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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!

Congratulations (and a custom black and white illustration of whatever he likes) go to this week's Caption Contest winner, Danny Beaty!

The overall number of entries this week was down a bit, but the quality was actually higher, so many thanks to everyone who entered. I particularly wanted to call out the following Honorable Mentions for Meritorious Service in the Interest of Humour:

1. Blue Blazer: Does that happen EVERY time you sneeze?
2. Danny Beaty: Yep, I’m definitely having his baby!
3. Asmodeus: Bling senses….. tingling!
4. Loki: Now THAT’S a super power!
5. Bael: If those are the jewels, then what did I just stuff down my pants?
6. Jester: What does he mean, “How do they look?” He does know I’m blind, right?
7. Xstacy: If only he knew how many men at this family reunion have already thrust the jewels in my face.

Blue Blazer was actually my initial choice, but when I tried to put it in the panel I realized that in her thoughts she wouldn't be speaking directly to him, she'd think "Does that happen EVERY time he sneezes?", so I felt Danny's fit better with the scene as drawn. Similarly, xStacy was close, but "the jewels" instead of "their jewels" let Danny nudge ahead.

Regardless, Danny's was (IMHO) the funniest entry, but all of the Honorable Mentions were excellent -- a hearty congratulations to them all!

In a tough week filled with very strong entries, the winner of Caption Contest 50 (and his own custom black and white illustration of whatever he likes) is ... Tal!

We had a lot of really good entries this week again, you guys are on fire! Or maybe that's Brigade's gun from the panel, I'm not sure. Regardless, I felt the following entries should be singled out as Honorable Mentions:

• Skiriki: “I feel inadequate!”
• Niall Mor: I hate commuting.
• Frankie: “Damn! Of all the times to get earthquake in the pants.”
• Blue Blazer: Jesus Christ! I thought this was a flashlight!
• Dom: Ha! nobody expects the spanish inquisition!
• Rob Rogers: Bwoom goes the dwynomite!
• Socrates: Give me back my neck!!!!!
• von Bek: Outta the way, I’m gonna be sat on!
• HalLoweEn JacK: Who doesn’t have superpowers NOW?!

Look for Caption Contest 51 (can you believe it's been almost a YEAR of doing this?!) coming up soon for YOUR chance to win your very own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason)!

For the second time in two weeks (these things do seem to go in spurts), the winner of the weekly HeroMachine Caption Contest is ... Steve!

This was a tough one to judge, there were a LOT of really good entries; clearly Cory was right, this was a very good panel to choose. I pulled out what I thought were the best of the best for Honorable Mentions, but a tip-o-the-hat to everyone who entered:

• Ian: Citizen, you have a booger.
• Cory: Wonder Twin Powers Activa…oops
• Socrates: Can you hear me now
• Blue Blazer: My MOTHER made these shoulder pads!
• Rick: Got yer nose!
• EnderX: “Our testers rated this helmet 0 out of 10.”

Steve will win another black and white illustration of whatever he likes (within reason), so congratulations again to him. If you want to win your own professional drawing, Caption Contest 50 is coming up soon, so stay tuned!

Congratulations (and a custom illustration of whatever he likes) go to our winner for Caption Contest 48 -- Runt82!

I believe this is Runt82's third win, putting him tied with xStacy at the top of the all-time leaderboard.* This week's contest had a lot of great entries, including the following Honorable Mentions:

• Xstacy: Ya gotta stomp these nonsense words before they breed.
• Cavalier: “Don’t mock the boot purse!”
• DJ: BRAM’S ICE CREAM! BUY SOME OR GET SHOT!
• Frankie: “What? !MARB…?? What does that mean?”
• Danny Beaty: MY NAME AIN’T “BRAM”!
• miggo: POW! POW! POW!
• Blue Blazer: My gun must’ve been made in China.
• ninjast4r: “Where’s your bathroom? This BRAM muffin went right through me!!!”

I almost went with Cavalier's "boot purse" comment, mostly because I hope that "boot purse" becomes a common term, I think it's brilliant. I liked how a lot of these played with the whole idea of this big word flashing up in the panel as if the character could see it, that was downright post-modern.

In any event, many thanks to all the great entries, I appreciate your creativity and willingness to make with the funny! I'll have the next panel up in a bit, so be sure to check back for your chance to get in on some of Runt82's custom illustration goodness.

*In case you're curious, that list includes: xStacy (3 wins); Runt82 (3); Rob Rogers (2); Whit (2); Rick (2); Mark (2); and DJ (2). Edited to add HalLoweEn JacK (2).

Four previous Caption Contest winners -- Meg, Lyogi, Redrain, and Steve -- have yet to get me their requests for their winning illustrations. I've been in touch with Meg, but the other three are e-mail incommunicado, so if you're one of them, please drop me a line. If you don't know yet what you want for your prize that's fine, I'd just like to let you know the offer's still out here.

I am happy to announce that the winner of Caption Contest 47 (and his own custom black and white illustration of whatever he likes) is ... Steve!

As you'll see from the Honorable Mentions below, there were a lot of good entries this week. While Steve's wasn't necessarily laugh-out-loud funny, I did think it had a great sense of snark about it.

Anyway, thanks to everyone who entered, particularly the long list of Honorable Mentions (like I said, it was a good week):

• Tal: Sorry, that’s not the safeword!
• Rick: “Whose Got yer nose?”
• John: Dude. Tic-Tac. Seriously.
• Cory: All your face are belong to us.
• miggo: Zed? It’s Maynard. The spider just caught a new fly..
• Whit: A wiseguy, eh? Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk…
• Danny Beaty: I don’t want a “Watchtower”!
• primate9683: Perhaps if you’d put holes in the mask BEFORE, you wouldn’t have knocked everything down…
• D: There’s something in your eye… Oh, it’s my finger.

Keep your eyes on this space for the next Caption Contest and YOUR chance to win a professional illustration, coming up later today!

I am happy to announce that the winner of Caption Contest 46, and the recipient of a custom black and white illustration of whatever he or she likes (within reason), is ... Redrain!

We received more entries for this one than at any time in the past, so special congratulations to Redrain for pulling out a victory against stiff competition. And congratulations as well to the other Honorable Mentions:

• Whit: I’ve swollen, and I can’t get up!
• Frankie: “Wait. Um, yes.”
• D: Thunder! Thunder! THUNDERPANTS…

I almost picked Frankie's, I even had it plugged into the image to take a look at it all put together. But at the end of the day I just thought Redrain's fit the panel better as a composite.

Well done, all, and thanks for participating!

Congratulations to the winner of Caption Contest 45, and recipient of a custom black and white illustration of whatever he likes -- Lyogi!

Thanks to everyone who entered, and congratulations as well to the following Honorable Mentions:

• Skiriki: “Remember boys, pouches out, grimace a lot and don’t show your feet no matter what!”
• Runt82: I told you kids to get off my lawn!
• Lyogi: “We are the NEW members of the lollipop guild.”
• Loki: POINT AND GASP!!!
• Fishpants: The arrow goes THAT WAY. And next time bring like 2 or 3.
• jim: “ok team, show them yer GRRRR faces”

Check back later today for the next Caption Contest and your chance to win your own professional illustration!

I am happy to announce that the winner of Caption Contest 44 is ... Cory!

Something about headless Conan enemies seems to bring out the best in people, so I thought something happy as the winner was appropriate. A number of other entries were also very funny, including the following Honorable Mentions:

1. marx: Frankincense, Myrrh, Gold–those are traditional gifts from a wise man to a king. But this… this is just creepy.
2. Frankie: “Yes, yes. (sigh) I’m indeed his ‘little friend’.
3. Zorbas The Awesome: Before you say anything….yes I AM his One-Eyed-Willy
4. Danny Beaty: Jenny Craig helped me lose over 170 lbs.!
5. Malachi the great: *Never* agree to the magic trick.

Many thanks to everyone who entered. For coming up with the winning entry, Cory will win a custom black and white illustration of whatever he likes (within reason). Keep your eyes peeled to HeroMachine.com for your chance to win with the next Caption Contest!