META: I got faced

Posted on January 8, 2009 by | 1 comment

A couple of weeks ago my buddies finally dragged me, kicking and screaming, into 2002 and I set up a Facebook page. I know, talk about a day late and a dollar short. Anyway, they’ve got a blog feeding beta applet up but you have to have 10 subscribers for it to work, and I wanted to play around with it but have been unable to twist the arms of a sufficient number of Facebook friends to sign up for it.

Which is where you come in!

If you’re on Facebook, I’d appreciate it if you could check out the HeroMachine blog feed dealie-whopper (not to get all technical on you) located here and sign up for the feed. Once I get to 10 fans/followers/subscribers/whatever the heck they call it, I can start to play around with their feed settings to see if it’s going to be worthwhile or no.

If any of you have Facebook advice for me, fire away, I’m a noob ready to learn. Also, I love that Scramble game, so if anyone wants to rough me up in the verbal department feel free.

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Zombie cop

Posted on January 8, 2009 by | 13 comments

From the new Zombie Creator (no launch date yet, not that I’m very good at predicting those), I present “Zombie Mall Cop”:

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He’s no Kevin James, but I think he’s adorable. Aside from the brains and blood dribbling down his chin, of course, but you can’t have everything when it comes to hiring low-priced security for your retail establishment.

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The Zombie Horde

Posted on January 8, 2009 by | 3 comments

The latest HeroMachine Mini version I have been working on for a UGO client is, strangely, another horror edition, this time centered around zombies. I particularly enjoyed drawing their faces, take a look:

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If any of these resemble people you have dated in the past, try to notice if you’ve been shuffling more since you broke up or if maybe you sometimes find grave dirt on your comforter. I’m not saying your brains were consumed by an undead ex-boyfriend, I’m just saying stay the hell away from me or eat hot lead you soulless monster!

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Random Panel: Who could have guessed?

Posted on January 8, 2009 by | 3 comments
lightning-4-immunity

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When Spidey became the Michelin Man

Posted on January 7, 2009 by | 18 comments

Sometimes, ideas should just stay in the editor’s pitch room. Sadly that didn’t happen in the case of Armored Spider-Man:

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Spider-Man’s actual costume is a classic, with bold simple colors, the eerie eyes, and of course the webbing that really clinches the deal. This armor redesign takes all of those great elements and spits on them. Without getting too fan-boi on you, let’s just say that if the Michelin Man decided to go into the armored-insect-hero not actually based on a real armored insect business, this is the costume he’d design.

Is that metal, or padding? Why, if you’re building armor, would you make the eyes that huge? How does Peter grip onto walls and ceilings with giant metal cleats on his feet? Many questions, but only one answer — armor was hot in the Nineties, so they put it on everything.

What really irks me about this is that Spider-Man’s whole thing is avoiding the big hit — that’s what his Spidey Senses are for. Given that, why would you weigh yourself down with dozens of pounds of metal? I can’t imagine anyone being either nimble or quick in that getup, unless they’re planning on hitting the bad guys while they’re doubled over in laughter.

When you’ve got a classic, leave it alone. I’m looking at you New Coke, Armored Spider-Man, and Rob Liefeld’s Captain America!

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Caption Contest 43: On being cordial

Posted on January 6, 2009 by | 48 comments

We haven’t had a two-balloon contest in quite a while, so I thought I’d give it a go with this beauty from the pages of “Justice League International”:

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If you come up with the best dialog for these two costumed crusaders, you’ll win your very own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason), just like these folks did! Just leave your entry (no more than three total, and try to keep them PG-13 or cleaner, please) in the comments to this post, like this:

Green Lantern: I never liked you.
Batman: Ditto. Also your ring just ran out of its 24 hour limit, and you’ve got an exploding Batarang in your shorts.

Good luck everyone! I’ll select and announce the winner next Tuesday, so put on those Funny Caps and get busy!

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Poll Position: Being the Big Cheese

Posted on January 6, 2009 by | 7 comments

This week’s little thought experiment involves you, Superman’s powers, and only 24 hours to live:

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Discussion after the jump.
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Contest 42 Winner

Posted on January 6, 2009 by | 9 comments

The winner of the HeroMachine Caption Contest 42 is … Ian!

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The whole thing tickles my brain in a weird way, from the nonsense of the actual sentence to the look on Thor’s face. I imagine him being all “whaa-hunhn?!” Plus the combination of leather and lemon cookies is just perfect with the long flowing blond hair. Well done, Ian!

The other Honorable Mentions from this week in my humble opinion were:

  • Runt82: You know the Kama Sutra? They had to write an entirely new chapter because of me.
  • The Doomed Pixel: Wait…That’s not the Heimlich…
  • Ian: Mmmmm…you smell like leather and lemon cookies!
  • The Imp: Lemme show you why they call me ‘Mr. Fantastic’…
  • Ballin’ Boy: Giddy up!
  • Neil Leslie: Hello there, Thor. Let me tell you about my stimulus package.

Neil Leslie’s in particular was very timely, and now every time I watch the news and hear that phrase I’m going to get the willies. Thanks for that mental image, Neil.

Many thanks to everyone who entered! Ian and I will be talking about what he’d like for his prize, and we’ll be sure to share it with you once we’re done.

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Random Panel: More comic books we don't want to see

Posted on January 6, 2009 by | 3 comments
pimples

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Posted in Daily Random Panel

META: Ice outage

Posted on January 6, 2009 by | 6 comments

Texans don’t like ice, and neither does our internet equipment. I’ve been forcibly offline the last two days due to a “wintery mix” that sheathed my wireless broadband antenna with ice, hence the lack of posting. My apologies, but I should be back to normal now.

Well, you know, as normal as I get, anyway.

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