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(From "Target Comics" volume 2, number 1, 1941.)
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Do you prefer your wizards old-fashioned, with Elven swords and magic wands, or futuristic with glowing light sabers and Jedi mind tricks? Either way, you're guaranteed a kindly if somewhat gruff old man in robes, so you can't go too wrong.
Both characters have shown great power coupled with great restraint in using it, but what we're talking about here is a classic hero-vs-hero fight. Every good team-up comic has it, that moment when the leads, no realizing who the other is, come to blows. They duke it out for a while before realization dawns and they go after the bad guys together. But in that slugfest, who has the upper hand? Let's break it down.
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(From "Target Comics" volume 2, number 1, 1941.)
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All give some, some give all.
Ordinarily I'd follow up last week's Character Contest with a Caption Contest, but given that it's Memorial Day in the U.S., when we honor those in our military who have sacrificed their lives, I wanted to do another design contest, this time on the theme of "Soldier". We're not talking about the solo barbarian with the giant two-handed sword, or the general with glittering medals, but those in the trenches who do the grunt work, in the tradition of "Sergeant Rock" and "The Unknown Soldier". Men, women, robots, aliens, animals, orcs, whoever they are, these are the individual weapon-wielders who go with teams of their fellow soldiers where they're ordered and do their best to make it back alive.
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). The rules otherwise are the same as always:
No limit on entries this week, so knock yourselves out. Just make them good!
And a sincere thank-you to anyone out there who has a loved one who gave their all while wearing the uniform. We can never thank you enough.
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First of all, I am seeing a lot more of you naming your files as I requested and posting direct links, so thank you very much for that. On a holiday weekend when I'm sitting here doing this instead of enjoying the weather, it makes things a lot easier.
Now, on to your Finalists!
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(From "Target Comics", volume 2, number 1.)
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We had some fantastic entries for our one-day pop quiz yesterday. This was an odd one, as in retrospect I think the overly broad subject let lots of people re-use existing creations rather than doing something truly one-day like I aim for with these sorts of things. But with spectacular results like these, I can live with it!
Here are all of the entries I received, I hope you enjoy browsing through them as much as I did. Clicking on any one should start the slideshow.
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Happy Saturday, folks! Your one-day quick-fire challenge is:
"Rocky Background" by AMS
In other words, I just want the area where a character might be seen, but without the character. You can get some great ideas from the UGO Forums' Custom Backgrounds topic or the somewhat less-populated HeroMachine forum on the same subject if you need examples. Like the Fortress of Solitude without Superman, or a forest glen without the fairy, or a computer without a fat bald geek sitting at it writing this ... here ... paragraph. Hm.
Anyway. You only get one entry -- that's right, just one! So make it your best. Most of the other rules are the same as for a regular contest, but instead of a whole week I'll announce the winner either tonight or first thing in the morning.
The winner will receive their choice of either one item or one portrait to be included in the final HeroMachine 3 release, or one Sketch of the Day style drawing where you pick the subject and I draw it how I like.
Good luck!
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(From "Target Comics" volume 2, number 1, 1941.)
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Here in the US, Monday is Memorial Day, where we take a moment to remember those men and women who have died while in military service. Men and women like my uncle Marshall, who passed away while in the Army (though not in combat). All Americans owe a huge debt to those who gave their lives to protect our freedoms. So I wanted to take this Sharing Day to share my gratitude for all of our fallen soldiers, and for their surviving families who have had to carry on without them. Thank you all.
So to me, our military service members are like real-life super-heroes. But since we're in the imaginary super-hero business, I want to ask you the following:
If you could have one super-heroic power in real life, what would you choose?
And no "The power to have any super power I wanted" nonsense! Although if that's your play, there are sort of ways around it, as you'll see.
Tempting answers for me are time travel, invulnerability (with the hope that incudes being invulnerable to the ravages of age), flight, hyper-intelligence (Reed Richards or Tony Stark style, so you could invent yourself stuff that would replicate a bunch of other powers), etc. I am not so much tempted by psionics, since I am pretty sure I don't want to know what other people are thinking. I've seen enough of that on Internet comment sites to last a lifetime.
I'm instead going magical. And it's the same power I'd use a Wish for if I could. Namely, I'd want the power to reach into any pocket or container and pull out anything I wanted that would fit in that container. So I could produce a wad of hundred dollar bills, or a vial of immortality serum, or invulnerability cream, or a nice BLT. Because I love me some lunch.
If you like, in return for answering my question to you, you may ask a question of me on any topic and I'll do my best to answer honestly and completely. Just leave your reply (and question, if any) as a comment. The goal is to learn a little more about our community!
So what would you choose as your one real-life super power?
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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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