Ever work on an entry to a contest that you don't enter for some reason? Perhaps because it doesn't conform to the rules, but you liked the idea anyway and went ahead with the comic? Like this one of mine in the Star Wars thread, for example, that lacks the required cameo?

Star Wars II: Anakin Goes Bad by kaufman 1-25-02

Yoda about Anakin worried be. He years of teen entering, dark side slippage likely Obi Wan. Relax, I've got it all under control. It's a well-disciplined training program. Nothing will go wrong. Okay, you're pretty good with the light saber, but what if you and your worst enemy are alone in an empty room? What then? That's easy. I use the Force to pull nails out of the walls and plunge them into my rival, pinning him to whatever's available, and then I vaporize his clothes. Like this. HEY! YOU LET ME DOWN RIGHT THIS INSTANT! Sorry, gotta run off to Andromeda for a moment. Catch you later!

Or because the contest ended before you got this idea that you had to nonetheless put into the archive? Like this:

A Day Late, A Dollar Short by kaufman 1-24-02

Whoops. Premature ejaculation ... ... is punishable by decapitation. Burma Shave.

Anyway, this thread is for you. Submit all that nice flotsam that couldn't be entered, but you want to share with the world anywy.

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I was Frosty in the Mystery Contest. Here's an alternate entry I thought up for the final round. But I still prefer the "Don't Drown the Animals Act" one that I entered.

Drowning by Frosty 1-19-02

Help me! I can't swim! It's three feet of water. You can stand up. Killjoy.

And here's a comic I had in mind since I created the character. I think it's brilliant, and though I don't expect many people would agree, I would have entered it anyway if I'd ever gotten a set of rules that would have allowed it. Many of the potential rules for the final round were likely candidates. If only wirthling hadn't immediately trashed the flashback rule.

How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Frosty 1-23-02

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

Another day-late-dollar-short job:

CC 115: Unclear on the Concept by kaufman 4-24-02

Of course I know where Elvis is. He's still living at Graceland. Want proof? Let me show you this letter I sent, addressed to Elvis Presley, Graceland, Memphis TN, USA. See? It came back marked RETURN TO SENDER!

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I would have entered this strip in Comic Cup 9, if I'd been a competitor.

You want some? by evil_d 6-19-02

Psst! Hey, kid! You want some of these? How about you, officer? You want some? They're tasty and cheap! Jeez... if they didn't want to buy any Priest Scout Cookies, they should have just said so.

Come on! Priest Scout Cookies! It's funny!

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

Hmm... this thread just gave me an idea. I like entering comic contests, I just don't like winning and running one. So, from now on I'm going to preface my non-entries with NaE.

And when someone asks what's NaE, I'll say that's only for the initiated! And the initiated will only be those who read this thread! And then

[b]then

THEN[/b]

maybe she'll love me.

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I ate a hooker half a bottle of knife.

Judges are bastards. You'll win anyway if they feel like it.

Your safe bet is to post your NaEs here.

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Okay, but if anyone tries to award me anything, I'm kicking some ass.

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I ate a hooker half a bottle of knife.

You don't have to go to that extreme!
I do love you!
NaE: Not always Evil

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

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I would have entered this strip in Comic Cup 9, if I'd been a competitor.
Come on! Priest Scout Cookies! It's funny!

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The priest scout idea does have a lot of potential. We can throw together stuff like this:

A night Out with the Priest Scouts by kaufman 6-21-02

All right, boys. It's time to work on your fire-building skills. Yippee! Yeah, I can't wait to toast some marshmallows. Not a campfire, you ninny. We're going to burn a bush.

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