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META: UGO Forums now closed

The HeroMachine Forums at UGO.com are now officially closed to new posts. They will remain up for the foreseeable future as a static repository for all of the awesome stuff that went on there over the years, but starting today … Continue reading

Back in MY day, comics didn't have to make sense!

(From “Lightning Comics” volume 2, number 2, 1941.)

Caption Challenge 131: Gorilicious

It’s time for another new Caption Challenge! This week you’re tasked with coming up with the best caption for this comics panel: I’ll pick out some as my personal favorites to highlight in a post next Monday, and then I’ll … Continue reading

Character Design Challenge 101 Results

First off, let me acknowledge that “Character Challenge 101: Gamma Madness!” was much harder than I anticipated. So congratulations to everyone who powered through and produced an illustration, you should pat yourself on the back. I do think that sometimes … Continue reading

HM Love: Boomtube Gear

Friend of HeroMachine John and I rocked these shirts from Boomtube Gear (“Apparel and Gear for the Discriminating Geek!”) at Dragon*Con this year. I think they’re brilliant, the perfect combination of geekery and subtlety one expects from the discerning geek. … Continue reading

A classic two-panel take

Pop Quiz Results

Our tribute to the leaves of autumn in the last Pop Quiz went really well! Here are all of the entries we received:

Along Came a Doctor

Along Came a Doctor By: Andrew Hines As many of you may already know I’m a Whovian (Doctor Who fan). That being said, my solitary heart skipped a beat when I saw this comic on the shelves of my local … Continue reading

Moognation Prize

I’m starting to work on the five winning prizes from Character Design Challenge 100. The idea here is that I will use their image as the basis of an illustration. It isn’t necessarily to recreate the image they made, or … Continue reading

Pop Quiz: Fall

Happy Saturday, folks! The colors have changed here in Colorado, and my wife and I will be taking them in while on a hike today. So your one-day quick-fire challenge is to create an awesome image using the leaf aura … Continue reading