Character Contest 78 Winners!

"Lissom" was a tough contest concept. You had to not only make a lissom character, but a good illustration too, and while a lot were able to do one or the other, I only settled on eleven that did both. Here they are!

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META: Site updates

Today I submitted a request to my hosting company to move to a different type of service that is metered by memory usage instead of the flat rate I have been using up till now. I want to resolve the temporary outages once and for all, as well as prepare for the future. Hopefully this won't break anything and you won't even notice a difference, but there's always the chance it will all melt down into a steaming pile of digital goo.

Just a heads-up in case you notice funkiness.

Santa was a lot more serious about the Naughty List in the old days …

(From "The Green Mask" number 10, 1944.)

Worst. Origin. Ever.

(From "The Green Mask" number 10, 1944.)

Power User Profile: WillyPete

Although not as active on the blog here, WillPete has been a mainstay of the UGO HeroMachine Forums for a long time, and an indispensable guiding hand there.

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Then he's not going to stop riding him, is he?

(From "The Green Mask" number 10, 1944.)

Sharing Day: I'm Awesome Edition

Today, I want you to post the best illustration you've ever created, whether with HeroMachine or not. Something you think is awesome, and for which you want to get kudos and applause. Everyone needs a pick-me-up every now and then, so this is your chance.

No negative comments, no critiques, nothing but positive vibes and attaboys! Show us your best and lap up some hard-earned praise!

If you want to ask me a question about something, go ahead, but mostly I just wanted this to be an Anti-Critique, let's all feel good kind of day.

They have leash laws for axes, now?

(From "The Green Mask" number 7, 1941.)

Post post-Apocalypse post, retcon edition

OK, so we died. Big deal. Characters in comics die all the time and it's not a major setback -- wait a few issues, let sales dip a bit, then you're alive once again and back in business.

You all voted to basically imagine that we made a deal with Mephistopholes, Spider-Man style, to go back in time and avoid Denton completely, carrying on as if we paid attention to the smoke we saw in our binoculars. Therefore, we spring back to life, Phoenix-like (the bird, not the city)!

I do not believe Uncle Jonas (surely one of the Jonas Brothers, after the teen-hearthrob phenom met the bad side of a nuclear exchange) is using "tumped" in the same way I would. But, I'm skeevy. Regardless, we chug some liquid courage and carry on:

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Then we BOTH wave like mad!

(From "The Green Mask" number 7, 1941.)