Caption Contest 80 VOTE!

Posted on July 26, 2010 by | Comments Off on Caption Contest 80 VOTE!

For my money, accounting for Veronica's scream of outrage posed the most difficult challenge in the panel for Caption Contest 80:

I thought the following six people did the best job of accounting for all of the various bits of the image, while managing to make it funny as well. Great job!

Vote for as many of these as you think are worthy of a win, and click on any image to see it at the original, larger size. The panel with the most votes as of whenever I check it next Monday will win for its creator the choice of either any item, or a portrait, to be included in the final release of HeroMachine 3.

Good luck!

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RP: Dick Grayson's therapist is a bad, bad man

Posted on July 26, 2010 by | Comments Off on RP: Dick Grayson's therapist is a bad, bad man

(From "Gunmaster" Number 1, 1964.)

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RP: La Vida Sidekick

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(From "Gunmaster" number 1, 1964.)

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SOD.203

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Got a day behind again, but thanks to Facebook fan Chip McDaniel for the suggestion.

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Best cosplay outfit ever

Posted on July 24, 2010 by | Comments Off on Best cosplay outfit ever

I don't know why I haven't ever seen another Comet the Super-Horse costume at comics conventions, because this rocks:

Can "Streaky the super-cat" be far behind? Possibly not, as the number of "You have the nicest [alternate word for cat] I've seen yet!" jokes from socially awkward attendees would be astronomical.

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Playing non-demi-human characters

Posted on July 23, 2010 by | Comments Off on Playing non-demi-human characters

I bet the dragon on the left is a rogue.

When I was growing up, monster Player Characters were strictly verboten in D&D campaigns -- you were one of the main races, or you didn't play. Plus we had to walk uphill to the dungeon in the snow both ways.

Nowadays, of course, that's not the case, and you can play all sorts of various monster-influenced characters, both in D&D and other systems. Which got me to wondering, have you ever played a non-demi-human character (meaning not a dwarf, elf, human, halfling, or other common pre-set race)? If so, what was it?

Going a step further, if your DM said you not only could, but had to play a monster-based character, which monster would you want to use as your base?

And finally, let's say you were given the task by a major comics company to develop a super hero based on a mythological monster, what would you come up with?

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RP: Actually I was just happy to see you.

Posted on July 23, 2010 by | Comments Off on RP: Actually I was just happy to see you.

(From "Gunmaster" number 1, 1964.)

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SOD.202 – Invisible Woman 3

Posted on July 22, 2010 by | Comments Off on SOD.202 – Invisible Woman 3

Apparently I am on an invisible kick today. This one I was going for something much more feminine and fun, rather than militaristic and "Reed Richards' cast-off PJs".

I think this also catches me up from my missed days this week so I am back on schedule with the sketches of the day. Phew!

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SOD.201 – Invisible Woman 2

Posted on July 22, 2010 by | Comments Off on SOD.201 – Invisible Woman 2

Another attempt at a redo of Sue Storm's Fantastic Four outfit. I wanted to go a little more traditional with this one.

(Invisible Woman is ©Marvel Comics, Inc.)

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SOD.200 — Invisible Woman

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Sue Storm has always sort of been an afterthought in terms of costume design, an unfortunate (and possibly unavoidable) byproduct of being only 25% of the vote on an otherwise male team. I can imagine the design meetings as one session of her getting overruled after another. "Sue, come on, you're invisible most of the time, who cares if you look like you're in an awkwardly tailored set of man's pajamas?!"

Anyway, I took a stab at a makeover for her. I added some technical goodies, figuring she'd need a good way to stay in touch with the team while she's scouting out the enemy formations. And while she's back there she might as well take some readings, shoot some guards, etc.

(Invisible Woman is © Marvel Comics, Inc.)

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