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Now THAT's a comic I'd read!

Posted on April 18, 2012 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

(From "Target Comics" number 2, 1940.)

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Iron Man vs. Colossus

Posted on April 17, 2012 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

I realize they've probably fought a dozen times over the years, but I am interested in what you think would happen, not the latest writer at Marvel. So consider this matchup:

On the one hand, Iron Man has, over the years, become one of the main powerhouses of the Marvel Universe, occasionally rivaling the power of Thor and Hulk. He wasn't always that way, though. For many years Iron Man ran the risk of burning himself out at anything approaching maximum power and wasn't anywhere close to god-like ability. I guess a vast fortune and a top-grossing movie franchise can really help a guy out.

Colossus has such a lower profile, I bet most people don't even put them in the same league. But Peter's incredibly strong and incredibly tough. He's gone toe-to-toe with the heavyweights as well and come out looking pretty decent.

So the fundamental question here is, does organic armor trump manufactured armor? Is a guy in a suit better than a guy who IS the suit?

Sound off in the comments and let us know how you feel!

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Wait, the women or the police?

Posted on April 17, 2012 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

(From "Target Comics" number 1, 1940.)

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Posted in Daily Random Panel

Character Contest 88: Space Pirates!

Posted on April 16, 2012 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

Your character design challenge this week is to make an awesome space pirate! I realized in our last mix-and-match contest that I had neither space nor pirate listed as options and that is clearly unacceptable. So this week we're going to combine them!

The rules are the same as usual:

Use only a HeroMachine applet (no PhotoShopping except for basic cropping) to create a PNG or JPG of your entry, named as [your name]-[character name].[file extension]. So DiCicatriz, for instance, would save his "Bayou Belle" character image as DiCicatriz-BayouBelle.png.
Enter the name of your entry and a link directly to the image in a comment to this post. The image cannot have been used in any previous HeroMachine character design contest.
The link to your image should go directly to the image (like this) and not to a hosting jump page (like this). If you see "preview" or "rotate" somewhere in the link you're probably doing it wrong.
I'll choose a winner next Monday, who will receive his or her choice of any item or a portrait to be included in the final HeroMachine 3 program, or a "Sketch of the Week" style black and white illustration (you pick the subject and I draw it up however I like).

No limit on entries this week, so give it your best shot!

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Posted in Challenges, Character Design Challenges

Caption Contest 120 Winners

Posted on April 16, 2012 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

We had a ton of great entries for Caption Contest 120, featuring Batman with an M1 rifle:

So without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, here are your Finalists in more or less submission order:

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Posted in Challenge Favorites

Critical fail roll, monkey wrench edition

Posted on April 16, 2012 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

(From "Target Comics" number 2, 1940.)

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Pop Quiz: Melee Weapon Winner

Posted on April 15, 2012 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

Many thanks to everyone who entered the last Pop Quiz, which asked you to make an awesome melee weapon! We had some great submissions, and I wanted you to have the chance to see them all for yourself. So without further ado, here they are:

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Pop Quiz: Melee Weapon

Posted on April 14, 2012 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

Get ready for your pop quiz, kids! Your one-day quick-fire challenge is:

Make an awesome melee (hand to hand) weapon in HM3!

You can make an axe or a sword or a hammer or a chain or anything else that could be used in hand to hand combat. Be creative, mix several different pieces together, and come up with something neat and original.

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.

All entries must be in JPG or PNG form (BMPs are too big), posted to a publicly accessible website (like ImageShack, PhotoBucket, the UGO Forums, whatever);
Entries must be made as a comment or comments to this post, containing a link directly to the image and the character name;
Please name your files as [your name]-[character name].[file extension]. So DiCicatriz, for instance, would save his "Bayou Belle" character image as DiCicatriz-BayouBelle.png.
Please make the link go directly to the image (like this) and not to a hosting jump page (like this). If you see "preview" or "rotate" somewhere in the link you're probably doing it wrong.

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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