A while ago I asked the question "Why was Minimate Hulk sad?" The answer - because the only Minimate friends Hulk has are puny Banner, the Leader and a copy of himself that looks like a bright green Jolly Rancher. Wolverine has more variants than there are Hulk-related Minimates. And that's enough to make both Hulk and Minimate collectors sad.

So to cheer Hulk up, I'm making a few Hulk-related characters to give him a group to hang out with. I'm starting with an original creation, Composite Hulk-Thing - the embodiment of the longtime feud between the Hulk and the Thing.

Bring on the new customs! Up first is my entry for the Minimate Multiverse Villain-Mates Custom Contest - Doctor Octopus - in a suit! Remember - a good suit will make you look slimmer,
more professional and distract from the four extra mechanical arms.

But Doc Ock isn't the only multi-limbed custom up today. I present to you the Six-Armed Spider-Man. What's with the extra arms, Spidey? Jealous of Doc Ock?

In honor of Spider-Man 3 opening this weekend, I present a missed marketing tie-in:

Last month we saw the release of the second wave of DC Minimates from the fine people of DC Direct. Just like the first wave, the second wave was full of great, accessory-laden versions of some of DC's best characters, including the Blue Beetle (not to be confused with my custom Blue Beetle from last year). Big thanks to DC Direct for making these Minimates!

To help celebrate, I present my next custom - the original Blue Beetle. His greatest contribution to the modern DC Universe was dying, and therefore becoming the inspiration for Ted Kord to become the next Blue Beetle.

Neither freezing rain nor power failures nor a heavy blanket of snow nor minor flooding in the basement will stop Fishnet February from having one last update! Sure, all that may delay it a little, but stop it - no way!

We finish up with the modern Black Canary, daughter of the original Black Canary. She has apparently gotten both fashion advice and crimefighting advice from her mom - go check her out.

By now we've established that women can wear fishnet stockings while fighting crime. But is it possible to commit crimes armed with only a pair of fishnets? Not really, no.

But can you commit crimes while wearing fishnets? These two women say yes! Meet the latest customs - the Riddler's loyal assistants - Echo and Query! See these bad girls as good customs now.

It's time once again to enter a world where women fight crime wearing novelty hosiery. This week, Fishnet February celebrates the character who started this fashion trend in comics - the Golden Age Black Canary! Go forth and enjoy.

It's February, which means it's a good time for another theme month of customs. Many themes were considered, including Fish Vs. Fowl February and Feudal Heroes February, but the winning idea was Fishnet February. All throughout February, I'll be posting new customs of heroes and villains who wear fishnet stockings - preferably female characters.

Let's start Fishnet February with the sexy stage magician - Zatanna! Please, go and enjoy now.

Adding some random odds-and-ends to the site:

•  My First Gorilla Grodd - Last week I stumbled on something I put together last summer and then promptly forgot about - my first Gorilla Grodd Minimate. Check out my first attempt to customize the infamous gorilla on the updated Gorilla Grodd page - scroll down to the bottom.

•  Holiday Wolverine - This year I participated in the Minimate Multiverse's Secret Santa gift exchange. As part of my gift, I put together a special holiday-themed Wolverine custom that has only been seen by a handful of people - until now!

•  Minimate Comic Cover Recreation - Last year on the Minimate Multiverse forum I participated in a Cover Recreation contest. The goal - recreate a comic book cover using Minimates. See the results here.

Been a big week for Minimate news, with announcement of a new wave of DC Minimates and our first look at the Rocky Minimates. But the biggest news of an all-Avengers wave of Marvel Minimates, including a bunch of highly-requested figures like Thor, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver. Which makes me feel silly for having made a couple of Quicksilver customs a while ago. Who knew that they were going to make new Marvel Minimates besides Spider-Man and Wolverine?

Anyway, enjoy my custom blue-suited Quicksilver and green-suited Quicksilver.

So December was a little light on custom-posting. But when Christmas comes to your door and demands to be celebrated, you're going to go get a tree and presents, call some family, and make sure it's celebrated right.

So to kick off 2007, I'm doing a little housekeeping and posting the custom Minimates I did for CustomCon 15 in 2006. Please enjoy the following 15 customs: Bizarro, Black Manta, Brainiac, Captain Cold, Cheetah, Emerald Empress, Giganta, Gorilla Grodd, Lady Blackhawk, Lex Luthor, Riddler, Scarecrow, Sinestro, Solomon Grundy, and Toyman!