Well it's no secret that after 169 comic competitions, we're running out of ideas. I was just going to make this one identical to CC 121, but then a brilliant idea came to me... Okay, so it was actually a really stupid idea. But at least it came to me, which is really more than I can expect these days.
Here is the rule:
* Someone in your comic has a burning, stomach-churning, soul-upturning, undiscerning yearning for a stapler.
Brilliant, huh?
All right, it doesn't have to be that extreme, but someone in your comic wants a stapler pretty badly, and it must drive or add to the comic in some way. (In other words, you can't have the first panel left say, "Can I borrow a stapler?" then have the comic say no more about it.)
How's that for a comic competition? No? No, you're right. It needs a few more rules. How about these:
* At least one character in the comic must be something you don't see in reality: a pink donkey, Jesus, a talking chessboard, a lower-middle-class black female Republican, etc.
* Absolutely no references may be made to line dancing anywhere in your comic.
* Somewhere in your comic you must use either the English definite article or one of the English indefinite articles.
Judging will be either Monday afternoon sometime or whenever this contest threatens to exceed 3 pages long, whichever is sooner. Also, maybe some other time.
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.