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With many and profound thanks to dblade for drawing them, I am happy to announce that I have just uploaded the following set of items to the Backplane-Wings set for HeroMachine 3. As you can see, they're outstanding:
I realize segmented spider legs aren't exactly "wings" but I had the file open anyway and couldn't think of a more logical place. So nyah.
Enjoy!
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Posted in HeroMachine 3, News & Updates
We've had a bit of a running debate recently over the costume worn by the 1940's comic book hero, "The Green Mask":
Personally, I think that overall he's got a pretty sporty look. I dig the tied back Zorro-style mask, the piping on his legs, and the roll-top gloves. I admit the colors are a bit much -- green and yellow and red and light blue and dark blue -- but at least they're muted in value so they don't leap up and poke out your eyeballs.
However, I'm posting him here on "Bad Costume Wednesday" because of his belt, which is new to the "second edition" Green Mask that was more of a Captain Marvel rip-off instead of the earlier Batman rip-off. In this version, a young boy turns into Green Mask (I think they dropped the "The" from the name) when he a) gets angry and b) says the magic words, "EEEOW". I'm not making that up. Whereas Captain Marvel turns into the mighty Shazam by uttering a name made up of the first initials of the Greek pantheon of gods, Green Mask has to make like a cat with a harelip.
Getting back to the belt -- if you have to run around with your initials on your navel like an absent-minded school boy afraid of losing his coat, you've got yourself some trouble. And call me a traditionalist, but if you have a color in your name, you ought to use that color in your logo. He's not "The Red Initials", after all.
I also don't quite get the value of having piped trousers beneath your unitard. Pants go over your underwear, big guy -- even Billy Batson didn't make that mistake.
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Posted in Bad Super Costumes
(From "The Green Mask" volume 2, number 1, 1945.)
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Posted in Daily Random Panel
Each of the following women has dated a super-hero in a motion picture. The question before you is, which of these characters would you most want to date yourself -- not the actress playing the part, but the character.
Four of these women -- Katie Deauxma, Mary Jane Watson, Tina Carlyle, and Vickie Vale -- have no super-identity of their own, while the others do. It seems to me the first question has to be, do you want to date someone with super-powers while you have none? The second question you have to ask yourself is, would you want to live in their particular iteration of the real world? For instance, the present depicted in "Watchmen" doesn't seem like very much fun, while the "Spider-Man" movies are pretty much just real world plus a few super characters, mostly living in New York City.
If you want to date a super-hero, you're looking at either an assassin (Elektra), a somewhat disturbed chain smoker (Laurie Jupiter), and a fairly normal woman who can turn invisible (Sue Storm). Personally, I'm at a point in my life where stable is good, so I'd have to go with Sue Storm out of that bunch. She's smart, she's brave, and she can throw a shield around me so I don't get hurt. That's a potent combination.
From the regulars, you have to think about their jobs. Mary Jane is an up and coming actress with a heart of gold, Katie is a sixteen year old girl, Vickie Vale is a gossip reporter, and Tina Carlyle is (if I remember correctly) an exotic dancer. Again, I'm going to have to go with normal, which means Mary Jane. Plus, redheads FTW!
So for me personally, it's between Sue Storm and Mary Jane Watson. Out of those two, I'm going with ... Mary Jane!
What about you? Who would you choose, and why?
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Posted in Versus
(From "The Green Mask" volume 1, number 1, 1945.)
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Posted in Daily Random Panel
Your design challenge for this week is to create a character or characters based on something related to the current holiday season. You could go with something Christmas related (Santa, the elves, flying reindeer, turbo sled, Wise Men, a hero named "The Shepherd", a villain named "The Swaddler", etc.), Chanukah (Maccabeus, eight members of the "Menorah" team, someone named Shamash, etc.), or you could go with something winter related (Solstice, blizzards, etc.). Your choice!
The rules are the same as usual:
The person with the winning entry as selected by our expert panel (i.e. me) will win their choice of a) a portrait to go in HeroMachine 3, b) an item to go in HeroMachine 3, or c) a custom black and white "Sketch of the Day" style drawing (also by me).
Good luck, everyone!
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Posted in Challenges, Character Design Challenges
Caption Contest 113 generated some of the funniest lines we've seen in a long time, filling in the missing dialog in this classic "Superman" cover:
Without further ado, here are the ones I thought were the funniest:
As you know, there can be only one overall winner, and this week I am going once again with ... Nick Hentschel!
I didn't honestly notice the line until Spidercow2010 pointed it out, so I thank him for that.
Thanks to everyone who entered, congratulations to all the Finalists, and Nick, let me know what you'd like for your prize!
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Posted in Caption Challenges, Challenge Favorites, Challenges
(From "The Green Mask" volume 2, number 1, 1945.)
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Posted in Daily Random Panel
Instead of the usual Power User Profile, we have a special treat today -- Nick Hentschel has graciously put together a nifty how-to recipe for your own sunset backgrounds! I know he put a ton of work into this, so please let him know in the comments that you appreciate the effort and the willingness to share.
Note that you can click on most of these screen captures to see them at maximum size. Without further ado, I give you Nick's recipe!
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Posted in Recipes, Tips & Tricks
(From "The Green Mask", volume 2, number 1, 1945.)
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Posted in Daily Random Panel
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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