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.”
Marquis of Death: Making a Big Splash on the Marvel Universe, the Marquis is the One who taught Dr. Doom the ABCs of evil. (
A is for arsenic, B is for bondage, C is for Creature… In FF #566, Doom prepares Latveria for the arrival of the Marquis, literally strewing his path his roses. Upon arrival, the Marquis obliterates Von Doom in a firey onslaught. In the opening of #567, Doom has defeated the otherworldly Marquis after a six-week war. He has unveiled a statue honoring Mr. Fantastic, who fell in the six-week battle. Sue Richards is now his devoted wife. And pregnant. And Ben Grim is his trusted chum.
Life is good for the doctor.
Until, of course, the Big Reveal. The alternate reality was the creation of the Marquis of Death, who merely gave it to Dr. Doom so he could rip it away. Doom is still suffering under the superior might of his teacher, who finally disposes of his failed pupil somewhere in the Pliocene Age.
Having settled detention once and for all, the Marquis picks up Doom’s metal mask and assumes the role of the New Dr. Doom. Item One on the lesson plan: Destroy the FF once and for all.
The M. of D. explodes onto Marvel’s black-cape scene with a respectful nine.
All the further to fall when Von Doom inevitably kicks his bony keister.
Fantastic Four #567
Creative Team: Story: Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch. Art: Cam Smith and three others.
