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Saturday was all about "Small Gods" 'round these parts, and the entries we got for our Pop Quiz on the subject were just great! But don't take my word for it, see for yourself:

Among the fun and inspired concepts were Pluggo, god of tangling cords; Mrs. Boggs, punisher of men that leave the toilet seat up; Manilla: Goddess of Impulsive Shoe Purchases; Vian, the God of Things You Can’t Find Despite Putting Them There Only a Moment Ago; Beezus Chrusht, Savior of the Insects!; Zarsas, the god of little sharp, stabby things that poke you in the bottom of the foot, but when you take off your shoe, there’s nothing there; Confusia, Queen of the Junk Drawer (her tentacles ensure that whatever it is you need from her is buried in the very bottom of the pile); and my favorite name, "Lag Demon". I think that could really catch on.

My overall personal top choice this time out, though, is Melmo44, who had two entries that were both really good illustrations and fun concepts. I know that Zarsas is a constant presence here in the country, and if I could figure out what to sacrifice to propitiate him I'd be all over it.

But really, everyone did just great; I hope you had as much fun creating these as I did seeing them.

We had some really fun entries for Caption Challenge 130, which asked you to come up with replacement dialog for this comics panel:

The ones that gave me the biggest chuckle were:

• DC-Lover: I TOLD YOU A TV RUNNING ON DYNAMITE WAS A BAD IDEA!!!
• JR19759: This new 3D Tv is taking the Big Bang Theory a bit too literally.
• Mark: AAAAAAAAA! Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo!
• fuzztone: Wow! 4D TV!
• DiCicatriz: “We’re sorry, but the program you were watching has been canceled… PERMANENTLY.”
• dblade: Ugh. Another episode of the Real Housewives of Krypton.
• ams: Wow, video really did kill the radio star!
• William Peterson: “Ahhh! When they said Saturday Night was LIVE, I didn’t think they meant THAT Live!”
• P.F. Bruns: When you said “violent television,” I thought you meant the content!
• gozuforce: I knew this movie bombed, but i didn’t take it that literally.
• Renxin: Grandpa tried to program the DVD player again.
• Myro: “I guess we’ll call that myth confirmed, you can blow up a TV set by showing enough explosions.”
• alphaalpharomeo: The Capitol tricked us with an exploding tv … Worst Hunger Games ever.

This one was a real toss-up for me, I could easily have gone with any of those as my personal favorite. I would probably say that Myro, dblade, and JR19759 were my Top Three. Myro summed up my favorite show, "Mythbusters", really well. And JR19759 nailed the crossover of 3DTV and pop culture. But I'm going to go with dblade's entry, because I thought it was the cleverest actual show title that still made sense of the scene:

Thanks everyone for making us all laugh this week, I know I'm not alone in saying I needed it.

I was really impressed with all of the entries submitted for our last Pop Quiz, which challenged you to use at least one of the new "Humanoid" companions in a cool image. Here are all of the submissions:

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We had some great entries for our last Caption Challenge, thanks everyone! You were tasked with coming up with a funny caption for this random comics panel:

Without further ado, my personal favorites were:

• Gero: Not all the New Gods were better off after Infinite Crisis…
• chrisglen: Unfortunately for Highfather, he hasn’t seen Super Size Me. Can Morgan Spurlock save him in time?
• Daniel: Darkseid’s latest ploy to hide the Anti-Life Equation in Happy Meal puzzles didn’t go according to plan.
• JWMan: This week on Undercover Boss…
• Twiggy: Grimace gets an upgrade
• Herr D: Complaints mysteriously stopped at one location.
• BenK22: You’re going to get it his way.
• Myro: “Despite knowing the Anti-Life Equation, Darkseid was not trusted with the recipe for the secret sauce.”
• Calvary_Red: I hope you appreciate, Kal-El, that everything that happens from this point is on your hand. The grills will rain fire, the grease will boil, the streets will run red with the ketchup of billions served.

My overall top line, however, has to be from JWMan, "This week on Undercover Boss ..." I do like that show, and I think Darkseid going undercover at the Apokolips McDonald's is hilarious.

Thanks again for entering, everyone!

Thanks to everyone who was willing to take a swing at the new items for our last Pop Quiz. Without further ado (and with thanks to the free Wi-Fi at the Denver Airport), here they are:

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We had lots of great entries for Character Design Challenge 99! Thank you all for sharing your creativity with us.

Unfortunately, the following folks are disqualified for not naming their files properly: StrangerousRex, Maniacmick, Jawsabi, sivad96, Mr. Chowderhead, DarkWarrior076, Overseer, Fennec Bob, BloodlessRose, Josh, ka5zr, jeremythurlow, zdog101, and tackin. If I can't tell who created it from the file name once it's downloaded onto my computer, there's no way for me to give you credit.

Moving on, here are a few of the entries that were my personal favorites:

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Thanks to everyone who entered Saturday's Pop Quiz! Unfortunately, Jawsabi, Overseer, and jeremythurlow's entries were disqualified as their files were named improperly and I couldn't tell who made what without going back and manually checking the comment. I included them here for your viewing pleasure, however, along with all of the other great entries:

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Logos are hard to design, requiring a deceptive level of simplicity that can communicate big ideas instantly. I applaud you all for taking a crack at it with our last Pop Quiz, and I am delighted to share the results here for your viewing pleasure:

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