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Caption Contest 9 Winner!

Posted on May 6, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 9 Winner!

The winner of Caption Contest 9 is ... BrokenSlot!

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Many thanks to everyone who entered, I think this was probably the most challenging one to come up with something creative for so far. I think it was the mention of "Scrabble" that did it for me, I love that game. Other honorable mentions include:

Panel 1: ā€œLegsā€, what is this supposed to mean?!
Panel 2: The dog wanted to let you know that Angelina Jolie is behind you, but there was only so much room on the paper.

First Balloon: ā€œSweet suffering sherbert slices of sick psychopaths!!! Is that what I think it is?!ā€
Second Balloon: Yes! what Duke is holding IS the secret ingredient to my world famous baked beans! LEGS! MUAHAHAHAHA!!!

1: hey look spots found the wining lotto ticket !
2: Sqweeeeeeeee !!! we can buy faces now!

Keep an eye out for the next caption contest, and your chance to win your very own custom black and white illustration!

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Caption Contest 7 Winning Prize

Posted on May 2, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 7 Winning Prize

Here's the prize for Caption Contest 7, which was won by Ashton. It's a drawing of his father's friend, who's very ill. I think it was extremely generous and thoughtful of Ashton to think of his dad this way, I really hope they liked it. It turns out that drawing trees in ink is very hard.

Hiker in the woods

If you want to win your very own professional black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason), make your entry for Caption Contest 9: The Poetic Pooch going on right now!

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Caption Contest 9: The Poetic Pooch

Posted on April 29, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 9: The Poetic Pooch

Come up withe the best, funniest dialog for this caption, and you'll win your very own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason) from professional illustrator Jeff Hebert!

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For instance:

Top Balloon: I used to hear dogs talking to me, but now they're writing?!
Bottom Balloon: I'd say he's the smartest dog I ever saw, only he's too stupid to remember you can't read. Pity.

The rules are: 1) No more than three entries per person; 2) Keep it appropriate for a broadcast TV sitcom (i.e. no swearing); 3) leave your entry in the comments to this post.

Good luck everyone!

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Caption Contest 8 Winner!

Posted on April 29, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 8 Winner!

The winner of Caption Contest 8 is ... Coyote!

I shall now do my Kirk impression. KKKKHHHAAAAAAAAANNN!!!!

I always was a sucker for that scene in "Wrath of Khan." Coyote has won a custom black and white illustration of his or her choice, drawn by yours truly. Thanks to everyone who entered; here are a couple of my favorite other entries:

First: The time is nowā€¦
Second: IMA CHARGINā€™ MAH JACKHAMMAH!

I thought I was clicking on pornā€¦
ā€¦but I got Rick-rolled!

Top Balloon: Just because I have this stinkinā€™ eyepatch, everyone thinks Iā€™m a pirate: Captain Hook, Long John, Blackbead, Abraham Lincolnā€¦
Bottom Balloon: MY NAME IS GREG!!!

If you want to win your very own professional custom illustration, keep an eye out for Caption Contest 9!

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Caption Contest 8: Avast!

Posted on April 22, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 8: Avast!

The HeroMachine Caption Contest 8 has now begun! If you come up with the funniest caption for this comic book panel, you'll win a custom black and white drawing by professional (and startlingly bald) illustrator Jeff Hebert, creator of HeroMachine:

Caption Contest 8

A sample entry might be:

Balloon1: Bosun, this periscope only has a RIGHT-eye socket, you idiot, I can't use this!
Balloon2: I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!

Here are the rules:

  1. Enter by leaving your caption in the comments to this post, and no more than three entries per person.
  2. Clearly indicate what dialog goes in which balloon.
  3. Keep it clean -- anything that would fly on your average broadcast television sitcom is fine.

Good luck to everyone, it's going to be hard to beat last week in terms of either quantity or quality!

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Caption Contest 7 Winner

Posted on April 22, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 7 Winner

The winner of Caption Contest 7 is ... Ashton Jakobson's not-so-jolly Green Giant!

Jolly Green Giant

I think what really sold this one was how much the guy over the green dude's shoulder really does look like he's taking a bite. Ashton will win a custom black and white illustration of his choice by yours truly. Many thanks to all of the entrants, it was an impressive showing. Some of the Honorable Mentions that made me laugh were:

  1. ā€œThis isnā€™t like the Axe commercials at all!!ā€
  2. Green Guy: Go to the Emerald City they said. See the wizard they said. Damn munchkinsā€¦
  3. Barbarian repellent my keister!

Great work everyone!

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Caption Contest 6 prize

Posted on April 19, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 6 prize

Count Libido and I have completed his prize for winning Caption Contest 6:

Count Libido

I'm very happy with the way this one turned out, I think it's got a lot of pizazz. If you want to win your own custom illustration of whatever you like, enter the HeroMachine Caption Contest 7, going on now!

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Caption Contest 7: The Grapplers

Posted on April 15, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 7: The Grapplers

It's time for your weekly chance to win your very own professional custom black and white illustration! All you have to do is come up with the best caption for this comic book panel:

Grappling

Leave your entry in the comments below, noting which dialog balloon gets which line. For instance:

ThoughtBalloon: I knew Group Hug Day at the Barbarian Retreat was a bad idea ...

Good luck, and keep the great entries coming!

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Caption Contest 6 Winner

Posted on April 15, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 6 Winner

Congratulations to Count Libido, the winner of Caption Contest 6! Here's his entry:

Rigor-Mentos

This is the second Mentos reference made on this blog, apparently I have a weakness for the stuff even though I've never had one. Strange. Anyway, I'll be working with the good Count this week on his custom illustration. Look for your chance to win your very own black and white custom drawing by yours truly in the weekly HeroMachine Caption Contest!

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Caption Contest 5 Prize — Creature:Blackout

Posted on April 12, 2008 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 5 Prize — Creature:Blackout

Cameron and I have finished work on his prize for winning Caption Contest 5, the dual-aspect character Creature:Blackout. Here's Cameron's description:

The characters name is "Creature: Blackout", and he's a super-powered mercenary in the world of Aberrant. Costume wise, he wears a featureless white lycra bodysuit that also coveres his face, removing all facial featurs but his eyes (egg-face is also an appropriate name). When he uses his powers, six shadowy, black tentacles manifest from his back, and his whole image changes from a featureless humanoid to a horrific creature whose image is so terrifying as to be capable of driving people permenantly mad (especially his face). His other main power is the ability to generate a large inky blacknesss that can envelope large areas and induce a state of sensory deprivation in which only his horrific imaghe is visible, allowing him to ensnare and affect large numbers of people and this has also lead to his name.

I'd like an image of his leaping towards the viewer in his horrific visage (I always visualised it as a kind of flayed-human kind of image) with tentacles writhing.

And here's what we came up with for the illustration:

Blackout

If you want to win your very own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason), you can enter Caption Contest 6:Hicks and Chicks, going on now! But you'd better bring your A game, because the entries there already are pretty stellar.

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