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Contest 19 Winner!

Posted on July 15, 2008 by | Comments Off on Contest 19 Winner!

The winner of Caption Contest 19 is ... HeroComplex!

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HeroComplex wins a custom black and white illustration of whatever he or she likes (within reason) as a prize for creativity. I'll be posting Caption Contest 20 in a few minutes, so be sure to check back for your chance to win!

The Honorable Mentions from this week were:

  • DJ: LOOK AT ME! CARTWHEEL IN SPACE!
  • EnderX: Eat that, Broadway! I’m finally a STAR!
  • John D: “RICOLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
  • Nombo: I can see my house form here!
  • Free2Ryhme: Houston we have a problem
  • Joe: “Screw you, Danny at tech support. Screw you.”
  • jonnydemon: IIIII’m sailing awayyyy!!

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Contest 18 Prize: Hephaestian

Posted on July 14, 2008 by | Comments Off on Contest 18 Prize: Hephaestian

xStacy's prize for winning Caption Contest 18 is complete! Here's the summary he sent me:

A buff girl in a wifebeater, jeans, armored boots, and heavy gloves with some armor on the forearms and elbows. A pair of welding goggles (either worn or slung around the neck) completes the outfit. Carries either a smith's hammer or a big wrench--whichever you think looks better.

And here's the image we came up with:

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Overall I think it turned out quite well. If I were doing it over again, I'd probably give her a different haircut (I thought maybe a pony tail would be more practical for forge work) and maybe dirty up her face with a clean space around the eyes where the goggles would go. But, aside from that, I'm very happy with it.

Also, note fellows that xStacy has a girlfriend who games. So now you can be super-duper envious of him!

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Contest 17 Prize: Celtica

Posted on July 10, 2008 by | Comments Off on Contest 17 Prize: Celtica

Niall Mor and I have finished his winning prize for Caption Contest 17, "Celtica":

Niall also has a web site, "It's All Straw", where he talks about a variety of topics, including super-hero stuff, so you might check it out when you get a chance. Odds are he'll post this image there too, along with a description of the character. For grins, here's the HeroMachine version of Celtica he sent me for reference:

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Your chance to win your own custom illustration by yours truly is going on now in Caption Contest 19, so head on over and try out your creativity!

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Caption Contest 19: Lost in Space?

Posted on July 8, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 19: Lost in Space?

It's time once again for you to dust off the ol' humor module and come up with the best caption for the comic book panel below. If your entry is selected, you'll win your very own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like from professional illustrator Jeff Hebert! Here's this week's challenge:

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As always, the rules are simple: Only three entries per person, put your dialog in the comments to this post, and keep it relatively clean (as in, appropriate for a broadcast TV sitcom).

Good luck everyone!

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Caption Contest 18: Our first double winner!

Posted on July 8, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 18: Our first double winner!

For the first time in HeroMachine contest history, we have a second-time winner. Congratulations to xStacy for his winning entry for Caption Contest 18!

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Other honorable mentions included:

Bajonk: American Gothic, millenium edition. (again, I'm a sucker for a good fine art reference)
Bajonk: Someone call a babysitting service?
Doomed Pixel: Hi, my name is Phil, and I divided by zero.
Wild Ferret King: Worst. Vacation. EVER.
Ian: “Pestilence is home sick, so we’re just the Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse tonight.”

Many thanks to everyone who submitted one of the record-breaking number of entries this week, your good humor and creativity are much appreciated. xStacy has won a second black and white custom illustration of whatever he likes; check back in a bit for your own chance to win the same with Caption Contest 19!

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Caption Contest 18: Three guys walk into hell …

Posted on July 1, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 18: Three guys walk into hell …

Come up with the best caption for this random comic book panel and win your very own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason)!

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To recap, the rules are:

  1. Keep it clean — submissions should be appropriate for a broadcast TV sitcom.
  2. No more than three entries per person.
  3. Leave your entry in the comments to this post.

Good luck everyone!

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Caption Contest 17 Winner

Posted on July 1, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 17 Winner

I am happy to announce that the winner of Caption Contest 17 and his very own custom black and white illustration of whatever he likes is ... Niall Mor! I'm delighted because a) it's a funny entry, causing my friend John to literally laugh out loud and b) Niall's come in second more times than I can count, so it's great to see him finally get the Win. Here's the final panel:

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Other finalists included:

Rick: ...Check please.
MLS: Seriously Erwin, I… I don’t think that counts as a super power. *cough*

Thanks to everyone who entered, this was quite a challenge! I hope you all try again with Caption Contest 18, coming up later today.

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Caption Contest 15 Prize: Emissary

Posted on June 28, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 15 Prize: Emissary

Rick and I have completed his winning prize for Caption Contest 15, "Emissary". The description Rick sent me was:

[T]his is a future alternate reality version of a hero I created. His right hand is a conduit for a destructive form of energy. The use of this energy corrupts his mind and body each time he uses it. In his heroic version he avoids using it at all costs. In this version, tragedy has driven him to give in to it and become the Emissary. I see him in flight with an arrogant pose, looking down on the world or just above a crowd of people. I kind of had the final version of "Micheal" from the Korvac Saga in The Avenger in mind when creating him if that helps.

He attached a HeroMachine image he'd created:

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Caption Contest 17: BIPH!

Posted on June 24, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 17: BIPH!

I struggled mightily with this here image, which is pretty doggone funny in the original. Should I use it as an awesome Daily Random Panel? Or pontificate on the beautiful onomontoPOWia of "BIPH"? But then I thought, why not give everyone a chance to share in its awesomosity in the form of a caption contest! So here's your chance to win your very own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason). Just come up with the funniest dialog to put in the balloon of this panel:

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The rules are simple:

  1. Keep it relatively clean, appropriate for a prime time broadcast TV sitcom. I admit, that will be a challenge this week, but be strong.
  2. No more than 3 entries per person.
  3. Leave your entry in the comments to this post.

That's it! Good luck to everyone.

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Caption Contest 16 Winner

Posted on June 24, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 16 Winner

I am pleased to announce that the winner of the very competitive and hard-to-call Caption Contest 16 and a free custom black and white illustration of whatever he likes is ... BiLLYisAkID!

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This was a tough call, there were a lot of worthy entries. Some of my other favorites were:

Josh: Get in my Belly!!!
The Doomed Pixel: Leggo my Eggo!
citizensteve: Leeeroyyyyy Jennnkinsss!
Jester: “na-nana nana-nananananananana… BATMAN!”
MLS: KAAAAAAHHHHHHN!
Ballin' Boy: Hey! I wanna talk to you about becoming a Jehovah’s Witness.

Thanks to everyone who entered, and I'll be posting another chance to win in just a few minutes.

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