(This one’s a little more subtle than most — look carefully to get the humor. From “Green Mask” number 6, 1940-ish.)
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If you missed the Eighties, and wondered what fashion was like back then, I think the super-hero Maser would agree it all comes down to one word: Headbands.
If you are a man and you find yourself running around in public wearing a headband, one of the following had better be true:
That’s it, folks. And though my Maser mastery doesn’t exactly top the charts, I’m pretty sure he doesn’t qualify.
The rest of the outfit is boilerplate vintage super-hero, from the Captain America gloves and boots to the vaguely Alpha-Flight style bifurcated color leotards popular in the era. Aside from the headband, though, the two bits that really bug me are the “lazy M” logo and the underarm cape rope. As to the first, having the two logos pointing in different directions makes me think he’s got one of those spinning hubcap things going on, where the letters twirl crazily as he dashes about.
Which is actually kind of awesome, if by awesome you mean horrible. What’s next, curb-feelers?! No offense, Ambush Bug:
As for the underarm cape thong, can you say “chafing”? Seriously, I hope he has some serious shares in an aloe vera factory, because dude will need it. Especially since, let’s be honest, he probably shaves his body all over, so he can stay smooth and shiny when he finally, mercifully, sheds that outfit. I bet he perms that hair, too.
On the other hand, down the road maybe he kept the costume but decided the “M” stood for “Metrosexual” instead, and he landed a bunch of lucrative endorsements. Which he’ll need to treat the crippling case of “Burned Pit Syndrome” he’s in for.
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In our last episode, our post-Apocalyptic road warrior took shelter behind his massive V-8 (the car, not the drink, because that would not be very effective, now would it?) and was deciding whether to leap behind the wheel or dash into the store to join Long Jake and his damsel in distress. I don’t know yet whether Long Jake is in a dress, though that would be a nice bit of symmetry.
Focus, people! We chose to run for our friends in the store, resulting in:
I actually use a printed-out and cut-to-size Random Number Chart from the rule book for this. I’m kickin’ it old school. Thus I closed my eyes, twirled the chart, plunged my pen down and got … an 8! A bona-fide non-sucky result. Added to our massive Stealth score of 2, that gives us a total of 10. Apparently we were able to hold the jingle bells on our harness silent for a few critical seconds. Meaning:
Your design challenge for this week is to create character or characters based on something related to sports. It might be something funny like “Catcher in the Rye” which is an actual baseball catcher on a loaf of bread, or a big 40’s style goon named “Pinch” (for pinch runner) or a soccer-themed villain named “Sweeper”. Or you could take a page from Stan Lee’s book and design characters based on sports team names. You could design a team based around chess pieces or poker cards, or built around transforming NASCAR vehicles, or … really, just about anything, so long as it’s in some way related to something sporty! Just, you know, try to come up with something better than Superpro:
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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Many thanks to everyone who entered Caption Contest 111, which reaffirmed my belief that massively violent panels make for the best captions:
We had a ton of great submissions, so without further ado, here are some of the ones that I thought were particularly funny:
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(From “The Green Mask” number 6, 1940-ish.)
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(From “Airboy” number 11, 1945.)
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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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