HeroMachine Character Portrait Creator

I wanted to mark the occasion of the 52nd week (which according to my Aztec Calendar is one year) of the HeroMachine Caption Contests in some way. So I've gone through and tallied up all of the Honorable Mentions throughout the year (except for week 52), coming up with the following list of Caption Contest All-Stars, with the number of times they made the Honorable Mention list (but not as winners):

1. Frankie (11)
2. Rick (7)
3. Fishpants (6)
4. Danny Beaty (6)
5. Halloween Jack (6)
6. Runt82 (5)
7. Ian (5)
8. Doomed Pixel (5)
9. Whit (5)
10. Jester (5)
11. John d (5)
12. Loki (4)
13. Ballin' Boy (4)
14. Niall Mor (4)

Apparently I find Frankie hysterical, who knew? Seriously, to get on the list four or more times is truly remarkable, speaking not only of a great sense of humor and a lively imagination, but dedication to keep coming back time after time. Thank you all sincerely for helping to spread laughter through the blog, I really appreciate it.

Since Frankie has the most overall Honorable Mentions, he gets his choice of either the first paperback edition of "All-Star Superman", one of the best comics of the last year in my humble opinion, or a "bonus" custom color illustration by yours truly. Congratulations Frankie!

In addition, I wanted to recognize the person on the list with the most Honorable Mentions who hadn't yet gotten an outright win. And that person, with five entries, is Doomed Pixel. Since he hasn't won before, he'll also win a free custom black and white illustration by me. He's made some killer characters in HeroMachine, so I look forward to seeing what he comes up with for his illustration.

Congratulations once again to Frankie and Doomed Pixel, as well as the other distinguished folks on the All-Star List. Well done!

I am happy to announce that the Three-Peat Club has a new member: Steve!

I have to say, the whole idea of activating super-powers through a head-to-butt contact is ... unique. And funny. There were a ton of great entries this week, so forgive me for the long list of Honorable Mentions. Maybe this "no limit on the number of entries" thing is a good idea after all ... Anyway, here are the especially funny entries, well done everyone!

• Damien: “Carry me, I’m scared of the dust!” How do you get me to believe this crap?
• Runt82: Why couldn’t I have been partnered with Julianne Hough?
• Ballin' Boy: Let’s see colon… pancreas… Webster…ah here we go prostate.
• Frankie: “Quiet you. You’re extinct.”
• Frankie: “Mmmmm. Nothing like freshly squeezed dino juice.”
• Fishpants: Hang on, I have another call.
• Fishpants: NOW can we teach evolution, y’all?
• Fishpants Says: Sorry we’re late. Where does Noah want these dinosaurs and unicorns?
• Cory: OOOH, a penny!
• HalLoweEn JacK: …and now my head’s stuck in a dinosaur. Mondays *sigh*.
• HalLoweEn JacK: KITTY!
• HalLoweEn JacK: We’re almost at the hospital, but YOU’RE explaining how it got stuck in there!
• Lyogi: Next time, I’ll ask what the pregnancy craving is for, before I agree to get it.
• StrangezThingez: I feel like I’m losing my head doing this!
• The Imp: It plumps when you cook it!
• Syzyx: You’re going to the vet whether you like it or not!
• Jester: Voted most likely to get my head stuck in the back of a dinosaur… what are the odds?
• CARR10N: OMG!! I cant use that as an eye hole.
• JonnyDemon: Damn, this zit is out of control!
• Blue Blazer: For the last time, I’m NOT Little Johnny Paper!
• Danny Beaty: I’m really “dragon ass” today.

Special bonus credit (not currently redeemable for anything) goes to Runt82 for giving me an excuse to do a Google Image search for Julianne Hough. Hubba hubba. And to Blue Blazer for the difficult-to-achieve "Peter Paul and Mary" shout-out. Well done, sir!

Steve wins another black and white custom illustration of whatever he likes (within reason) to go with the one he's already got and the one I still owe him. That's three times in six weeks for the Stevester, which is darned impressive.

Thanks again to everyone who entered, and I hope you had as much fun reading all the entries as I did!