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Samson visits Salzburg

(From “Fantastic Comics” number 10, 1940.)

Captain Norelco!

I’ve theorized before that comics creators sometimes draw inspiration from objects lying around the room where they’re drawing. Apparently whoever created Changeling was inspired one morning while shaving, because I swear that’s a massive purple Norelco razor on his head: … Continue reading

How Samson tours the Eiffel Tower

(From “Fantastic Comics” number 10, 1940.)

Poll position: Hulk vs. Doomsday

While thinking about John Byrne’s “Death of Superman” classic (what, doesn’t everyone spend their days thinking about decades-old superhero battles?!), I started wondering about the following Epic Question: {democracy:191} So even if the Hulk couldn’t defeat Superman, and Superman couldn’t … Continue reading

Superheroes make lousy party guests

(From “Fantastic Comics” number 10, 1940.)

Character Contest 67 68: Cancer

Your character design challenge for this week is to come up with an image with HeroMachine based on the idea of the Zodiac sign “Cancer”. Note that this is not the disease of the same name, but rather the astrological … Continue reading

Caption Contest 102 Winner!

With thanks to everyone who entered Caption Contest 102, I’ve gone through the submissions and picked out the ones I thought were funniest: Frevoli : Honey, when I said you could drop in anytime – this wasn’t what I had … Continue reading

META: Holdups

New posts (including the contest results and new contest announcement) will be delayed. Hopefully we can get the outstanding issue resolved quickly and normal posting will resume sooner rather than later. I don’t have any answers and I can’t explain … Continue reading

I bet the solution involves punching.

(From “Fantastic Comics” number 10, 1940.)

Do NOT finish that sentence!

(From “Fantastic Comics” number 10, 1940.)