I am always grateful to have an opportunity to run a competition, especially after thinking my winning entry probably didn't get a single laugh. With that thought in mind, the topic this time around is to create a comic where one of the characters is somehow caught off guard or completely surprised by something that happens or is told to them. Other than that, there are no specific requirements to follow.

I'll try to keep the judging timeframe for this one at about a week. Good luck everybody!

CC 703: "Careful what you wish for..." by atomiclunch 9-27-18

Hey TK! How about a movie and dinner? Deb, what's 'Lunch doing here? Doesn't he have his own place? Now Rags, he's hitting on my sister, Tastykake. Again. It's kinda cute, though. Sure, sounds fab! I'll be ready at 8. YA- *urk* Whaddaya know, 23rd time IS the charm. defibrillator, please

RCL no. 6360 by RandomComicLayoutGuy 9-27-18

There he was... A young boy, wandering throughout my parish. Alone. Defenseless. Then, what happened? I asked him where he lives and made sure he got home unmolested, of course. So, you never laid a hand on him, Father McFeely? Were you not paying attention? I only said he got home unmolested. I wish I could say I never saw that coming in order to qualify for this comic contest, but I can't!

CC:703 "Excuse Me?" by Makin_d_bacon 9-28-18

Why can't you reporters leave me alone? What's with the disguise, Judge Kavanaugh? I've been receiving death threats, you twit! I suppose you feel they're coming from Ford supporters? Probably! That F-150 crowd has never liked us Rolls-Royce types! Excuse me???

RCL no. 6363 by RandomComicLayoutGuy 9-29-18

...and then what'd she say? Something about having her whole life ahead of her, blah, blah, blah... It was hard to under-stand her with all that wailing. I guess she never saw it coming. Nope. I suppose no one ever sees it coming. Which brings us to you...

Domestic Squab by atomiclunch 9-29-18

She says "mm hm, I SAW you cattin' around with that skank, Sar-deen!" Then she wacked me with an iron skillet, put my boxers on me and threw me out! Uh, that's a roast chicken, Earl, not your boxers. Did not see that coming. So look, you got 20 buc- You don't see ANYTHING coming!

Groovy! - Blindman: SUPERHERO?? by edoggydog 9-29-18

We now go to Phil McCracken inter-viewing superhero Blindman at the scene of the dirty bomb attack... Groovy! Blindman, why do you think you were unable to prevent this tragedy from happening? I never saw it coming! Well, there you have it... Back to you in the studio.

Groovy! - Chen gets his motherfuckin' ass kicked AGAIN! by edoggydog 9-30-18

Hey, man... When you were sitting in your car earlier, why did you lock the doors when I approached you? Are you some kind of racist? My car did that... Not me! Your car? Yeah... I programmed it to automatically lock the doors when-ever niggers are close by. This time, it wasn't my wife! Groovy!

A Christmas Story: The Remake by atomiclunch 9-30-18

AAAAH! AH! AH! AAAAHHHH! Look kid, I don't know why you're so upset. It's all fixed, now. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!! Get a load of this ungrateful brat! AAAHHC OO! AAC! What?! Most people just pour some warm water on the tongue and it comes right off of the flagpole.

Real Life: Trump Card by four_legged_tripod 10-03-18

How many times do I need to remind you to take out the trash? It's like the only chore you have. I got caught up playing Fortnite. It's not like the trash is going anywhere. If you don't have all the trash taken out in the next 15 minutes, I'm selling your console, shutting down the internet, charging you a portion for the electric bill, I'll... Okay, okay. I'm going. Sheeze! Huh. I guess if we just treat our kids like Trump treats the rest of the world, it actually works.

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

RCL no. 6371 by RandomComicLayoutGuy 10-04-18

Did you have sex with the babysitter last night? Hmmmmmmm? Will I be in trouble if I say yes? No. Then, yes. So, what was it like fucking your sister? She needs to work on her gag reflex.

The moment has come to wrap this one up. Plenty of good entries this time around but the winning comic goes to atomiclunch for "A Christmas Story: The Remake" as that would be one worth checking out over the holidays. Congrats, the next competition is yours.

The good news. by atomiclunch 10-10-18

What's up, Phil? It seems you won the contest. Yay! How are the rank and file handling it? Well, Ragu_d_bacon's swearing and RCLG claims nobody saw it coming, including you. Did you see it coming? Totally! Now I just need to think of a contest idea. Do me a solid and drop off that cash, please? Sure thing. Neo11's place, right?