Awesome Bedlam images

I managed to win the HeroMachine caption contest for a thrilling second time (with a The Brave & The Bold joke—yay me)! The best part of winning isn’t gloating, though. It’s the image that Gentleman Jeff Hebert draws for you as a result.

Dr. Cain Ducett, also known as Bedlam, is one of my favorite characters from Devil’s Cape, so he was a natural choice for me to request as a character illustration. And Jeff, of course, did a wonderful job.

Check this out:

Incredible, yeah? Feels like he could jump off the page and kick your ass. And Jeff did a wonderful job of working with me to get an image very much like I pictured in my head.

Speaking of heads, here’s a close-up of Bedlam’s:

Gives me chills and nightmares both.

Thanks, Jeff, for a terrific image. I’m going to have to see about getting this colored someday.

 

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Conan caption contest

Jolly Jeff Hebert of HeroMachine fame has an ongoing caption contest feature where he strips the dialogue from a panel of a comic book and then gets readers to submit funny text to insert. Much comedy ensues. I've entered a caption or two here or there, but I've never won the contest.

Until now.
And what better place and time than in a contest supported by another Jeff buddy of mine, the Evil DM?

Here's the link to the contest announcement. Be sure to check out both Jeffs' sites.

And I'm very psyched about my prize: a black and white drawing from Jeff Hebert. I'm thinking I'll ask him to draw a character from Devil's Cape: it's just a question of which one.

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Superhero team-up

One of the coolest things about the party Dina threw for me was that I got to meet long-time online buddy Jeff Hebert (of HeroMachine fame) in person for the first time. He drove all the way up from the Austin area for the party and was very gracious--helping us to clean up afterward and even drawing sketches for Alex and Zack. What a great guy. He was a big hit at the party, too, getting along well with our friends and impressing my Champions buddies, who've all used HeroMachine. I think he got a good double-take from several people when he told them we'd just met for the first time.

The Internet is a cool thing.

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Devil's Cape review at HeroMachine

Jeff Hebert reviewed Devil's Cape over at HeroMachine. Here's a brief excerpt:

This book is awesome.

And I don’t mean in the “Guy Gardner was an awesome Green Lantern” kind of not-really-that-awesome, but “Batman kicking the crap out of Superman in Dark Knight Returns” awesome. In other words, it’s really, really good.

I'm grateful to Jeff for the very kind review. He's a great guy.

Read the whole review here.

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