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(From "Amazing Man" number 16, 1940.)
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We've done "Fantasy" as a character design contest before, so this time let's go for the other Big Daddy category: Science Fiction! Your challenge is to come up with the coolest or best science-fiction-themed character possible, whether that's an apocalyptic death-dealing cyborg or the hardbitten starship captain or the wistfully funny green alien seductress, or anything else you can come up with.
The contest will run for one week, with the winner announced next Tuesday. The person with the best design will win the option of having either their caricature or any one item of their choosing included with the final HeroMachine 3 product. Everlasting fame, how sweet is that?!
Good luck!
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I am happy to announce that the winner of Caption Contest 58 and his choice of either his face or a custom item to be included in HeroMachine 3 is ... FishPants!
I had a hard time choosing between this one and the First Runner Up:
I think they both did the best job of incorporating Mystery Ninja's line in a way that was funny and not so forced. Ultimately, I went with FishPants because he had a higher joke density -- "Confused Ninja" makes me laugh as much as the idea of this guy calling himself "Blundering Fool", possibly the greatest sidekick name ever.
Other great entries included:
Many thanks to everyone who entered!
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(From "Amazing Man" number 16, 1940.)
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Enough with all this high-brow stuff that makes you think, says I, because you should never have to think! Instead we're going to keep it real simple this week folks:
Mockery and snide derision with a side of snark after the jump. It's probably going to be petty and immature, too, so scram if you don't want to put on your kindergarten Underoos and join in the fun.
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The Onion AV Club has a great article up featuring their list of the most influential comics artists of all time. It's a great introduction to guys you younger folk might not have heard of, but who nonetheless have influenced the comics and cartoons you love. Even old-timers like me can learn from it, too.
Plus, you gotta love a guy who can put together a paragraph like this:
He had legions of fans, even though he couldn’t actually draw; when he—along with Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, and other controversial artists—helped form the creator-owned Image Comics in 1992, the world learned that he couldn’t write, either. Since then, it’s been revealed that he can’t do much of anything else. Still, there’s no denying that the guy owned the 1990s. It was a strange decade.
Three guesses who that's about, and the last two don't count. Anyway, check it out, it's a great article. And if you think someone was left off the list who ought to be included (Frank Miller, John Buscema, etc.) let 'er rip in the comments.
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Posted in Randomosity
(From "Amazing Man" number 16, 1940.)
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At the suggestion of some folks yesterday, I wanted to throw out a challenge and an invitation. We previously had a contest to see who could redesign the costume of golden-age character "The Black Terror". I thought you might like a non-contest follow-up to that, so after the jump I'm going to discuss another favorite from that time, "The Green Lama", and his outfit.
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(From "Amazing Man" number 15, 1940.)
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Yeah, it turns out I have no idea what "Friday Hero Dissection" means, which is what I am supposed to be doing today. So instead I am going to post this insanely cute picture of this kid who, let's be honest, could be any one of us when we were younger, and by younger I mean "at any time in the last six months":
One heck of a costume
Be prepared to set your Cuteness Deflector Shields to Ten if you click through to MyFirstFail.com, folks. You've been warned.
I gotta come up with something else to do on Fridays, I'm drawing a blank here. Suggestions welcome, consider this an open thread, yadda yadda yadda.
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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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