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How to Win Friends and Influence People

(From “Target Comics” volume 2, number 7, 1941.)

META: Winning

I’m considering changing contests up around here so that there is no one “winner”. I’ll still pick out a handful of what I consider to be my favorites, but I won’t single out one to receive a prize. I think … Continue reading

Pop Quiz 18 Winner

Thanks to everyone who flew their Geek Flags proudly in yesterday’s Pop Quiz! Absent the ones that gave me a “download.php” file when I right-clicked them (this means you if you don’t see your entry here) and ZForce, whose web … Continue reading

Pop Quiz: Flags!

Happy Saturday, folks! To complement our current country-themed character design contest, your one-day quick-fire challenge this time out is: You could redesign the flag of an actual or fictional country, or a flag for a team of super-heroes, or a … Continue reading

The jonesing of a hero

(From “Target Comics” volume 2, number 6, 1941.)

Open Critique Day #43

My full-time (non-HeroMachine) job might keep me from actually getting to these before this evening, but it’s time for another Open Critique Day! If you have a HeroMachine illustration or another piece of artwork you’ve done that you’d like some … Continue reading

When even Aquaman laughs at your powers, you're in trouble

(From “Target Comics” volume 2, number 6, 1941.)

The Final Thrusts

When last we left our alien-suited Cosmic Guardian, we were deciding whether to give our suit to Dale the Purple Mucus or to try and take out the planet-destroying Second Tower in Space ourselves. By a narrow three vote margin … Continue reading

How do you cock your eyes?

(From “Target Comics” volume 2, number 6, 1941.)

Boomerawful

Just because he was the King doesn’t mean Jack Kirby didn’t throw out the occasional stinker. And that the stinker wouldn’t come back and hit him in the face, like with the original Boomerang: Given the configuration of that helmet, … Continue reading