Crap! It's Friday morning and I haven't entered anything. I'd better pull something out of my ass.

Grand Inventors' Award by Scyess 7-25-02

Great news! I've just won the 1st ever Grand Inventors' Award for Best Invention! Great! What did you invent? The Grand Inventors' Award for Best Invention!

Awards by Scyess 8-27-02

And this year's Award for Non-Specificity goes to... ... some person! I guess I'll never know whether I've won one of these things or not. Next up... a program.

More Awards by Scyess 8-27-02

...yes? Hello! I'm from that sweepstakes you entered! You've won our tertiary runner-up consolation sub-prize! I won? Great! What do I get?! You've won... ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Uh, thanks. Hey, you earned it!

Still More Awards by Scyess 8-27-02

"We're here with Bob, who's just set the record for the most trout stuffed into his ass hole at once. Bob?" "Thanks, Roger. Although I have to say, I'm not sure whether this title is an honor, or a testament to my trite, pathetic existence." "Well, Bob, it's not really meant to be an honor." --------------------------- "Oh."

I might have more but I'm too lazy to look for them.

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kaufman's Fanta Shokata entry made me laugh so hard my stomach hurts. I'm not sure whether to thank you or slap you. ;)

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Boy, it's difficult to judge one of these things, especially when the forum is being difficult and won't let you post.

Let's start with the honorary mentions. One to Zegota for best use of special effects for

CC 178: Try listening to Freddy Quinn by Zegota 3-26-03

In the green room So? What award did they ask you to present? The "You're too old, stop making movies and go die somewhere with dignity" award. Woosh, that's the sound of time passing I'm proud to present this years Lifetime Achievement Award ...

. Someone else may have done that trick before but I've never seen it so it's new to me. I was also amused by

Still More Awards by Scyess 8-27-02

"We're here with Bob, who's just set the record for the most trout stuffed into his ass hole at once. Bob?" "Thanks, Roger. Although I have to say, I'm not sure whether this title is an honor, or a testament to my trite, pathetic existence." "Well, Bob, it's not really meant to be an honor." --------------------------- "Oh."

CC 178 by boinky33 3-25-03

boinky33, you win the award for being the laziest comic creator. Oh, joy.

and for his Bazooka Joe reference, Kaufman's

Maddest of the Mads #5 by kaufman 3-07-02

So your early experiments had mixed results. But you still weren't even a blip on the Billboard Mad Scientists chart. That's right, and I knew I wouldn't be until I went after ... the forumusers. Indeed, my first such foray sent shivers around the world. That would be where you gave gabe_billings genetic material from Bazooka Joe? Darn right! Hey Gabe, tell me the truth. Do you like wirthling? I really don't know, Dan. I've never wirthled.

Now for the final four.

CC 178: You can't get the tools anymore... by jes_lawson 3-27-03

And the Stripcreator Award for "Most Difficult Prop to Work with" goes to... ...my microphone! F_cking A! YES! Congr_______ons! ...Hey! St_p th_t! Ha ha! I'd like to thank faulty wiring, deafening feedback during rehearsals and the Stripcreator Death Metal Karaoke Challenge at 3am tonight outside your trailer, loser!

[Click to view comic: 'Grand Inventors' Award']
[Click to view comic: 'The 2002 National Cussing Awards']
[Click to view comic: 'Community Chest']

This was difficult because all of these made me laugh outloud at work, thus getting me in trouble, and isn't that why we all do this? Man this was hard, but I at last decided that jes_lawson's cracked me up the most. Thanks everyone for playing our game. Jes, you are the new king. i bow to you.

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"Community Chest" won second prize in a comic contest. Ain't that appropriate?

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!1111

im so fuiced. waht> aaaaaaaagh. whay fdidi thst dupid comic win it was dht. aaaaaaaaaah . i hate ot all

Oh man, yes! Cheers mmyers, it was a pleasure entering.

I'd like to thank my family, my girlfriend, my employers for letting me spend so much time making strips during office hours, and of course fuzzy and the microphone for their stellar performances! And I didn't mention the war! Oops.

CC179 will start Monday 12 noon GMT, the delay so I can think of a good, semi-original theme.

Adios,

Jes_L.

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Please replace the handset, and try again.

Actually forget that, CC 179 starts whenever it appears.

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Please replace the handset, and try again.

Excellent.

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"In a thousand years there will be no men and women just wankers and that's fine by me."