Okay, a little experiment in strip structure here.

Spelunking by fuzzyman 3-20-05

This is SCN News. I'm Betty Butterworth. Tonight, more disturbing photos of Iraqi prisoners being tortured in Abu Ghraib. Jake? Unfortunately, the censors have covered over all the good parts, so instead here's a scene from the film, Spankling and the Seven Dwarfs. So, how many is that, Grumpy? That's all seven pointy hats up your ass, and... OH MY GOD! Dopey is still in there! Dopey! Walk toward the light! Dwarf porn? It's from my personal collection!

I did a set of strips last year about "Stripcreator Network News." The idea was that the news anchors (Betty Butterworth and Jake Jemima) would cut to the videotape or remote location in the second panel, which was always something ridiculous. Then there'd be some throwaway line back in the studio for the final panel.

So what you end up with is this:

Panel1: Setup
Panel2: Big Punchline
Panel3: Little Punchline

So, your mission. Make a strip in that structure. Use the Stripcreator Network News framework if you like, or make up your own. You have a lot of room for experimentation here. The middle panel can be some other place ("Meanwhile..."), some other time, or some other medium.

Series up to 5 strips are okay. Political strips making fun of George "29% Approval Rating" Bush always welcome.

More examples here.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

Build Big? Little? by crabby 5-16-06

Hey, you know whats really funny? Making fun of George Bush over and over and over and over and over? I suck donkey balls. Naw, I was going to say anything else. Fascist!

Continuing a void by crabby 5-16-06

Excuse me ma'am, but do you know who the biggest moron in the world is? Geroge Bush, everyone knows that. His approval rating is only 29% you know.

CC 322: The Inner Turmoil Of Private O'Groin by biped 5-16-06

Butt...fuck...shit, SHIT, SHIT!!! ASS!!! FUCK!!! "SHIT, FUCK, AND PISS!!! FUCKITY FUCK-FUCK!!!" It's "The Bad Word Sayers"...I hate their guts and livers. And now, here's Chip with sports. I shit on his fucking ass. I assrape his mom and make her suck my shit-encrusted cock. Chip?

CC 322: If The Shit Fits, Eat It by biped 5-16-06

Tonight's News 8 poll: would you shit on your own mom? Who would your mom shit on? Shit, shit, shit. Everything's always got to be "shit" with you, DOESN'T it, Sally? Nnnfff!!! NNNFFF!!! There! How do you like that face full of my nauseating shit, Mom? Nnnfff!!! NNNFFF!!! I'm shitting on HALEY JOEL OSMENT and making him EAT IT! It's a wonderland of shit out there in the News 8 viewing audience--and by the way, eat MY shit, Ted! FUCK you, Sally--your fucking ass is totally FULL of shit!!!

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Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.

Groovy! - We Interrupt This Lame-Ass Comic by edoggydog 5-16-06

I think it's time for me to come clean as to why we REALLY went into Iraq... Groovy! "We interrupt this episode of 'Groovy!' for a news update..." The cost of gasoline has risen today to over $5 per gallon! BUTT-FUCK ME SIDEWAYS!! "We now return you to your comic, already in progress..." I hope that clears things up! WOW! I can't wait to tell everyone down at the metrosexual bar! Later...

Groovy! - Two-Panel Kabuki Theater by edoggydog 5-16-06

Wanna know what God told me is the meaning of life? Groovy! What do you call a fast lesbian? A "lickity split"! And, here I thought it was a plate of WAFFLES! What's 100% minus 71%? Dubya's latest poll rating! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA [*burp*]

The love of co-workers news by Eskimolee 5-17-06

i am dave and this is channel 3 news. A new discovery has been found.... Yes Dave here is a woman...actually a genius child has been discovered in australia Gudday children! I am not at all amused by your childish attempts to amuse me with such a feeble mocking sock puppet. do yuo really think i don't know you are a man with his hand up a sock...honestly. Probably yours...whore yuo will sleep with anything...thank you for watching. thats not what you were saying when you were begging for it like a girl....goodnight!!

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If god didn't intend for us to eat animals then why are they made out of meat?

Never have I been so tempted to delete a thread and start over.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

Idi Amin's Freestyle BMX party. by ArtemisStrong 5-17-06

Great news, Charlie! We got the results back! You are a leper! Oh... wait... that's not great news, is it? Depends on how much it will damper my necrophiliac orgies. Well, THAT depends... on whether by "damper" you mean your "penis falls off during intercourse"? Your a bloody friggin' dumb doctor, you know that? Doctor?

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Ham-fisted ham fisting.

POMG! That is one sort of answer to a question by crabby 5-17-06

You know, in all my years as a firefighter, I've seen some awful pet owners, but you might be the worst. I wasn't always bad. It's just that I've got this new pet now and I've kind of lost interest in the cat. What the fuck are you talking about? The whole world has gone brokeback. Yeah, I'm totally queer.

invisible man halloween indiscretions by crabby 5-17-06

If you want the candy, you'll do as I say. I hate halloween.

you ever get so drunk you wake up a different sex?
i haven't either. yet.

da news at 4 by AngryAmerican 5-17-06

Today on the city's east side a group of enterprising childrens dreams were dashed as their lemonade stand exploded and burned fiercely for 3 hours. My parents are so gullible. They never even asked my why i needed 10 cases of sudafed and acetone to make lemonade. With the profits we made from our meth stand we're going to grow 4 acres of poppies, enslave some thai people and make the best damn heroin ever. Authorities are baffled.

da news by AngryAmerican 5-17-06

...and the the President grinned sheepishly, said "I made pee-pee" and pulled his pants back down. And now for breaking news we go to an alien in a thong. Susan, my sources indicate to me that the writer of this lame, lame comic is exceedingly hungover and has just vomited all over, narrowly missing his computer. Back to you! In other news I have been cloned. No I haven't.

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Kill Whitey.

Groovy! - Blah, blah, blah by edoggydog 5-17-06

Dude... Have you seen the latest comic contest hosted by fuzzyman? I think there's some REAL comic geniusness going on there! Groovy! Meahwhile, back at the ranch... "Nnnfff!!! NNNFFF!!! There! How do you like that face full of my nauseating shit, Mom?" Never have I been so tempted to delete a thread and start over. I'll bet he's gonna have a hard time picking a winner! Boy, I'd hate to be in his shoes!

The Immaculate World Of Theodore GyeBangre by ArtemisStrong 5-17-06

I have had a terrible day. Work was sooooo boring, man. Shhh... I'm meditating... 5 miles away... C'mon, honey, stop freaking out! I mean... it's not like you pee'd down my mom's throat or nothin'. Uhh... Did you fart?

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Ham-fisted ham fisting.

Cowboy Infidelity by HCRoyall 5-17-06

...so then I said "Those rotor turbines shouldn't be making gravitons by themselves!" And I said you shouldn't be sleeping with my wife! What the fuck are you talking about?

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

RCL no. 1113 by RandomComicLayoutGuy 5-17-06

So, you say that the best way to raise my poll ratings is to not only deploy national guards-men on the southern border... ...but to also shoot all Mexican as they cross? You need the boost, and I need the business! By the way... Did you know that all gays have AIDS? mattmallone has AIDS??

Why I Hate Talking to my Roomate by HCRoyall 5-17-06

...so I was thinking about it, and if you laid your fingers flat against your palm instead of curling them, there'd be less chance of your hand getting hurt when you punched somone. No, then do you not only do less damage to your opponent, but you also run a big risk of dislocating all your fingers. Just because I've never been in a fist-fight doesn't mean I don't know what I'm talking about. I've never punched the shit out of a cripple. There's a first time for everything.

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

CONTEST UPDATE

Okay, I think I messed up in picking a contest theme. Maybe it was too complicated, or maybe it was just stupid. So let's try something else.

It's May Sweeps here in the US. That means that TV networks are pulling out all the stops to attract an audience. It also means that the local newscasts are increasingly sensational and over-the-top.

Therefore, portray for me a newscast or newscast promo that may have gone too far.

The previously entered comics are still in the competition. If you want to enter a comic using the old rules, that's fine, too.

Judgement on Sunday.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

Newscast Gone too far with punchline in middle. by crabby 5-18-06

Local stripcreator favorite Fuzzyman has just won Comic Competition 321. We all eagerly await his rules for Comic Competition 322. In other news my wife is cheating on me, will I hunt down her lover? Tune in to tomorrows lead story to find out. Yes, this has gone too far. Regardless of what you may consider too far. It is indeed too far. Way, too far. Regardless.

i think this one's worse than my first 2

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Kill Whitey.

oops. did i mention the whole drug thing?

news of the eh... by AngryAmerican 5-18-06

...leaving her shattered carcass smeared on the highway as a warning to others. Ever say to yourself 'there's no such thing as a free lunch'? Well, you're wrong. Bill Sunday with details... So you're telling me what? That if i, or anyone else cares to fellate you, you'll give us a free Uber-Burger combo AND you'll Mammoth-Size it no less. That's right. I'm also giving out free Red fruit pies to any girl who shows me her burgina. Wow. In other news my colostomy bag seems to have ruptured and i'm sitting in a rapidly cooling puddle of my own liquid fecal matter. Film at eleven. Over to you, Stacy! Mmmm, that stench takes me back to Germany and some educational films i made. Ever wonder how they make animals dance around in those cute commercials? We'll show you!

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Kill Whitey.

Most of my comics follow this format.

Corporateness by Scyess 5-18-06

We're really looking for a top-performer to fill this position. Oh, that's me! I'm extremely well organized. I have a verifiable track record of success. I have three dozen certifications. I don't require food or sleep. Our company's Core Values include modesty and humility. I am scum. I'm completely incompetent. My breath is terrible. I haven't had a date in three years. Today I stomped flat the last remnants of any pride I once had. So? Did you get the Assistant Sychophant position or not?

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"Old" is the old new.