Category Archives: Meta

Sorry for the delay on the reviews this week. In al honesty, an impromptu camping trip pushed everything back a day. Not to worry, though, I'll get one done by the end of the day and the next one tomorrow. Some good and not so good stuff this week.

So I'm just thinking off the top of my head here ... wait, that can't possibly be the right metaphor.

ANYWAY, I had a crazy idea. What if we did a challenge every single day? Like the Pop Quizzes, you'd only be able to enter each contest once. I could reinstitute the "thumbs up" functionality, and instead of a winner or a "Jeff's favorite", it's just a way for everyone to participate and get their work out there.

Reddit has a "Daily Sketch" challenge that works like this. Take a look and see what you think, and please share your thoughts in the comments below.

Hopefully it won't be noticeable at all, but I increased the width of the right column to 300 pixels wide to accommodate the better-performing Google AdWords 300x250 ad instead of the previous 200x200 ad.

I also started running an ad in the HeroMachine 2.5 application.

Finally, I'm working on a method for running an ad in the designated HeroMachine 3 space, so be forewarned. I tried this before, but had trouble getting the ad to not show when you're in widescreen mode. But I'm working on it.

Our very own Barbario stars in this awesome trailer! This is pretty darn cool, and Barbario certainly fulfills his promise as a bona fide bad-ass. Well done, sir!

Hey all, don't forget about Ian T. Healy's super-hero novel design challenge! It's your chance to win a signed copy of his upcoming novel and eternal fame. There's only one week left to enter, so get to creating!

Folks, just a friendly reminder to always make text-file and image backups of your characters in HeroMachine. The latest Adobe update has in several cases erased all existing Flash cookies (where your saved characters live) after the automatic download, erasing the user's hard work and save files. See this old post for details. Save early, save often!

I'm having a harder time than usual recovering from the trip yesterday, so results for the Pop Quiz might be delayed till tonight or tomorrow. My apologies.

I just wanted to note that Andrew Hines, aka McKnight57, has graciously consented to do the occasional (or even, regular!) guest post 'round these parts about current comics. Be sure to give him a warm HeroMachine community welcome!