Here is the random draw order I came up with:

Big Evil Dan & Spankling VS Andy Dougan & Kaufman
gabe_billings & Boorite VS descolada99 & flickguy
fuzzyman & krinkle VS ladyjdotnet & DexX
Drexle & lara7 VS Crabby & Alcyonae

First up is Big Evil Dan & Spankling VS Andy Dougan & Kaufman.

Your one rule is that your strip must have Jesse James in it. You can use the cowboy to portray him, if you'd like. He can be a guest star or the main character. Just use Jesse James's real story and not one of the legends. You have 36 hours.

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Mediocrity at its most average.

Contact me at the email listed below, Dan.

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

I'm a little confused about the logistics. Do they collaborate on one strip and one of them creates it and submits it? Do they submit two strips?

How does this work?

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I am a delicate fucking flower. https://beacons.ai/jesskent

I think we submit a two-parter, one strip by each member of the tag team. At least, that's my understanding. It'd be handy to know for sure, since I'm among the first up.

Do we get to collaborate or do we surprise each other and go in the order listed?

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

I always get set up to lose in the first round.

I hope Alcyonae brings the funny cause this is gonna be a tough one.

Because no one can know whether or not we arranged a clandestine colloboration, I guess we have to be allowed to.

Collaborate all you want. You are, after all, partners. Yes, it's a two-part strip. One person submits the first part, the second submits the second part. Any further questions?

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Mediocrity at its most average.

Yeah. What's the square root of 1764?

.................AAAAAAARRRRRGGGHHHH!!!!
................A
AAAA........A
.......A.....A
.........A..A
...........A

That beats screaming in circles.

Do we go in the order posted (i.e. Dan then me)? Or is that up to us?

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

It looks like I'm gonna need a new partner seeing as how Allison has left us all forever.

I think i got designated as a judge , but i reckon they can survive with 3 judges if youre short a partner Crabby.

Shout me on ICQ if youve got it.

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"Life Sucks, Then you Die. The bit inbetween isnt very funny either"

As long as no one else objects.

This could be the crappiest team ever produced but I think were both capable of pulling out a crazy under dog run to the finals.

Actually , i was thinking more were both capable of producing one half of a comic that is loathed more than anything ever produced by Fuck , but which , 30 years from now , will be acknowledged as the finest comic of its generation.

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"Life Sucks, Then you Die. The bit inbetween isnt very funny either"

Worked for Kurt Cobain.

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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.

Do we go in the order posted (i.e. Dan then me)? Or is that up to us?

Completely up to you guys, just as long as both of you post.

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Mediocrity at its most average.

So... does that mean crabby and Kev have to kill themselves before they will be appreciated?

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Maybe Crabby does. I have to be martyred and wait until time stops and begins travelling backwards before ill get any respect around here.

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"Life Sucks, Then you Die. The bit inbetween isnt very funny either"

Well, my teammate hasn't answered my email, and I'm getting a bit edgy and so I'll just jump the gun on this thing. Hope it doesn't hang him too much -- I'm trying to steer it in a direction he can take.

I also hope that by starting out basing it on Jesse James facts, we can then disappear into ridiculous fancy :-)

[Click to view comic: 'TTCC1: The James Conspiracy']

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ken.kaufman@gmail.com

[Click to view comic: 'TTC1: What Ford did next']

I spent almost an hour on that last panel. Time for some more Red Bull.

Big Evil Dave asked me to post these together.
[Click to view comic: 'TTCC1: Time Flies When You're Having Fun'][Click to view comic: 'TTCC1: Time's Fun When You're Zipping Flies']

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

Shit.

We're supposed to choose between these???

I am going to have to think about this... both pairs made me laugh out loud.

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tough choice. I think Big evil Spankling, though.

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