Ahoy, squirts! Quint here from foggy, rainy and wintery Wellington. I have a giveaway for you guys that is pretty swell.

I'm a big fan of Weta Collectibles and the work they've done on KONG and the work they did pre-branching off days with Sideshow on the LORD OF THE RINGS statues.

I've seen their SUPERMAN RETURNS statues up close and in person and they are friggin' massive. Click here to check out all 4 statues!! Huge, I tell ya'. Weta Collectibles have graciously allowed us here at AICN to give one of these awesome pieces to one of you lucky readers. They were very happy with the KONG Giveaway I ran back in November and really dug the creative stop-motion entries we got, so the contest is going to be along the same lines. Creativity will win you this great piece (retailing for over $300, I might add):

The sculpt on this piece, limited to 750 worldwide, is my favorite in terms of nailing the likeness. This looks like Kevin Spacey. The body posture (Lex in total control and Supes writhing), the paint job, the design... Mr. Luthor is also hiding a little something behind his back. People who have seen the movie probably have a good idea what it is... I love this piece and I hope you will, too. Click here to go A Fallen Hero's specific Weta page for closer looks!!

So, rules, rules, rules.

Considering Superman's comic book background I figured the contest I want is for you guys to make me at least one full comic panel. You could do something small, a 3 panel comic strip straight out of the Sunday paper or you can do a full, paneled comic page. Or you can do a splash page. Or a two page splash (love these). Or a full comic book with all the above and a cover to boot. Click here to go to Wikipedia's Comics Vocabulary site if you need help identifying some of the lingo here. You can also click on any of the titles to get examples of each.

What do I want in these comics? Well, I want something that feels set in the Superman universe, but with an AICN character of your choice (Harry, Moriarty, Vern, Capone, Myself, Herc, Ms. Dupont, etc) at odds with any villain. It could be a comic book villain, a movie villain, a real life villain, a completely made-up villain... Your choice. As for which Superman universe, I leave that up to you. It could be the Richard Donner movie universe, the Golden, Silver, Bronze or current age of Superman comics universe, the Max Fleisher Superman cartoon world, the George Reeves black and white world, the Superman serials world... I leave it entirely up to you to.

I prefer hand drawn to computer work, but if you're a wiz with computer art, go for it. I'm looking for the best mix of creativity and talent. Tell a story with your panels, be it 3 panels or 20 pages.

The contest begins the second this is posted and runs through 'til 11:59pm Tuesday, July 18th (CST). Anyone anywhere in the world can enter.

I'll need all submissions sent to aicnquint@yahoo.com. Multiple attachments okay, but try to keep them under 100k each... I'm on dial-up here! You can enter more than once if you wish and be sure to include your name and shipping address.

As always, I am the final judge of this contest. My favorite entry will be picked and I have the final say on the winner.

Good luck and godspeed. Can't wait to see what you creative types come up with! If you have any questions, bring 'em up in the talkbacks below and I'll answer as best I can.

-Quint