Build-a-Baddie Returns (And It’s Bigger, Badder, and More Chaotic)
The last Build-a-Baddie Poll was such a hit, it spun off not one but two projects — a microfic and a 1,500-word short story!
So naturally… we’re doing it again.
Welcome back to Build-a-Baddie — the crowd-sourced character experiment where you decide:
I take your winning combo and turn it into a brand-new illustration.
There’s also a Wildcard section if you want to whisper your weirdest ideas into the void. No promises… but I will read them.
Voting opens this week on Patreon. Bring your best (and worst) ideas.
Transcript — Evolution Success Stories
A single-panel cartoon shows two bug-like creatures standing on a forest floor surrounded by large green leaves. Both have tall, thin, purple bodies with spindly limbs and antennae. The bug on the right has colorful, symmetrical butterfly wings with orange, black, and white patterns and looks relatively normal — an evolution success story The bug on the left has a strange, mismatched set of wings that resemble bold, graphic signage instead of natural wings. The wings are black with bright orange arrows and large words pointing in different directions, including “TASTY,” “HERE,” and “YUM!” with arrows directing attention toward the bug’s own body. The malformed-wing bug looks uneasy, while the butterfly-wing bug looks on. Beneath the comic, a caption reads: “All I’m saying is… it’s easy to be a fan of evolution if all you hear about are the success stories…”
To the right of the panel is a blue box that reads: “Intermission — The Evil Inc storyline will continue next week.”
VILF: It’s a Go!
We’ve reached our goal!I’ll be placing the order next week, so I’ll still take
preorders over the weekend.
Thanks to everybody who made this happen!
In other news… Kern posted the following in the
forums:
Just a thought, but…*if* this is going to be a limited edition run, and there’s going to only be 35 made… What are your thoughts on maybe signing the shirt for us forum members that have ordered one? Or perhaps a lil’ ‘certificate of authentisity’ numbered in the order of ordering?Well, I
can’t say that this will be a limited-edition run. If funds allow, I may try to sell these at conventions next year. However, if you want me to sign your T-shirt, just drop me an e-mail or post here using Blogger. Please don’t use the Shoutbox for this, because I’ll never be able to keep track of it that way.
And, I will definitely print a numbered Certificate of Authenticity in the order the preorders were received.
