Honourable Mentions: AMS and Xinmodic
And this week’s winner is AMS for his Shooting Star – very retro and appropriate ti the period.
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Great job everyone…thanks for entering.
Posted in Challenge Favorites
Your Pop Quiz challenge this week is to design a Genie’s bottle. Do not…and I cannot stress this strongly enough…do not include the genie. The bottle and only the bottle
You only get one entry so be creative, and above all else, have fun!
All entries must be in JPG or PNG form (BMPs are too big), posted to a publicly accessible website (like the HeroMachine :,ImageShack, PhotoBucket, or whatever);
Please make the link go directly to the image (like this) and not to a hosting jump page (like this).
This contest will close at 6pm Eastern on Sunday, September 18th.
Posted in Challenges, Pop Quiz
(Apologies for not having this up sooner, my computer decided to be uncooperative)
Hey everyone, I wanted to talk to you today about something a bit more serious. In terms of mainstream acceptance and sheer scale of dissemination through popular culture, it has never been a better time to carry the title of ‘nerd’ or ‘geek’. If you look at the films with the highest grossing openings, not only are the top three spots held by geek culture movies (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Jurassic World, and The Avengers) but in fact the top thirteen places are held by films within the genre, only interrupted by Furious 7. You can walk into any Target, Spencer’s even Wal-Mart and easily find a plethora of clothing, accessories, and collectibles to proudly proclaim your love of all things geeky. Conventions are huge and plentiful, with cons like E3, the New York Toy Fair, and San Diego Comic Con becoming entities unto themselves as places of premiere news, trailers, and announcements to both geek and mainstream media. We made it guys, widespread acceptance!
Ok guys, going to try something new today.
Ever since it was announced that the follow up to Man Of Steel would feature Batman, people have been wanting to see another solo film for the caped crusader. The character has now appeared in 2 out of the 3 DCEU films so far and is set to appear in a third when Justice League hits the screens next year. That means that, at that point, all of DC’s trinity (Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman) will have appeared in 3 films each, but Batman will have been the only one to have not had a solo film. Obviously that will change, Batman is too marketable, and there’s apparently already plans for a solo Batman film featuring Deathstroke as the main bad guy. But considering how well received the DCEU has been so far, this could be a very important film for Warner Bros. If Wonder Woman and Justice League aren’t well received, a Batman film could be the last shot for the DCEU, considering that Batman films always do very well at the box office and the fact that Ben Affleck has so far been the most universally praised aspect of the DCEU meaning it has the best shot at revitalising the franchise if the next two films don’t go down well.
So how should they write it? What story should they go with? Well, here’s my take. It’s most likely not going to be anything like what they do, but I feel this would be the best way to do it.
Posted in Movies and TV, Super-Hero Stuff
Last week, I asked you to come up with the best replacement dialogue for this panel.
We had quite a few entries, definitely enough for me to do this again next week. But here’s our final 5.
Nick Hentschel:
Batman: THAT’S for Alfred. He’ll never be able to get these colours out.
Other Guy: Try Oxy Clean
Drummergirl4:
B: This punch to the mouth is brought to you by Fruit Stripe Gum
OG: It’ll only hurt for two minutes
The Atomic Punk
B: Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma…
OG: Just knock me out already
RobM
B: Know where you’re heading for a 10- 20 stretch
OG: Prism
Frankie
B: Not only do I ‘come in like a rainbow’, but I’m as strong as one too.
OG: Hrff! You collide-a-dope!
But there can only be one winner. And that winner is…
Posted in Caption Challenges
So, Spider-Man. Peter Parker has been webslinging since 1962 and he’s had quite the time of it over those 54 years. He has lost his entire family (pretty much), got married, died, been resurrected, been cloned, gone to space numerous times, been body-swapped and accrued a gallery of enemies second only to Batman and a gallery of titles that number in the “too many”. He’s been involved in some great storylines against some of the greatest villains in comic book history and has been the face of Marvel since his inception. But he’s also the guy who seems to get a lot of Marvels less well thought out ideas. So here’s the list, the Top 10 Worst Spider-Man storylines.
Warning: Opinions below. And bad Spider-Man storylines, which is even worse than the opinions. Do not read if sensitive.
Posted in Comic Book Stuff, Lists, Super-Hero Stuff
Ok folks, this week your CDC Challenge is to design a sidekick for the hero posted above: Major Patriot. Major Patriot, clearly an homage to Supes and the Cap, fought for justice through WWII and the early years of the Cold War before retiring to form and oversee The International Legion for Justice: a force for good made up of heroes from around the globe. Following his retirement, the mantle of Major Patriot was passed to his onetime sidekick.
The ILJ will be featured in future CDCs.
There is no limit on the number of entries. Please read the contest rules before entering, have fun and good luck. The contest will close at 8:00am Eastern on Sunday, September 18th.
Rules for posts, contests, and challenges: Original characters only, no copyrighted characters, no characters based on copyrighted characters, no characters based on RPG’s or other games. The characters must be your own design and not based on any character that might be copyrighted in any way. I have the right to delete any post that I believe crosses this line without warning. Only post characters that you have either created for this contest specifically or you know for certain have never been entered to a contest before. If you aren’t certain, don’t enter it, because I’m not going to go back through all of the contests and check.
All entries must be in JPG or PNG form (BMPs are too big), posted to a publicly accessible website (like the HeroMachine :,ImageShack, PhotoBucket, or whatever);
Please make the link go directly to the image (like this) and not to a hosting jump page (like this).
Posted in Challenges, Character Design Challenges
This week’s win goes to Atomic Punk. Love the pseudo-vintage vibe of the character, and the details in the face and uniform are very effective. Well done you!
Posted in Uncategorized
Honourable mentions: Cliff for London Fog and JR19759 for Grawp.
And this week’s winner is hawk007’s Burning Veins. Really beautiful use of colour and contrast. Well done you!
Posted in Challenge Favorites
Here is a cool video I found on my Twitter feed from marvel and is posted on Marvel’s youtube page:
Posted in Things I Like
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
