Thanks, Lara!
Let's see... last I looked, the Dow Jones and Nasdaq were plummeting like a teaspoon-full of nuetronium through the earth's mantle. Aside from serious chain-gang time for the fraudulent accounting crooks, we need a fresh wave of innovation to resuscitate world markets. That's why:
I want one of your characters to invent something.
Have no fear that your invention will be judged on arbitrary criteria such as utility or merit. This is real life, baby! Reward for your toil and effort will depend on the passing amusement of a moronic consumer base (me). And since I'm such a fickle consumer, you should adhere to the following rules:
* Your comic should be identifiably set in the future.
How you accomplish this is up to you, but creativity will be rewarded.
* It must be a new comic.
Innovation and all that.
* The inventor character must be a talking animal.
Duh -- This is the future after all.
Judging will be Friday night (around 9:00 P.M. EST, if that helps). Tinker away.
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"You'll burn for this. Burn in jail!"