Category Archives: Challenge Favorites

First, I'd like to thank Boox909 for serving as a Guest Judge this week, he did a great job and picked some fantastic finalists. He also deserves a great deal of thanks for being one of the folks who keep GoldenAgeComics up and running, helping all of us stay in touch with those classic characters from the dawn of the comics medium. Keep up the great work there Boox909!

Second, thanks to everyone who entered. You did a great job as always and I am impressed with your creativity and imagination. Not to mention your ability to think of some outstanding Golden Age characters!

Without further ado, on to your Finalists and winner, direct fromBoox909 along with his commentary!

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Many thanks to everyone who entered "Character Contest 36 - Superman Villain", I enjoyed looking at your illustrations and reading your stories. As always, your creativity and willingness to share it astounds me.

I have chosen the entries that I thought were particularly outstanding and am presenting them below as the Finalists. At the end I'll announce the overall winner, who receives any item they like, or a portrait of themselves, to be included in HeroMachine 3.

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Congratulations to Black Griffin for winning Caption Contest 77 with this very funny entry:

Black Griffin wins his (or her) choice of any item, or a portrait, either to be included in the final HeroMachine 3 version!

Thanks to everyone who entered, and to all the finalists. We'll have a new caption contest next week.

I had more great entries for Caption Contest 77, but unfortunately many of them were simply too long to fit in the provided thought balloon space. Luckily we had a number of funny ones that did fit there, and now you get to decide which is the funniest of all!

Vote for as many as you think are good, and the overall top vote getter will receive the author's choice of either any item they like, or a portrait of themselves, to be included in the final HeroMachine 3 version.

Good luck everyone, and thanks to all who entered!

Many thanks to everyone who took on the admittedly difficult challenge posed by Character Contest 34 - Adventure, which called on you to design the look of a proposed character named "Cavalier". I've picked the ones I thought hit the mark exceptionally well, and then at the end the one I thought was the overall winner.

First, a quick word about how I chose these. I tried to look at the entries from the point of view of an editor, who's trying to put together the most effective possible book. He's already got the basic story, but he needs to make sure the artist's version meshes well with it. So some people submitted really neat illustrations, but that didn't really fit the overall concept terribly well, or that wouldn't have wide appeal.

Having said that, here are the ones I thought were both good drawings and that fit the book's concept particularly well!

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Congratulations to Aaron, winner of Caption Contest 76 and any item or portrait he likes, to be included in HeroMachine 3!

Congratulations to Joshua for winning Caption Contest 75!

Apparently we have a lot of FarmVille players lurking hereabouts, which makes me feel better when I see how much money my wife has spent on it each month.

Anyway, congratulations to Johsua, who wins his choice of any item he likes, or a portrait of himself, either of which will appear in the final HeroMachine 3 version. Well done, sir!