The Golden Parakeet or Golden Conure,^[1] Guaruba guarouba, formerly classified as Aratinga guarouba,^[2] is a species of Neotropical parrot. Sometimes known as the Queen of Bavaria Conure,^[2] it is the only species (monotypic) in the genus Guaruba.^[3]

Its plumage is mostly bright yellow, hence its common name, but it also possesses green remiges.^[4] It lives in the drier, upland rainforests in Amazonian Brazil, and is threatened by deforestation and flooding, and also by the now-illegal trapping of wild individuals for the pet trade.^[5] It is a protected species listed on CITES appendix I.

Now that the educational portion of this contest is over, The Rules.

I am a Star Trek fan.  I have always been a star Trek fan.  Blame my dad.  I will gladly wax philosophical with you about the pros and cons of Kirk and Picard, and while I don't speak a word of Klingon it's only because I don't consider hacking and grunting by a sub-human barbarian to be "language".

Your task is as follows:

1. Use the Star Trek parody figures from the squabies cateory in your comics.


2. Only new comics.


3. Exception to Rule 2: You may present old comics next to new comics that continue an old series if context is needed.


4. If you use the red shirt, he either has to be in Engineering or he has to die.


5. No bonus points if the captain has sex with alien women.  The captain ALWAYS has sex with alien women.  Bonus points will instead be awarded if you come up with a sufficiently horrifying new space STD for the captain to contract.

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How many bonus points for that?

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I'll pick a winner this weekend.  So far "Romulan Herpes" and "Gornian Slime-whore AIDS" are worth the most bonus points, but other than that the award could go anywhere.

Except to mandingo and bigworm.  Fuck those guys.  Tenderly, like a woman should. :D

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This is a new comic.  I just flew at warp speed close to an exploding sun today, which sent me ten years into the past.  Honest!

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First off, mandingo and bigworm get the special prize (a bicycle helmet that's too small) for their contributions.

mandingo for this comic:

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and bigworm for his Poopacadoes (which are too numerous to post them all here).

Also a special mention to AA and biped for "Romulan Herpes" and "Gornian Slime-Whore Aids", respectively, with evil_d almost edging them out with "Spaceshiphillis".

But now the runners-up.

4th place goes to biped for "Balance of Error":

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I must admit that if I were an alien species that had never encountered humans, a naked Chicken dance would probably terrify me as well.

3rd place goes to RCColaman for "Bar Trek Drek":

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This would have placed higher, but the mixing of genres (the captain speaking like Yoda) really threw me off.  Excellent concept, though.

2nd place goes to evil_d for "Star Warts":

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It was a hard choice between this and the winner, especially with the clever pun-diseases and the almost-palindromic title.

But in the end 1st place, and CC487, goes to ZMannZilla and the following comic, which proves that even when disease is wiped out there will never be a cure for stupidity:

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Take it away, Z!

Guess I can't complain about being beaten by a comic I already rated "good".

you could change your rating and rage and then change it back. this is how the UN votes

I think edoggydog's comic was by far the funniest.  But, I may be biased...

First off, I'd like to say thank you for the bicycle helmet that is too small. It's painted foam-work is awe-inspiring and draws many complimentary remarks from numerous passers-by. Secondly, I have been unable to remove it from my head and I think it has been constricting  the blood flow to my brain. This might be (depending on other unknown factors which have yet to manifest themselves), a potential cause for a repeat of some natural disaster that may have already taken place at some point in the distant past... like maybe the extinction of dinosaurs.

Then a time machine would be required to rectify all that stuff so that people could just get along.

I feel I've done my part, which isn't all that I can do, but represents that portion of my actions generally referred to as 'all I'm gonna' do'.

So anyway, thanks again for the helmet. I'm going to send it right to mandingo when I manage to wrest it from the head on my 'you know what'.

PS- I have found 'wresting' with it to be quite distracting, but expect that aspect of my life to change with time, and of course... motion as well.

See you all in the next CC!

Yours in the availability of my ass,

bigworm

I  love broccoli!

Thanks!  New comic contest shortly...