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Okay, so I accidentally ordered two copies of The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra on DVD from Amazon (don’t ask) and rather than going through the trouble of sending one of them back, I’ve decided to hold a contest for it. You may be thinking to yourself: “What the hell is that movie and why would I want it?” Well, it’s a parody of those 1950’s science fiction B-movies and because it’s hysterical. Here is the trailer:
You’ve all met Captain Flaccid, now I need you to: Create the next great super villain for Super Viagra and Vagina Girl to battle!
1. Start with one of my pre-made male or female forms. You are allowed to adjust the form as you see fit, or create a non-human form as long as it fits in with the aesthetic of previous Super Viagra and Vagina Girl strips.
2. Use MSPaint. I know a lot of you guys prefer photoshop, but I don’t have it, and I would like to be able to seamlessly incorporate your creation into a Super Viagra and Vagina Girl strip. If you need to use another program, don’t get too fancy. I’d like it to blend in with my normal cartoons, which means solid colors, no shading, or crazy photoshopy backgrounds.
3. Be creative! Along with your drawing, give me your super villain’s name, origin story, and list of special powers. If you need ideas for what is possible, check out the Puntabulous People on Parade.
4. Save it as a BMP or PNG file. Don’t save it as a JPG, it compresses the colors and will make it more difficult for me to manage and incorporate into one of my strips.
5. E-mail me your creation by next Friday, March 6, 2009.
After I have all the submissions, I’ll judge them myself and decide on a winner with consultation from friends and family, or if there is no clear winner, I’ll post either all of the submissions, or a shortlisted group of them and open it up to a public vote the week of March 9th. Once the winner is chosen, I’ll mail them the DVD free of charge, and begin working on a new Super Viagra and Vagina Girl strip with their new super villain. Even if your super villain doesn’t win the contest, I may ask for your permission to use your super villain in future strips!
Let me know if you have any questions and get to work!
February 27th, 2009 at 6:31 am
Most excellent idea! I hope you post all the submissions anyway, this will be a blast.
February 27th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Yeah, all submissions will be posted when I announce the winner.
February 27th, 2009 at 7:55 am
I LOVE Lost Skeleton!! I thought I was the only who had seen it! I’m glad I’m not alone in my adoration though.
February 27th, 2009 at 8:25 am
OMG, that is hilarious. Wish I was creative but I’ll wish all those who participate good luck and can’t wait to see the entries.
February 27th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Tam! What is this nonsense about not being creative? Your Puntabulous Person was fantastic! I expect an entry from you and john!
February 27th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Well I have a villain in mind [I had to spell villain 5 times before I got it correct.. What a weird word.] so I’ll work on those Paint skills over the weekend……
February 27th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Even if your super villain doesn’t win the contest, I may ask for your permission to use your super villain in future strips!
What is this? Facebook??
February 27th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Yay Heather!
Oh, I’m sorry Enrico, is the prospect of going down in Super Viagra and Vagina Girl history not good enough for you?
Everyone would of course get credit for their work!
February 27th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Hmm, making superheroes…with my history of comic book geekhood, this should be right up my alley. I’ll see what I can come up with…but I don’t know that it’ll be up to the standards of Super Viagra/Vagina Girl.
HUGS….
February 27th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Why is blankpuntpersongirl2 smaller than blankpuntperson? Could it be because blankpuntpersongirls are smaller and therefore weaker than all of you blankpuntperson men?
And yes, I have way too much time on my hands.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Mark: Yes, girls are dainty creatures, who must be treated gently.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Well, this knocks me out of the running as I lack Photoshop, MS Paint and artistic drawing ability.
I will say though that the director made a sequel called “The Lost Skeleton Returns Again”. It’s supposed to come out sometime this year, next screening is in Kentucky in May, I believe.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
You forgot about us poor mac users. No MS Pain for us
Booo Microsoft
February 27th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Dickie Maxx: There’s gotta be some MSPaint clone out there.
Can any Mac users help out?
February 27th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Got my first submission by VUBOQ!
February 27th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
I’m having he same problem. The closest I have found is a program called Paintbrush or simply Paint. Supposedly the paint function in AppleWorks may work as well. Still looking into it.
Craig, I may have to resort to Photoshop. If this happens, is it ok do it in a bit map format and save the file as a PNG? I’d stick to primary colors and won’t have any shading. (be your best friend….)
February 27th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
OK, Paintbrush is available here for free (and legal) http://paintbrush.sourceforge.net/downloads/
February 27th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Wow, no moss growing under Vuboq’s feet today. My problem is not that I can’t use MSPaint as I discovered, its that I have no good ideas for a villain. I shall try though.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
john: Sorry if I came across like an MSPaint fascist! Using photoshop is totally okay, as long as you maintain the aesthetic of my normal strips.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Tam: I have no ideas for a villian either, but since Captain Flaccid was a threat to Super Viagra, shouldn’t the new villian focus his attack on Vagina Girl? I don’t have one so I don’t know what form that attack should take.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Or maybe I’m reading too much into names.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Craig: So does that mean you don’t want to be my best friend?
You didn’t come off as a fascist at all. I can understand wanting to keep it in a format that you are used to working in.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Oh no, we’re totally BFF!
February 27th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Who said anything about forever? I’m not really looking for a commitment….
February 27th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Mark: I have an idea for an attack but I’m not sure about execution. Perhaps we should work together.
February 27th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Yay! Now I can put off packing for San Diego even longer. Priorities!
FDot – if you have an idea, I’d be happy to draw it for you and send it to Craig.
Yuck – back to work.
February 27th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
I have no graphic design skills and already own TLSOC but I just wanted to say that everyone should enter, because it is one of the best movies ever.
February 27th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
can we submit more than one or what????
February 27th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
woo hoo! FIRST! Doesn’t that mean I win? or something?
(Since I spent the morning doing this instead of job-hunting, I”d better get something out of it) *smooches*
February 27th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Michelle M….is that offer open to others, or just FDot?
February 27th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Tam: There are so many options, since you own the divine equipment and I don’t. I must leave it to you; but I have heard rumors of the “Queef Mother”.
February 27th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Sorry, I was supposed to go to bed long ago but the Am1bien kept me awake and alive in Craigs spam box. I’ll leave you now while I regenerate. Luv Everyone.
February 27th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Enrico: Sure! But why not combine them into one drawing and make a team of super villains? That would be fun!
VUBOQ: Next time I’m in DC I’ll give you something all night.
February 27th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
LOL! @ “Queef Mother”. Good one Mark!
February 27th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Uhhh I’m too lazy. Can you tell me some of Super Viagra’s moves??
February 27th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
looking forward to all the entries!!!!
February 27th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Two more fantastic submissions from Enrico and Jewelz!
February 27th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Just got a great fourth entry from lurker Michael!
February 27th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Xi_Heather – Sure : ). Are you on facebook? Or you could just email me michelle@mmckee.net. Although after Queef Mother, I don’t know why any of us should bother.
February 28th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Just got Tam’s awesome submission! That makes five!
February 28th, 2009 at 10:29 am
I was out of town yesterday (up Cleveland way for my daughter’s robotics team’s regional competition), so I totally missed this.
Holy shit, this is awesome!!! I can’t wait to sit down and work on this this afternoon!
And what a phenomenal movie too!
Woohoo!!! Craig, you just made my weekend!
February 28th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Nooo. Too many people are submitting! I’m gonna lose.
Maybe I should make up another villain. An actually sinister one….
February 28th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Another question!
What if more than one person sends you the same idea? Will you then base it on the drawing?
For example, in some post a while ago, people talked about villains being STDs, so I’m sure you’ll get more than one of a certain disease. So how do you decide then?
February 28th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Enrico: So far, the five I’ve gotten are so completely different, I don’t think we’ll have to worry about anything overlapping. But if I did get two that used the same basic premise, I’d have to judge them separately based on artistic merit and character background.
February 28th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Got some more submissions by Javi, Polt, Michelle M, and Jere! That makes nine!
March 1st, 2009 at 10:31 am
Got a great one from my brother John! That makes ten! I’m going to have quite a rogue gallery when we’re done!
March 1st, 2009 at 10:57 am
In an unrelated note…. everyone who has a Puntabulous calendar, make sure you flip to the VPL’s month, I mean Dave’s month! : )
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:31 am
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