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SOD.156

Still not caught up, but at least I'm now treading water!

RP: Hence the flashlight

(From "Police Comics" number 6, 1942.)

RP: A young Alan Moore writes fanfic erotica

(From "Police Comics" Number 6, 1942.)

SOD.155

So, obviously I fell behind on these. I'll try to catch up this weekend, and first is something completely different -- the view outside the window of my office room at the new digs in Colorado:

Cap and Thor concept art

Via AintItCool, check out the latest sneak peek design sketches from the upcoming "Captain America" and "Thor" movies. What do you guys think of the costumes? If you're having trouble getting to the site, I'll re-link to the images after the jump:

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From Panels to Prose: The Art of the Superhero Novel

(I'm delighted to present the following guest post from author and frequent commenter Ian Healy. Thanks Ian! I'm posting it today because creative writers putting together interesting super-hero novels is definitely a Thing I Like. -- Jeff)

Jeff asked me (out of desperation, surely) to write a guest post for the HeroMachine blog this week on account of he’s, y’know, moving and stuff. Since I’ve been using the HeroMachine pretty much exclusively for the images on my website (www.ianthealy.com because I’m also plugging it here), I couldn’t possibly say no.

My name is Ian, and I write superhero fiction. Now that I’ve gotten that admittedly embarrassing confession off my chest, let me tell you a little about it.

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RPG Corner

Many thanks to Hammerknight for once again coming through in a pinch! My internet access is up but exceedingly slow, I'll hope to address that tomorrow but we'll see. My apologies for the glacial pace of updates.

Heraldry

Hammerknight really stepped up to the plate for us and sent in another great recipe card, this time on how to do heraldic designs in HeroMachine 3. I am still without internet access in Colorado so had to sneak out to the library to post this. Thanks Hammerknight, you are a stud!

If you have comments for HK by all means let him know, and if you have questions or remarks about any other "how to" questions let 'em rip.

RP: Burrito Night at JLA HQ

(From "Police Comics" number 6, 1942.)