With the conclusion of the #MCU reviews, we now tackle the question “Can animated super-hero movies be as good – or even better than – the MCU?” in what we call TOONMUDGEON! Join us as we kick things off with “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse”! Please give a listen if you’re so inclined at https://nerdmudgeon.com/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse and if you haven’t seen “Into the Spider-Verse” yet, you definitely should! It’s honestly one of the best super-hero movies of all time in my opinion.
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I spent the long weekend re-watching the HBO masterpiece Rome, and it gave me an idea. I wondered what a futuristic gladiator might look like. So….
Your CDC challenge this week is to create your take on a futuristic gladiator. They can be human, alien, or mech
The winning entrant will receive a HM3 version of their character rendered by yours truly.
The characters must be your own design and not based on any character that might be copyrighted in any way.
Rules for posts, contests, and challenges:
Original characters only, no copyrighted characters, no characters based on copyrighted characters.No characters based on Official RPG NPC’s ( Non-Player Characters ). Please keep all submissions PG13. I have the right to delete any post that I believe crosses this line without warning. Only post characters that have been created solely using Hero Machine, and that you know for certain have never been entered in 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, Deviant Art, or whatever); Do NOT use Photobucket
• Entries must be made as a comment or comments to this post, containing a link directly to the image and the character name;
• Please name your files as [your name]-[character name].[file extension] before you upload it. 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).
This contest will close on Monday, October 19th at 6:00pm Eastern
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Runner up this week is Blaastmasterism324.
And this week’s winner is..
Continue reading
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We close out the MCU review with “Spider-Man: Far From Home” and follow it up with our big “MCU Wrap-Up Show”! Come on by Nerdmudgeon and give us a listen if you have a moment, I think you’ll really enjoy these!
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I just saw an interview with drag artist Dax! who was one of the inspirations for the Marvel drag queen character known as Shade or Darkveil.
Your CDC challenge this week is to take an existing original character from your collection, and rework them with an alternate gender. Cisgender, trans and non-binary characters are welcomed and applauded.
Please post both the original and the reworking in the same comment post
The winning entrant will receive a HM3 version of their character rendered by yours truly.
The characters must be your own design and not based on any character that might be copyrighted in any way.
Rules for posts, contests, and challenges:
Original characters only, no copyrighted characters, no characters based on copyrighted characters.No characters based on Official RPG NPC’s ( Non-Player Characters ). Please keep all submissions PG13. I have the right to delete any post that I believe crosses this line without warning. Only post characters that have been created solely using Hero Machine, and that you know for certain have never been entered in 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, Deviant Art, or whatever); Do NOT use Photobucket
• Entries must be made as a comment or comments to this post, containing a link directly to the image and the character name;
• Please name your filesas [your name]-[character name].[file extension] before you upload it. 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).
This contest will close on Monday, October 12th at 6:00pm Eastern
My version of the Munchkin Mayor based on Angelos’ original design.
Congrats again on the win!
The endgame for the Nerdmudgeon podcast is looming! My buddies John and Dave and I have episodes up talking about the culmination of the MCU, please give us a listen if you have a moment and let us know what you think!
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This week’s winner is Angelos Stefanopoulos.
Your prize will be posted to the blog later this week.
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I am cancelling the continuing Wizard of Oz CDC due to poor turnout
There will be no CDC this week while I re-group.
DJuby
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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!
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