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ZMannZilla
September 16, 2011 10:35 PM

From Wikipedia:

The number 58 was commonly associated with misfortune in many civilizations native to either Central America or Southern America. Due to their beliefs in the original 58 sins, the number came to symbolize curses and ill-luck. Aztec oracles supposedly stumbled across the number an unnaturally high number of times before disaster fell.

And so we have our premise: create a ONE-PANEL COMIC that shows a character dealing with misfortune.  It could be a "from bad to worse" scenario, or a character making the most of a misfortune, whatever.  Basically, do one panel on the subject of one character's misfortune.

SPECIAL SECRET BONUS PRIZE:
I am thinking of a celebrity, a certain time period, and an item made of glass.  If your comic contains one or more of the exact hidden items I'm thinking of, you will be placed in the "automatically wins" pile.  In the event of multiple people in this pile, the tie will be broken based on funniest comic.

What follows is a modest example.  It contans none of the things I'm thinking of.

/comics/ZMannZilla/527613/

Judging will happen whenever there's enough entries, or I really just don't feel like waiting anymore.

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bigworm
September 20, 2011 3:00 PM

/comics/bigworm/527826/

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bigworm
September 20, 2011 3:24 PM

/comics/bigworm/527827/

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bigworm
September 30, 2011 9:39 AM

/comics/bigworm/528478/

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bigworm
October 1, 2011 10:42 AM

/comics/bigworm/528512/

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akihiko
October 2, 2011 6:03 PM

残念私は私が英語を読むことができないのでそんなに悩みを有している

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attitudechicka
October 5, 2011 8:50 PM

You down with OPC? Yeah you know me

/comics/attitudechicka/528758/

 

I don't really know if I followed the rules, I just wanted an excuse to make this comic and use the line preceeding it. Appologies if it's been done before as it's really obvious (and I'm referring to both the comic and the line).

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Beeko180
October 5, 2011 11:26 PM

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four_legged_tripod
October 7, 2011 1:28 PM

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HCRoyall
October 7, 2011 4:19 PM

/comics/HCRoyall/401134/

/comics/HCRoyall/503067/

So they're old.  You didn't say I couldn't use them!

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ZMannZilla
October 15, 2011 1:34 PM

Excellent entries all.  It is now my misfortune that I must bring this contest to an end.  First, I'll reveal the three things I was thinking of:

Celebrity: Vin Diesel
Time Period: The future
Glass object: a glass

So, basically, a comic about Vin Diesel getting hyper-cancer after drinking a glass of polluted water from the year 2099 would have been a cinch to win.

The winning comic was not about any of these things (although there is a bit of a Vin Diesel reference I guess), but still, its simplicity won me right over:

/comics/attitudechicka/528758/

Attitudechicka, OPC 59 is yours!

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attitudechicka
October 23, 2011 11:22 AM

Thanks. Sorry it took me so long, been doing a lot of overtime. New contest starts now, ends when I can find time to get  back.

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