All it takes to become a super-hero is to get aroused?!

(From “The Green Mask” number 12, 1944.)

Aliens vs. Sith. Who wins?

Two primal, dark forces pitted against each other in an epic battle to the death! Who do you choose?

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First, if we’re talking a head-to-head matchup between one alien and one Sith fighter, I’d go Sith. The Force tricks, the speed, the intelligence, the fact that Sigourney Weaver beat one, all make me lean that way.

But the real power of the Aliens is when they swarm. So if we’re talking about an Alien invasion of the Vader-era Empire, that gets a lot more interesting. Take the Death Star — that thing has ducts and little hidden corridors all over the place. The Stormtroopers would, obviously, be meat. But then you’ve got a few Force-adepts running around, who can more than hold their own against some. But a whole ship full of gape-jawed, razor-taloned killers genetically designed to be the ultimate hunt object? I’d pay to see that!

Which would you choose in those scenarios?

This one time, at super-hero band camp …

(From “The Green Mask” number 10, 1944.)

Caption Contest 113: Aerial Super-Dickery

Your challenge this week is to come up with the best replacement dialog for this comics panel:

The best entry (as judged by yours truly) wins the author’s choice of either any item they like or any portrait to be included in HeroMachine 3′s final release, or a custom black and white “Sketch of the Day” style illustration (you pick the subject, I draw it however I like).

All entries must be left as a comment (or comments) to this post. Keep ‘em clean (appropriate for a late-night broadcast TV show), but most importantly, keep ‘em funny!

This week we have a cap of no more than five (5) entries per person, so make ’em your best!

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.)