TR Contest: Amalgamate ‘Em
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?I hope you’re not surprised. This is the other winning entry from the TR Contest TR Contest of two weeks ago, suggested by Honky.
Honky said:
How about the Amalgam event of the new Millennium!
Best combination of a DC and Marvel character…example Aunt May (Marvel) and Dooms Day (DC) becomes May Day!
Bonus points if you write a plot synopsis in 100 words or less for the first issue.
Not that Honky didn’t do a fine job, but let me clarify the contest a little further:
? Any comic book character is available to smoosh into another character.
? Bonus points will indeed be given for a basic plot synopsis.
? Bonus points will also be given for keeping it under or around 100 words.
? Extra bonus points will be given for horrible, pun-laden names/powers/origins, etc.
? Three entries per person. No more. That means submitted characters, not posts.
Since this is a holiday weekend — and TR will be closed for Memorial Day on Monday — the contest will end on Tuesday, June 1st at 12:01 am EST, so you have an extra day. I’m in a self-destructive mood, so I want as many entries to judge as possible. Hurt me. Destroy my holiday weekend. You have 3.5 days and three entries per person — you can do this.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.