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Scyess
December 19, 2002 12:40 PM

I didn't expect to win the last contest, so I hadn't thought of any rules.

So here's what I came up with at the last minute. Write comics that build up to something and end bathetically. For example, a comic about a valiant, hard-fought 16-month campaign for they presidency that turns out to be for the presidency of the 3rd grade class, etc. Non-sequiturs will work, too. Anything that leads to an anticlimax.

Note that BECAUSE of the rules, we're all expecting each comic to foil our expectations, so the more creatively you foil them, the better. If I see the joke coming (and we'll all be looking!) then it won't be as funny.

And, just to reign in the rules a little bit, all comics have to make at least one reference to how much disco sucks.

I also reserve the right to change this contest if these rules turn out to suck.

Judging -- I dunno. Late Sunday / early Monday. Unless I'm late, which I most likely will be. Go to it, kids.


Standard Fine Print


  • Stay away from jokes about other SC strippers and forum in-jokes such as TOBOR, wirthling sucking, Cowboy Physics, etc. They're old, they're tired, and many of them weren't funny to begin with. So even though they're technically allowed by the rules, I will not find them funny. So you will lose.
  • Go ahead and post as many entries as you want.
  • Series are welcome, but the comics will probably be judged individually.


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JrnymnNate
December 19, 2002 12:46 PM

Here's some old comics I made that did that thing...

actualy these were for a different contest. but whatever.

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Scyess
December 19, 2002 1:03 PM

CLARIFICATION

The comics have to involve not just any foiling of expectations, but a bathetic one, an anticlimax. In other words, great things are expected, but only little dinky, trivial things happen.

Okay! On with it, then.

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Bazilla
December 19, 2002 1:14 PM

108936
Oh and disco sucks! A lot!

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kaufman
December 19, 2002 1:32 PM

For my obligatory twisted pun entry, I considered a comic about someone getting clean in Athens, and one about someone dueling anticlimatically with a Musketeer, but instead chose this one ... before seeing Bazilla's on the same theme:

108942

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UnknownEric
December 19, 2002 1:44 PM

108949

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Banfi
December 19, 2002 2:32 PM

I did this before I actually read the contest, but It kinda works.

Anyways:

108903

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punkrockskaboy
December 19, 2002 2:41 PM

No one has followed all the rules yet...where is the disco people???

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kingofthehill
December 19, 2002 2:45 PM

these rules are too strict!

I'm stuck...

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punkrockskaboy
December 19, 2002 3:04 PM

108965

I seriously hope the joke in panel two isn't over everyone's head...I am proud of it!

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ArtemisStrong
December 19, 2002 3:45 PM

all right

here it is

can you feel the suspense??

This next comic I'm presenting shall be the BEST entry of the crop.

Possibly even the best comic EVER published on StripCreator.com

Perhaps.... The best cartoon in the world, ever?

Ok, so, with no further adieu, I proudly present:

One Of The Finest Pieces Of Humor Literature In Recorded Human History!!!!

108973

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punkrockskaboy
December 19, 2002 4:12 PM

Entry #2

108981

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bonwag
December 19, 2002 5:52 PM

109003

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Tpjunkie
December 19, 2002 11:13 PM

=http://www.stripcreator.com/view.php?author=Tpjunkie&ID=109053

My humble submission...burn, baby burn....IN HELL

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Tpjunkie
December 19, 2002 11:15 PM

wow I suck at posting...or maybe its my computer.

lemme try again

[url]http://www.stripcreator.com/view.php?author=Tpjunkie&ID=109053[url]

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kramer_vs_kramer
December 20, 2002 3:46 AM

I refuse to enter this contest, as disco is in fact great.

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Blackwolf
December 20, 2002 6:04 AM

109080
109081

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UnknownEric
December 20, 2002 6:10 AM

quote:
No one has followed all the rules yet...where is the disco people???
Hey, Gloria Gaynor made a guest appearance in mine. So poo-poo on you! ;)

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maddog00
December 20, 2002 9:05 AM

This counts, right?

109099
109100

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UnknownEric
December 20, 2002 12:23 PM

109127

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ObiJo
December 20, 2002 1:23 PM

109129

This comic does not have sodomy in it. This comic will never have sodomy in it.

Stop writing me letters. Stop phoning my house. I don't care how much you beg, whine, whimper. There's a place for sodomy in humor, but this comic ain't it.

This comic is a Sodomy-free Zone. This comic reads No Ass-Parking at Any Time.

For the love of christ people, let it go!

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Tpjunkie
December 20, 2002 1:28 PM

Yeah, now its a two parter. I'm sure this won't post correctly either.

109053
109130

aw i don't even care if it shows the link properly this time.

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ObiJo
December 20, 2002 1:45 PM

109133
109135

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boorite
December 20, 2002 1:47 PM

109137

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kaufman
December 20, 2002 2:03 PM

109138109140109141

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boorite
December 20, 2002 2:18 PM

109144

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kaufman
December 20, 2002 2:37 PM

109150

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kaufman
December 20, 2002 2:49 PM

Yes, this is Rule 2-compliant!

109157

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ObiJo
December 20, 2002 3:05 PM

109162

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Tasty
December 20, 2002 8:36 PM

109210

I should get props for revolving it around the Disco reference.

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punkrockskaboy
December 20, 2002 9:48 PM

109231

My best entry in this competition yet.

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papabearyg
December 21, 2002 7:58 AM

My first entries ever.

109294
109295

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akirajim
December 21, 2002 10:05 AM

109305

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akirajim
December 21, 2002 10:20 AM

109309

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papabearyg
December 21, 2002 11:28 AM

Another.

109324

Post #76578link

ObiJo
December 21, 2002 1:16 PM

109333
109334
109335
109336

Contest?

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papabearyg
December 21, 2002 4:08 PM

Okay, this is my best one yet. Not that that says anything.

109392

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theandyman
December 21, 2002 7:15 PM

109411

I didn't put anything in about disco though :(. oh maybe that's why he was gonna kill her! i don't know. :(

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User #16352
December 21, 2002 7:27 PM

109414

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User #16352
December 21, 2002 7:31 PM

109416

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User #16352
December 21, 2002 7:35 PM

109419

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User #16352
December 21, 2002 7:45 PM

109420

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TheElPaso
December 21, 2002 10:40 PM

Yay for comics that break multiple rules.

109462

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itsclark
December 22, 2002 2:56 AM

108182

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Juanwalez
December 22, 2002 6:20 AM

Just did this one, not really for this competition but it kinda fits so...

109543

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bonwag
December 23, 2002 12:01 AM

109703

Post #76713link

kaufman
December 23, 2002 6:48 AM

109733

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naz_ghul
December 23, 2002 9:01 AM

Here's my submission:

109735

Post #76719link

Scyess
December 23, 2002 9:16 AM

** BUZZ!!! ** Okay, kids, it's over! Here're the results of the contest. Take a deep breath... okay, ready? Here we go!

Comics That Made Me Chuckle

JrnymnNate's series (sorry, though; no disco!)
Bob's Discovery by Banfi (again, no disco.)
Futile attempts to win (1) by Blackwolf (what, no one read the disco rule?)
Dance of Death series by kaufman
You Want it, You Got it by punkrockskaboy (though it's not actually bathetic)
Donkeyburglar by akirajim
Merry Christmas! by ObiJo
Bathos! by Boinky33 (I liked this one a lot, but NO DISCO! ;P )
Bathos returns! by Boinky33

Comics that I Actually Considered for Winning
Scyess is my gay lover by ObiJo (lies and falsehoods, all of it!)
Hatfield vs McCoy kaufman
Random Alien Comic #278 by papabearyg
Specificity? by papabearyg

Oh, and I can't forget the
Dishonorable Mentions

kramer_vs_kramer, for liking disco and admitting it.

But there can only be one
WINNER

109127

CC 162 is all yours, UnknownEric

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User #16352
December 23, 2002 12:19 PM

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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