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(From "America's Greatest Comics" number 8, 1943.)
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The light posting today was due to my taking time to go see the new movie "Avatar", the computer-generated sci-fi flick from James Cameron. Here's my review:
It sucks.
Fuller commentary -- AND SPOILERS! -- after the jump. So don't read on if you haven't seen it yet and are planning to because I will totally ruin it just like that good-looking jerk ruined your prom by dancing with your date, then taking her home while you had to hang out with Billy from band camp.
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Posted in Movies and TV
(From "America's Greatest Comics" number 5, 1942.)
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(From "America's Greatest Comics" number 5, 1942.)
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I wanted to preserve the submissions for each of the four Friday Night Fights rounds, since I didn't realize the PollDaddy system would remove the images once voting was closed. So without further ado, here are all received submissions!
Caution: Lots of big image files follow, so if you're on a slow connection, beware. Images are in order of the weekly themes, going Super Hero - Sci-Fi - Fantasy - Open.
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Posted in Challenges, Cool Characters, Friday Night Fights
(From "America's Greatest Comics" number 3, 1942.)
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Congratulations to the winner of the first ever HeroMachine Friday Night Fights contest -- Kaldath! Here's his final winning entry for posterity:
Kaldath wins a custom color illustration by yours truly of whatever he likes. Each of his rounds was a blowout, so either he's just that awesome, or he has lots of friends who like to vote, or a combination of the two. Well done, sir! For those of you who don't know, Kaldath also won the very first HeroMachine character design contest a while back.
To further honor his success, here are his other three winning FNF entries (click to see at their original size).
Week 1, Super-Hero (Ramses):
Week 2, Sci-Fi (General Falgar):
Week 3, Fantasy (Jenel-LaDamor-DeCaye):
Our runner up, and the winner of a black and white custom character illustration, is none other than Imp! As always, his characters showed a lot of originality and excellence. Here are his four entries:
Week 1, Super-Hero (Crescent):
Week 2, Sci-Fi (Rough Night at the Office):
Week 3, Fantasy (Barbarian Queen):
Week 4, Open (Little Death Machine):
Both of you guys were definitely worthy finalists, I am pleased as punch at the high quality of your entire slate of characters. Thanks to you both for sharing your creativity with us!
The same goes for so many of the other fourteen competitors as well. This wasn't an easy challenge, and there were some truly inspirational illustrations submitted. I salute each of you.
I did, however, want to particularly single out Zyp, who won the "West Coast Avengers" Open contest with his absolutely fantastic "Inferne":
I mean no slight to the other great entries, but this may be the best thing I have ever seen come out of HeroMachine. Zyp wins any item or a portrait to appear in the final HeroMachine 3 version.
Congratulations to Kaldath, Imp, and Zyp, as well as to all the great folks who participated! Hopefully we can have another set of Friday Night Fights after the holiday. Until then, keep creating!
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Posted in Challenge Favorites, Challenges, Cool Characters, Friday Night Fights
(From "America's Greatest Comics" number 3, 1942.)
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Hammerknight put together a series of comic book templates you could use in a paint program like Photoshop or MS Paint or whatnot to assemble your own issue out of your HeroMachine characters. Thanks once again, big guy! After the jump you'll find layouts for the cover and multiple different pages. Just click on any one to get a full-size version which you can save to your local hard drive.
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Posted in Recipes, Tips & Tricks
(From "America's Greatest Comics" number 3, 1942.)
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Three middle-aged nerds (including yours truly!) review all of the MCU movies in chronological order. Short, funny, and full of good vibes, check it out and let us know what you think!
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