Character Design Contest ♯36- Reviving The Brand

As we had so much fun with last weeks Public Domain contest, I thought this week we’d do another. What I want you to do this week is go to this list http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Comic_Book_Characters and do the next generation of any of these public domain comic book characters. Think Alan Scott- Hal Jordan or Jay Garrick- Barry Allen. You just have to keep the same powers, the same gimmick/ logo (if applicable, i.e. the power ring for Green Lantern) and the name. You can change everything else if you want.

Make sure you don’t re-enter any characters that you have entered into previous Public Domain contests as they will be disqualified. You can only enter characters on this list (there are over ten pages so hopefully you’ll find something you like the look of).

Please make sure you have read the rules before entering. As usual, no limit on entries, so have fun and good luck.

Rules for posts, contests, and challenges that I am hosting: 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 warnings. 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.

What Were They Thinking- The Inferior Spider-Man

You’ve got to wonder sometimes how the brains behind the big comic book companies work, some of the decisions they make are so screwy. Due to the value of the intellectual property of all characters not even z-list heroes like The Creeper are allowed to be put out to pasture. We’ve already covered that when we talked about the death of Superman and it’s effect on comics, but in a world where Dick Greyson and Bucky Barnes only get to take over their mentors roles for a month and a bit, Marvel’s recent run on Spider-Man has got to be the most confusing thing they have ever done.

Ok, lets over look the frankly stupid method of how it was done, because I don’t get it myself and look at what happened. Basically, for those that don’t know, Doctor Octopus has managed to remove his own psyche from his body and place it in Peter Parker’s, leaving Peter to die in Octopus’ cancer ridden body, with only Peter’s conscience surviving in his old body, Octavius soon gets rid of that. This means that Doc Ock is now Spider-Man and he is trying to be a superior Spidey to Pete, by going around and killing bad guys. Now, call me old fashioned, but I kinda liked Pete as Spidey and Doc Ock as Doc Ock (mainly because he was a classic villain). What they’ve done, in my opinion, is confusing and pointless, Spidey never needed to be shaken up to revive sales, he’s Marvels most constant best seller. What they’ve done there is dropped sales. You’ve also got rid of one of the top 3 most popular heroes of all time and one of his greatest nemeses. All whilst bringing back old heroes from the dead because you don’t think people will like someone else replacing them.

Now, I know that this is probably only going to be temporary, but I felt it was so stupid and badly thought out it deserved highlighting. Even a temporary major screw up is still a major screw up and Marvel has majorly screwed up here.

Character Design Contest ♯35 Poll (Public Domain Literature)

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Character Design Contest ♯34 Winner

The winner of our transformations contest is none other than AMS for his wolfman transformation. Well done man and well done to everyone who entered, there where some excellent creations.

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Caption Contest ♯7- Results

Last week I asked you to find the best replacement dialogue for this panel.

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Here are the top 5 that I thought were best.

Tool– “What?! They canceled Firefly after one season…Idiots!”

Worf– “Eating kryptonite really does a number on you.”

Mr. Gross– “Hello my pretty”

Skybandit– “I am Stallone and this is Rocky XIII!”

Timedrop23– “Hey Green Lantern, I’ll show you ‘oppan gangnam style!”

But there can only be one winner. And that person is…….

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Power User Profiles: Scatman

When I decided to bring back the PUPs I made a list of ‘machiners I’d like to include, today’s power user was top of that list. Which is not really that surprising, when you are name checked alongside AMS as one of the masters of Heromachine (by djuby and Kaldath no less) you know you’ve got some serious skill going. Added to the fact his creations are always unique and brilliant and his comments never fail to amuse, I’m happy to welcome Scatman to the ranks of the Power Users.

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Poll Position- Joss Whedon

This week, I want to hear your opinions on what is Joss Whedon’s greatest work. I’m not going to put everything he’s done, I’ll let you guys add your faves.

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Just when I’d got the innuendo-metre fixed…..

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Character Design Contest ♯35- Public Domain Literature

This week I want you guys to have a look through the numerous literary characters that have fallen into public domain as listed on this site http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Literary_Characters, and do your own take on them. You can do modern versions, contemporary versions or futuristic versions I don’t care, just be mindful of one thing; as these characters have been in the public domain they are not copyrighted, but adaptations of them made since are copyrighted (such as the Frankenstein movies, the Phantom of the Opera’s mask form the musical, or the many Sherlock Holmes movies/ tv series), so make sure these are YOUR OWN VERSIONS.

Please make sure you have read the rules before entering. As usual, no limit on entries, so have fun and good luck.

Rules for posts, contests, and challenges that I am hosting: 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 warnings. 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.

 

Sci-Fi Corner- Fandom: Conventions & Collections

This week I just want you guys to share your experiences on the subject of being a fan.

Do you consider yourself a fan of any particular film, series or comic and if so how big a fan? Have you ever gone to a convention? Do you cosplay? What is the most memorable moment from a convention that you’ve been to? Do you collect memorabilia and if so, what and is there any dream purchase you wish you could make?