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Caption Contest 90: The ties that bind

Posted on January 10, 2011 by AFDStudios | 84 comments

Come up with the best replacement dialog for this random comics panel (courtesy of Nicholas/GtaMythMaster43) and you’ll win your choice of either any item you 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!

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! That will be a challenge given this week’s subject, but I know you can do it!

Finally, please make sure to break your entry into the two different word balloons, like:

1. This is absolutely the last time …
2. … I fly coach!

1. Um, hello, is anyone out there?
2. I’m here to apply for the Princess Leia on the pleasure barge role? Anyone?

No limit on the number of submissions beyond normal self-editing (i.e. don’t spam crappy entries hoping to get lucky), so good luck to everyone. Contest closes next Monday.

(Image © LucasFilms Ltd.)

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Character Contest 54 Results

Posted on January 10, 2011 by AFDStudios | 32 comments

Many thanks to everyone who entered Character Contest 54! I’m going to do something quite different with the results this week: I’ve chosen one entry I felt was the best from each person who provided a valid link and will comment on it. Then at the end, I’ll announce which one I think was the winner overall.

Usually I’d pick out 10-20 of the very best overall, but I can see how it would be frustrating to work hard every week only to never get any sense for why yours wasn’t chosen. I can’t promise I’ll do this every week because it’s a lot of work, and the descriptions may be as brief as just a sentence, but we’ll see how it goes. I’d love to hear what you think of this approach, though.

Practically speaking, that means you’re going to find a lot of images after the jump, so click through with caution!

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Posted in Challenge Favorites, Challenges, Character Design Challenges

RP: Tempting, but … NO.

Posted on January 10, 2011 by AFDStudios | 6 comments

(From “Daredevil” number 11, 1942.)

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Posted in Daily Random Panel

RP: Amen

Posted on January 9, 2011 by AFDStudios | 5 comments

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(From “New Romances” number 5, 1951.)

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Posted in Daily Random Panel

“Antique” shopping

Posted on January 8, 2011 by AFDStudios | 12 comments

I was sent to the antique stores to see if I could find any appropriate furnishings for the new house, and this is what I came back with:

Never send a geek to do a man’s job, that’s my motto. Rocketeer’s motto of course is “Quit lookin’ at me before I blast your face in with jet exhaust.” Or something like that.

Sadly, while totally cool and a great find that I definitely love, this particular action figure moves only at the head, waist, and upper arm. He also can’t stand up on his own, presumably from the after-effects of a long night drinking with Betty. Not that I blame him.

If you’ve got a photo of an action figure or other toy on your desk that you love, by all means post it in the comments, it’d be great for everyone to see!

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Posted in Things I Like

RP: No one ever introduced Hammerhead to the concept of a doorknob

Posted on January 8, 2011 by AFDStudios | 6 comments

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(From “Keen Detective Funnies” number 19, 1941.)

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META: What about Fridays?

Posted on January 7, 2011 by AFDStudios | 22 comments

I need some ideas for an ongoing series of posts for Fridays. Or Thursdays. I’ll be doing Open Critique Days on one of the two starting next week again, when the hardwire internet at the new place is done, but that still leaves one of the two days without a “theme”.

Any suggestions?

In the past, Hammerknight suggested RPG Day, where we would talk about anything related to role-playing games, and from time to time we do Friday Night Fights, and I’ve done “Why I Hate Rob Liefeld’s Art”. But now I’m out of ideas. Help!

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RP: Why FIGHT crime when you can just OBSERVE it?

Posted on January 7, 2011 by AFDStudios | 4 comments

(From “Keen Detective Funnies” number 19, 1941.)

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Posted in Daily Random Panel

New HM Mini

Posted on January 6, 2011 by AFDStudios | 12 comments

For your amusement and entertainment, UGO has launched another HeroMachine “mini” version to celebrate the launch of NBC’s “The Cape” — The HeroMachine Ordinary Joe Edition: