The idea of this competition is to prove to me that you can write a funnier comic than those that are top rated on StripCreator.

1) Select any comic with a rating of 6 or better from the "top rated comics" on SC (the link is at the top of this page -- top rated).

2) Post the rating of the comic and the number of votes it had. (this is because they change twice a day -- dishonesty gets you banned from winning)

3) Post the original comic

4) Change only the dialogue to make it funnier and post your new comic

5) Your comic must be new and no photoshop.

6) You can name your new comic whatever the hell you want to.

Here's a bad example:
Except in the actual contest you can not update one of your own comics. It must be one written by someone else.

comic rated 6 users, score 6.67
/comics/Smarmulus/80886/

/comics/Smarmulus/323477/

In my example I didn't change the text in the first panel, but in your comic you can change all of the text or only some of it.

I know everyone will come up with great comics. This is my first chance to write a competition so if my directions are unclear feel free to call me an idiot and ask me to explain.

HAVE FUN!

8.15, 35 votes
/comics/arbi/323518/

Hey Arbi, you've got to post the comic you are improving so we can see if you are funnier than the original.
Thanks,
Smarmulus

Hey gang, just to clarify --- only the pictures have to be the same. You can add dialogue where there isn't any, you can make someone silent who is speaking in the original. You can add or remove narration.

You can make fun of the original, you can do the joke but better, or you can just use it as a template to write a completely new joke.

There's tons of things like this in the current Cowboy Physics thread (and yes, Max's original is rated 6 or higher).

I don't want to limit your creativity, and make it hard for you to be funny.

Enough of my blabbing.

Smarm, I think it might be better if you told people to change the joke/setup in some purposeful (and funny) way. If entrants don't even use similar dialogue, then there doesn't seem much point in "redoing" the comic. Or, I'm missing the point, and you need to tell me to shut up. Either way, here's mine.

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I love habnem's comic. Mine's not better -- just a variation.
/comics/habnem/163293/ 8.10 with 42 votes
/comics/umfumdisi/323574/

22 votes / 7.95

/comics/squidrabies/81090/

/comics/RandomComicLayoutGuy/323578/

I like your idea for this contest. This is the best I can do as a random comic. I guess I'll have to sit this one out, and laugh frome the sidelines

Votes: 32 Rating: 8.28
/comics/HCRoyall/309721/
/comics/TheBigJE/323617/
/comics/TheBigJE/323618/

7.71/24 votes

subtle little baby change, but it's all i got

/comics/niteowl/291082/

/comics/mandingo/323655/

I decided to remix myself a couple times.
score: 6.11 votes: 9

/comics/TheBigJE/320164/
and the remixes...
/comics/TheBigJE/323716/
/comics/TheBigJE/323715/

In my spanish one a lot of the spanish characters aren't showing up correctly me-thinks.

Not so much an "improvement" as a variation on a theme...

Original: 7.8 with 25 votes:
240420
My version:
323808

oh.
/comics/Spankling/259689/
6.15 46
/comics/arbi/323518/

quote:

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Smarm, I think it might be better if you told people to change the joke/setup in some purposeful (and funny) way. If entrants don't even use similar dialogue, then there doesn't seem much point in "redoing" the comic.

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Breakin' tha law breakin' tha law!!!...

/comics/RedfeatheR/266094/

/comics/RedfeatheR/323813/

andydougan: Rite of passage : Rated 8.24 with 34 votes

/comics/andydougan/49331/

/comics/RedfeatheR/323815/

good old God Year One stuff, via Squidrabies - 27 votes 7.78

310557

my updated version

323829

Bahaha, good one!

I am not worthy

8.27, 75 votes:
/comics/wirthling/31555/

my sequel:
/comics/lukket/323841/

7.96, 27 votes
/comics/DexX/316670/

/comics/lukket/323849/

Rating 7.08 Votes 12 User: Squidrabies

/comics/squidrabies/283884/

My Take:

/comics/NooniePuuBunny/323918/

Rated 7.92, by squidrabies:
/comics/squidrabies/283993/

And here's mine:
/comics/HCRoyall/323959/

RATED 8.1 21 VOTES

/comics/suicide_king/287888/

RATED 0 0 VOTES i suck
/comics/flipynif1/324009/

Rating 8.14 Votes 35

And of course Here's mine which is funnier!
/comics/ryanab_24/324015/

14 user votes rating 7.14
/comics/Scyess/284965/
my one
/comics/HotRodDeathToll/324640/

Original brilliance:
8.08 at 39 votes
/comics/squidrabies/283993/

My attempt:
/comics/lukket/324996/

7.93 at 29 votes
/comics/gabe_billings/4981/

320017 comics later:
/comics/lukket/324998/

Thanks for all the great submission and submissions.

Everyone should get their final entries done as I will be judging on Tuesday.

Rating: 8.11 Votes: 66
183710
325374

Rating: 7 Votes: 10
/comics/squidrabies/81845/
/comics/niteowl/325466/

Rating: 6.96 Votes: 23
/comics/BigEvilDan/225728/
/comics/niteowl/325471/

Heh...

9 at 5 votes:
/comics/finn34/323829/

My attempt at a documentary:
/comics/lukket/325485/

quote:

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Rating: 7 Votes: 10

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I have a difficult task at hand, and I have to judge this contest. Thanks to everyone who participated. In a fair world everyone would win as you are all very funny. But fuck fair.

In order of appearance, Honorable mentions go to:
Arbi, a true life hero fighting the good fight to keep the internet annonymous and free of censorship, for A PLAME ATTEMPT

Umfumdisi for the hilarious CUBICLES, which was a in strong consideration for the win

TheBigJE for I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS CHEATING which makes me laugh no matter how many times I read it

Lukket made several very funny entries. My favorite is NAILED THAT ONE

HotRodDeathToll for A SCYESS TRIBUTE

and NITEOWL for STRIPCREATOR, THE VIDEO GAME which was also a strong contender for the win.

Drumroll please...
AND THE RUNNER UP is finn34 for a comic which made it to the top rated list itself (thus justifying this competition, and so funny it may become an injoke in it's own rite)
/comics/finn34/323829/

THE WINNER IS a man who knows all about dry, chapped lips (and who should consider lubrication or foreplay in the future) RedfeatheR
/comics/RedfeatheR/323815/

Thanks everyone. Feather will be the judge and jury for CC306.

I thank thee Smarms. Will post in the next 24 hours. I don't know how I have won two CC's thus far. Poo Poo is shit in baby talk btw...

"Booboo" is what I called an ouchy when I was teh baby. Others called it a "Bobo". "Bobo" was the word I used for my penis. My mom was the one who started it's use. She obviously had no brothers. I asked my Dad what he would have had me call my penis as a baby. He said, "I would've said to call it your dick."

-- red