Captain_Zero

Here's two of my patriotic characters...

The first is Americana, a 70-year-old man who worked as a general electrician for "Forge Motors" and was rewarded by becoming part of their new human enhancement program. He is now technically classified as an SUV.

And my patriotic (and idiotic) villain, Malevolent Monarch. Formerly known as the American King, this would-be hero switched to the evil side after losing too many people from his fan club (not to mention the constant quips about his name). He's really a parody of a true villain, a comical character from my upcoming webcomic.

And for kicks, here's MM "disciplining" one of his henchmen, Melvin. The Monarch's henchmen were once impressionable youthswho were members of the American King's official fan club. After his conversion to crime, he recruited these kids and raised them to be his obedient henchmen. Or something like that.

Here's my entry...

Insindiary - I think that's how I spelled it. I know I wanted it to be Encindiary, but I had to really screw up the spelling because all the other variations were taken already.

Part of what may turn into a series of themed costume threads, this one is all about the ghastly and the ghostly.

If you have a hero or villain who's dead, dying, or undead (or anything in beteen for that matter) drag their saggy corpse over here and show it off.

This includes zombies, vampires, werewolves (just for kicks) and even mummies. Anything else you can think of, be sure to add it.

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Okay pushing forward tomorrow, the sketch from hell! j/k

LJ

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Wow, that is going to be one hell of a picture, I can tell that already. I'm amazed that you'd undertake such a daunting task so easily. Also, Masterminds rule.

Oh, I also forgot to ask if anyone knows how to convert the Comic Book Creator files into jpegs, or some other format to use on a website?

I can't even get them to convert into PDFs. Though I think I just need to install some other part of the CBC. Any help?

I've seen some great animalistic heroes around here, ranging from lizard-men and bird-people to chicken and even pig heroes. And of course, wolves and cats.

If you've got an anthropomorphic hero, feel free to show 'em off here.

I have an American hero, and Irish heroine, and an American villain, but I unfortunately don't have screens of any of them at the moment.

We've seen the heroes, are there any Patriotic villains? I've got one.

That really reminds me of Ironik's character, Kung Pow Chicken as seen in his Alt Alphabet thread. Still, it's a clever design, and I can dig it.

Don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against Photoshop, I think it's great. I just happen to suck at using it. I'm not very artistic, which is why I'm glad that CoX has so many emotes that allow the player to roleplay and animate their character beyond the simple attacks.

I was hoping to show just how versatile the game itself is. Over time, I may eventually try Photoshop or demo-editing, but they seem a little too over my head at this point. Especially demo-editing. Yeesh.

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Looks like it might be promising, but that screenie looks too dark to me.

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You know, I actually took several daytime screens too, and for some reason I chose to go with this one. Maybe I'll go back and redo it with a lighter one.

I thought so, too.

By the way, does anyone have any advice about where I could get free hosting and domain names? I'd like to have this comic hosted on it's own site rather that go through Hypercomics or CoH comics.

Unfortunately, I don't know much about building a website, so I'm kind of stuck here with 20 pages of comics with more ideas on the way, and I don't really have a way to share them with you, the adoring public.

Go on, adore.

Do it!

Ok, we'll get back to that, try again later. Anyway, any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

Life As A Super-Zero

I know City of Heroes webcomics have been done before, and since the Hypercomics contest they've been... well, done to death. But I've been a long time webcomics fan, and I've finally decided to take the plunge and create one of my own. This will follow the typical one page per day (or week, whatever) format and continue on for as long as I can do it. Think of it as similar to City of Zeroes or PJ Chronicles, except it's written by me and all comics are made with in-game screenies and no demo-edits or photoshops.

So far I've got 20 pages made up, but I'm not ready to start posting. I still need a website and a way to get the dang comic out of the Comic Book Creator format... without paying money (I'm unbearably cheap). Anyway, just wanted to post this promo photo of the protagonist, Captain Zero, a new hero in town who has control over Gravity.

The comic is sort of a parody of City of Heroes, instead of taking place in Paragon City, it's set in Paradise City. Instead of fighting villains like the Hellions, these thugs are called the Hecklers. Instead of Dr. Vahzilok, we have the demented dentist Dr. Vasoline.

Anyway, I'm still figuring a few things out, but I wanted some feedback from you guys since I've been lurking around forever and just now started getting active. The title of the comic is still uncertain. Should it be Life as a Super-Zero, Life as a Super-Hero, Life As An Uber-Hero, or Uber-Zero... Can't quite decide. Anyway, before I ramble too long... oh, I already have.

I'd like to see some screenies of all those Patriotic heroes out there, and I'm not just talking about American themed heroes. Whatever nation, whatever theme, if you've got your pride on, show it off!

I've seen plenty of American supers and Canadians, too. While I'd like to see more, I'm interested in a more international blend. What have you got, kiddies?