The Nerdmudgeon Podcast
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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New ad structure
The day has finally arrived, and integrated ads are now part of the free online HeroMachine 2.5 application. I rearranged the controls to fit it in, trying to strike a balance between keeping the maximum amount of space for the character view, and keeping the controls usable. I hope it’s not too distracting. The powers that be at UGO are keeping an eye on things, and I’ll be happy to pass along your impressions and feedback on the change.
The Desktop Edition remains the same, with the old-style no-ad interface.
Posted in News & Updates
Caption Contest 12: Vegetarian revenge
The last few panels might not have been the best for good lines, so this week I’m offering you a choice. The best caption for either of these two panels wins a free custom black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason). Hopefully one of the two at least will appeal to you and inspire something great. And even though there are two panels, there will be just one winner — whatever caption is funniest wins, with the other panel doomed to a captionless existence forever. How sad!
Here’s your first option:
A sample caption might be “I said do NOT feed the animals to the plants!”
And here’s the second one:
A sample caption here might be:
Balloon1: I think this faux finish bullet hole motif is gonna look great in this room!!
Balloon2: I wonder what “faux” means?
As always, the rules are 1) keep it suitable for a broadcast sitcom, 2) a limit of three entries per person, and 3) leave your entry in the comments to this post.
Good luck everyone!
Posted in Challenges
Caption Contest 11 Winner!
The winner of the HeroMachine Caption Contest 11 is … Frankie!
I unfortunately had to edit the final balloon a fair bit, as there was no way to fit the original phrasing into the space allotted. Please check the original comment thread for the full wording. Frankie will win a custom black and white illustration of whatever he or she wants, within reason, which I’ll be posting once it’s done. I’m a bit behind with last week’s winner, but should catch up in the next day or two.
Thanks to everyone who entered!
Posted in Challenge Favorites, Challenges
Monday Mashup: Barracuda down the trousers
The “Monday Mashup” (my effort at producing a coherent story using one and only one panel from each of ten randomly selected comic books) began with a question from my friend Dave. “Would it be possible,” he wondered, “for someone without artistic talent to create an entire comic book using panels from other, published comic books?” I thought it was a very interesting question, and since I had the newly-acquired “Great Random Comic Book Pile” handy, I decided to use its pre-bundled collections as my test bed. So far I’d say the experiment has had mixed results, but I do have fun putting it together each week. If you know of other comic book fans with blogs or web sites, by all means send them a sample link and encourage them to try the same thing. I’d be really curious to find out what others can do with the idea.
Anyway, today’s effort is a “What If” scenario, featuring an alternate origin story for Batman and his first adventure. Here goes!
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Posted in Mashups
CHUD
When you’ve got Carnivorous Humanoid Underground Dwellers in your pants, believe me, you welcome getting kicked in the junk by a hot chick in spiked heels:
Although given the fact that the underpants carnivores like the taste of human flesh, I think it would have been more polite for her not to mention biting. But that’s just me.
OnomontoPOWia — it saves lives, my friends.
Posted in OnomontoPOWia
