I'm always concerned that I'm going to repeat a theme for a contest that has already been done. So instead of stressing about it, I've decided to do it on purpose. Looking back on past comic comps, the furthest back I could find in this forum is CC XII but in General Discussion there is still listed the rules for CC I.  Since I don't think anyone that frequents this site currently participated in CC I, I'm giving you the chance to do so now. The rules of CC I read:

In your comic you may use...

a) any pose of the exploding dog bug

b) any pose of Phillip from Goats

c) ONE (1) instance of the ghost or skeleton from kofightclub.

No other characters/props. In addition you MUST use the graveyard background for all 3 frames.

That's it. Those are the rules. Have fun!

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

[ Posted comic does not exist ]

But that's where you're wrong, my friend.

In Gabe's comic contest proposal thread, you can see me talking about All Your Base and floating the idea of setting up a Yahoo Group so we could vote on contest winners.  I'm pretty glad we didn't go that route.

Here's the comic I entered in Comic Contest #1 (it didn't win):

[Click to view comic: 'Comic Contest #1 - We all make mistakes sometimes']

I'll do my best to come up with something for this contest.  Then you can compare it to that one and decide whether I've learned anything at all about comedy in the last 13 years.

Speaking of which, did you realize that yesterday was Stripcreator's 13th birthday?  Strip #1 was posted on January 6th, 2001.

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

In the event I disappear for 2 years again, I defer my victory to evil_d, whose comic damn well deserves to win by now.

[Click to view comic: 'CC548: Also #1934!']

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"Old" is the old new.

Okay, here's my attempt.  I'd like to state for the record that I thought of the Christmas Carol parody before I saw Scyess' (excellent) strip.

[Click to view comic: 'CC548: A Little Christmas Carol']

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

evil_d wrote:

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But that's where you're wrong, my friend.

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[Click to view comic: 'Steak to the heart']

[Click to view comic: 'CC548: They Also Lined Up For Beer In Alphabetical Order']

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

[Click to view comic: 'Groovy! - "...first cock I see tonight..."']

[Click to view comic: 'RCL no. 3832']

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...... sorry, but that was good.

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

[Click to view comic: 'CC548: AS IN LIFE... SO MAY IT BE IN DEATH.']

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bigworm

[Click to view comic: 'CC548: HOW ABOUT 'GLOW-KNOBS'?']

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bigworm

[Click to view comic: 'CC 548: World's Worst NSA Agent']

I know this would have been more impressive (and unintelligible) had I entered this in CC 1, but I wasn't even on the site then.

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ken.kaufman@gmail.com

[Click to view comic: 'The Modern Promotheus?']

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ken.kaufman@gmail.com

[Click to view comic: 'CC548: PLEASE DON'T MONGER THE DEAD']

24 more hours and I'll give this CC a dirt nap. If you have a last minute entry now would be the time to submit.

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

So 24 hours has come and gone and it's time to bury this thing.

First off, I'm really happy with the response to this CC.  What I've learned is that stealing ideas from others lends to better results than relying on my own ideas. Note to self.  The other thing that I love seeing is so many comics being voted on.  I say keep it up, even for comics not enetered in contests.  Okay, enough of that. On to the winner.

There are many comics that were entered that could win this thing, but for me, I'm going with the one I actually laughed out loud when I read it and that comic belongs to TheGovernor.

It's all yours now!

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

By the mashed potato of Zeus, thanks for the nod.

Will get a new comp up soon.

cheers.