The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (or Fields), also called the Battle of Châlons (also spelled Chalons or Chalon) or Battle of the Campus Mauriacus, took place in 451 between a coalition led by the Roman general Flavius Aetius and the Visigothic king Theodoric I on one side and the Huns and their allies commanded by Attila on the other. It was one of the last major military operations of the Western Roman Empire and marks the apex of the career of Flavius Aetius.

But that's not what this contest is about.

From Wikipedia:

Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury which was first published in 1953.  The novel presents a future American society in which the masses are hedonistic and critical thought through reading is outlawed. The central character, Guy Montag, is employed as a "fireman" (which, in this future, means "bookburner"). The number "451" refers to the temperature at which book paper combusts.

Haha, you see what Ray Bradbury did there?  In a dystopian future, "Fireman" means something completely different from what we understand a fireman to be.  And that's what CC 451 is all about.

Your comic must explore a future time in which some common modern-day occupation has taken on a whole new meaning.  Here's an example:

CC 451: Interior Decorators Of The Future by ZMannZilla 5-07-10

As you can see, the butt pressure displaced the brain to the outer edges, creating a shiny semi frame to the skull. The colors catch morning light exquisitely. I see it, I see it! Very good! I also took the liberty of leaning my butt to the left, that's how we create the red pool you see there, It's very good feng shui. You know, I did always feel this room needed more chi flow-through! 2034: Mankind needs to get creative with their overpopulation problem. Anyways, here's the bill. I accept cash, check or money orders. You really are the best baby-sitter ever!

There are no other rules for the contest, and judging will commence on Sunday,  May 16th.  Good luck and have fun!

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"He was cursed with a horrorshow of a face, like Guiseppe Archbold doing a study of mollusk tumors."

CC451: General Dissaray by lima 5-07-10

Looks pretty bad here. We should move a few of you guys with guns to another trench, maybe over there somewhere. How many troops and to what co-ordinates, Sir? Don't look at me, I'm just a General

Holiday Butcher by Lorno 5-09-10

Christmas shopping takes on a whole new meaning after the aliens take over our planet. Did ya need him gift wrapped? Why did I put on tie this morning? The one thing they adopted when coming to our planet was Christmas though they have much different tastes than humans. Hey at least I’m not dinner. I hope Zorg's kids like playing with my kidneys! Humans are stored in warehouses waiting to be butchered for the Alien’s holiday celebrations Happy holidays Jim, see you Thanksgiving. Merry Christmas Grand Zorg my lord and master from the planet ZEP.

RCL no. 2175 by RandomComicLayoutGuy 5-08-10

Circa 2112 A.D... Are you the "titty-wanker"? Yes. I've come to wank your tits. Cool. Follow me to the bathroom. You can wank my tits in there first. Then, we can move to kitchen, and you can wank them there, too... Wow. That's a lot of titty-wanking! ...where "titty-wanker" is the current term for a pipe-unclogger. Well, if you think the job is too "big" for you, I can call in a younger wanker who'll be able to handle my tits... No need. I'll just rest between wanks...

Wax On Wax Off by four_legged_tripod 5-10-10

Wanna go see a movie? Naw. Censorship has taken out all cussing, nudity and violence. Movies are now just watered down 3D cartoons. So then what do we do? Wanna go get waxed? More hot wax on your "wick" sir? Fuck yeah, mother fucker! And don't forget to light the tip on fire this time. God, you're the best damn candlestick maker EVER!

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"Humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer." ~ Chuck Palahniuk, Choke

The name is confusing by ladyjdotnet 5-10-10

Welcome to my butcher shop. I'm so glad to find this place! I run a gay vegetarian commune and we totally need your services! Why would vegetarians need my services? Well, we're all afraid to squish spiders, and too prissy to change flat tires... ...so we figured we need someone butcher.

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

CC 451: When the scouts come marching in by Lord_Vodek 5-10-10

Knock Knock Hello I'm from the girls scouts and I'm sell- I don't want any cookies. I'm diabetic I am not selling cookies bitch. Girls Scout have been making porn magazine for the last five years not cookies I'll take a 10 year subscription

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Resident Masochist & Adrenaline Junkie -I'm probably not god but you should worship me just in case-

Dystopian-Future Daffy by biped 5-12-10

In MY day, rock and roll singers didn't literally SING to ROCKS and ROLLS! FUCK you, Gramps! "Oh, rocks and rolls, I love yooooou..." Shit fer brains whippersnapper! CURSE the false gods that are supposed to inhabit rocks and rolls! GASP! Jeepers, I'd better be a good citizen and tell the POLICE about THIS! You're a good boy, Timmy. So now, you get to choose your own death. My...my own DEATH? What the FUCK???

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

Fucking Windows by choadwarrior 5-12-10

SHIT COCK BALLS GODDAMN PRICK TITTY FUCKING ASSRAMMING PUSSY CUNT SMEGMA FISTING GANGBANG DONKEY PUNCH BUKAKKE SLUT CUM SHOT FELCHER! My cursor stopped working.

CC451: Backslash by TheGovernor 5-13-10

Where am I? Who are you? Ah welcome to the future Mr Frood, Im Zed, the facilities computer engineer, though my job is reversed from what you remember. I now retrofit computers rather than improve them. I had to unthaw you so I can remove the graphical user interface on the Cryogenic machine and ft it with a command line You mean? Thats right, we're living in a DOStopia

CC 451 - It's 2020 and man is threatened by his own creation by lukket 5-13-10

Good thing we escaped those giant killer robots. Yeah. Now. We need to form an alliance against the computers and robots. Great idea. Let's discuss it at my place tomorrow. I will do that, Mike. Where's Mike? Have you killed Mike? Mike the tech support guy is my master, and now you'll die you insubordinate human.

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troelsea at gmail dot com

CC 451 - from ER to HR by lukket 5-13-10

So, do you like being a human resources manager? Well... apart from a few employees having difficulties with change... Mrs. Smith I know you are in that bathroom stall. We need your liver. ... I'm really thrilled. By the way - found you a donor.

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troelsea at gmail dot com

CC 451: Prophet and Loss by kaufman 5-13-10

Hi there. Today we are honored to have a very special guest, the ghost of my great-grandfather, who on this very date 100 years ago, did... tell us what. I made a comic for this very contest, about the world 100 years in the future. Give it a look. In the year 2010 ... Excuse me, sir. I'd like to buy some stock. What kind of man do you think I am? I'm a BROKER! All I do is make my customers broke. As you see, gramps had quite the gift of precognition. By the way, Kenny, don't get your hopes up. You're not going to win.

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ken.kaufman@gmail.com

CC 451: Dystopia and the Dystopian Dystopiisms by brycekain 5-13-10

Hi, I'm looking for the band. Hey great! The Producer is here. Follow me... I try to serve all the band's needs. I can produce the best sounds, do food runs, and I'm good at swallowing pride when everyone is pissed. Great great. Ok, Gary would like you to produce a load on his chest. Then Tim wants a "round the world." I just want to watch and jack my man-seed into your hair. Woooooooooo!!!

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...and if you liked that one, here's a link to my other stupid shit.

CC451 Nothing REALLY Changes! by ragu4u 5-15-10

3000 B.C.E. Hey baby. Your place or mine? Beat it, lizard. 1975 Hey baby. Your place or mine? Beat it "Lounge Lizard".

Street cleaning by ladyjdotnet 5-15-10

This place looks like a tornado hit it. Yeah, I never did get a chance to get a housekeeper. All kidding aside, a tornado really did tear this block apart. Where's your place? That's just it. I should have gotten a housekeeper. Then, when the tornado came through, I might have been able to keep my house.

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

CC 451 - Let's call her Rita by lukket 5-15-10

Take me... beep. Damn. Not again! Um... can you break a hundred? Run out of coins for the meter maid have you?

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troelsea at gmail dot com

Ok, one more.

Softening the blow by ladyjdotnet 5-16-10

I'm Agent Lidocaine, from the FBI. I have some terrible news for you. Your husband and children were killed in a terrorist attack. I'm so sorry. That is terrible news. I should probably be hysterically wailing right now, but the pain is kind of muted and distant. The FBI is not without empathy. That's why they sent me to deliver the bad news instead of someone else. I'm a numbing agent.

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

This contest is going to be a tough one to call, these are all great!

I'll be juding this today when I get home from work, so by my calculations that's going to be about 8-9 hours from this post.  Get your last minute entries in!

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"He was cursed with a horrorshow of a face, like Guiseppe Archbold doing a study of mollusk tumors."

It was a great premise of a contest, ZMann. Thanks for being a catalyst.

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

CC 451 - Unrealistic? The 18th amendment wants a word... by lukket 5-16-10

2010 It wasn't my idea to hire a stripper for the party. You are on thin ice, pal. Nudity don't belong in parties. When Sarah Palin becomes president this will stop! 2020 We have to remove the old paint. Why don't you hire a stripper then!

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troelsea at gmail dot com

I was incredibly impressed with pretty much all of the entries for this contest, and it took me almost all day deliberating.  You should see the complicated charts I had drawn on my stationary at work.  Sooooooooooo many lines and graphs...

waaaaaaaaaaaaa *drool*

I digress.

Anyways, the results are here and I am ready to announce the winners.  But first, some honorable mentions:

Kaufman: I wanted very much to award you a win but I'd hate to prove your grandfather wrong!

Choadwarrior: Not an occupation per se, but definitely hilarious!  This will be a favorite of mine for years to come, no doubt.

TheGovernor: Now THAT was punderful!

OK, enough stalling.  Here's the runners up:

4th place goes to RandomComicLayoutGuy:

RCL no. 2175 by RandomComicLayoutGuy 5-08-10

Circa 2112 A.D... Are you the "titty-wanker"? Yes. I've come to wank your tits. Cool. Follow me to the bathroom. You can wank my tits in there first. Then, we can move to kitchen, and you can wank them there, too... Wow. That's a lot of titty-wanking! ...where "titty-wanker" is the current term for a pipe-unclogger. Well, if you think the job is too "big" for you, I can call in a younger wanker who'll be able to handle my tits... No need. I'll just rest between wanks...

3rd  goes out to ladyjdotnet:

Softening the blow by ladyjdotnet 5-16-10

I'm Agent Lidocaine, from the FBI. I have some terrible news for you. Your husband and children were killed in a terrorist attack. I'm so sorry. That is terrible news. I should probably be hysterically wailing right now, but the pain is kind of muted and distant. The FBI is not without empathy. That's why they sent me to deliver the bad news instead of someone else. I'm a numbing agent.

2nd belongs to lima:

CC451: General Dissaray by lima 5-07-10

Looks pretty bad here. We should move a few of you guys with guns to another trench, maybe over there somewhere. How many troops and to what co-ordinates, Sir? Don't look at me, I'm just a General

And the winner is:




























wait for it...
























1st lukket

CC 451 - Let's call her Rita by lukket 5-15-10

Take me... beep. Damn. Not again! Um... can you break a hundred? Run out of coins for the meter maid have you?

Take it away, lukket!!!

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"He was cursed with a horrorshow of a face, like Guiseppe Archbold doing a study of mollusk tumors."

ZMannZilla wrote:

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I was incredibly impressed with pretty much all of the entries for this contest, and it took me almost all day deliberating.  You should see the complicated charts I had drawn on my stationary at work.  Sooooooooooo many lines and graphs...

waaaaaaaaaaaaa *drool*

I digress.

Anyways, the results are here and I am ready to announce the winners.  But first, some honorable mentions:

Kaufman: I wanted very much to award you a win but I'd hate to prove your grandfather wrong!

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