Random Panel
The big news in my small circle of geeky friends is, of course, the upcoming “Avengers” movie. Whenever a major film like this comes out that I know I am going to want to see, the months and weeks leading up to it are pure torture as I twist and turn in my efforts to dodge spoilers. I want to experience the movie in as pure a form as possible, unsullied by the expectations or experiences of other people.
Friend of HeroMachine John and I go into the “Cone of Silence”, a sensory deprivation chamber where all previews, promos, ads, spoilers, speculative articles, and celebrity interviews are avoided even more vigorously than girls avoided US in high school.
But that’s not the only way to approach these kinds of mega projects. So my question for you on this Sharing Day is basically:
How do you handle “big” geek events like major movies or big novel releases? Do you go whole-hog and consume everything humanly possible about it before it comes out, or do you go into your own “Cone of Silence” and try your best to be surprised?
If you like, in return for answering my question to you, you may ask a question of me on any topic and I’ll do my best to answer honestly and completely. Just leave your reply (and question, if any) as a comment. The goal is to learn a little more about our community!
Posted in Sharing Day
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