A is for Amy who fell down the stairs.
B is for Basil assaulted by bears.
C is for Clara who wasted away.
D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh.
E is for Ernest who choked on a peach.
F is for Fanny sucked dry by a leech.
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Thus begins Edward Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies, a charming illustrated poem about how 26 children meet gruesome untimely dooms. If you haven't had the pleasure of experiencing the whole thing, you can find an online copy here.

Anyway, we can see that the poem has the following characteristics:

1. It has an even number of lines.
   
2. Each pair of lines rhymes.
   
3. Each line begins with a successive letter of the alphabet, and takes the form letter is for word starting with that letter, followed by some descriptive text.

There is one difference between your poem and Mr. Gorey's: Rather than each line being an obituary, each line must be a Rule, such as you see in these comic contests.

You must then submit, along with your poem, a comic compliant with the rules you made.

For example, I whipped this one off:

...D is for Death who's claiming a squirrel.
...E is for Elephant on an alien world.
...F is for Fifteen syllables in the title.
...G is for Grassy -- this background is vital.

50076

You'll be judged on humor and creativity, but hardly at all on meter and quality of rhymes. You can expect to hear back from me 78 hours from now with a winner.

I have no life.

A - Asian girls, both must appear
B - boorite, holding his beer.
C - cornholing, done not by Tobor
D - Dpor's sexy penis, referenced by Dpor.
E - End, same as the start
F - five, amount (of dollar, not of fart!)
G - gay, which someone must be
H - hell, the last background you'll see.
I - inaccuracy about someone's race
J - jacking off, which must take place.
K - Kaufman, name in the title and only that section
L - language other than English dialection.
M - mind, one must be changed (yet remain in the head)
N - Nike, whose slogan is said.
O - ovulation, but no PMS
P - prize of five dollez!
Q - Quayle, whose spelling you'll find
R - room, of the bed kind.
S - sucky, two characters' occupation
T - trees, background used in moderation.
U - uppers (drugs, dumbfuck)
V - victory, the goal of the girls, wish them good luck!
W - "wank off", I must use this phrase
X - x-ray, to detect an AIDS phase.
Y - yellow, the color of narration the third
Z - zoo, where the end occured.

50142
Go me!

A is for animal, one must appear.
B is for blue, which a character must wear.
C is for country, to which one must be reffered
D is for doll, whose talking must be heard.
E is for ear, only one per panel we may see.
F is for fingers, must be a multiple of three.
G is for girls and guys, the males must equal the females.
H is for human, one per panel that entails.
I is for I, to themselves a character should have referred.
J is for joined, two panels must be merged.
K is for killing, which a character must have done.
L is for lonely, the characters per panel must not exceed one.
M is for movie, of any type that one would see.
N is for nothing, one empty panel there must be.
O is for outside the panel all must face.
P is for position, the right side is the place.
Q is for quickly, a deadline must draw near.
R is for RAAR, like what Tobor would make you hear.
S is for smiles the characters will wear today.
T is for tall, the height limit must be exceeded by what one has to say.
U is for upset, it must be one of those angry days.
V is for voice, which someone must raise.
W is for wall, the fourth one must be broke.
X is for XXX, no sexual references must be spoke.
Y is for youth, there must be a child.
Z is for zesty, eat some mexican food--which is mild.

50165

a is for a man who must be in the strip
b is for brialant strip, it must not be a tip
c is for crazzy, a charictar is mad
d is for dipresed, he is all so sad
e is for elafant must be in one time
f is for fuck the name that is mine
g is for goock, the asain girl must be in
h is for hoar, same as abbove, Jim!!
i is for intaggar, thare must be a number
j is for joke there has to be a funy one somwhare
k is for kastraited, one charictar must be
l is for lake, wich you can see
m is for mad, a charictar is crazy
n is for 9, thare has to be 9 in the strip dont be lazzy
o is for officar of poleece, thats a charictars job
p is for post women, thats an other charicatars job
q is for queen, a charictar is gay and proud
r is for rape, no rapping aloud!!
s is for sex non of thgat hear!!
t is for the devil, hes in hear
u is for unckell, some one is some ones unckell
v is for vere in hel!!, we have to see hell
w is for what, that word shold be some whare
x is for xray we shold see throgh some ones skin and hare
y is for why, that word shold also be in it
z is for zuperb, the strip must not make you want to bin it
hear we go!!50196

A is for Asiangirl1 on the rag,
B is for Background that forms a French flag,
C is for Cornholed by Tobor the Great,
D is for Death, who arrived a bit late.
50113

E is for Elf who is bearing a gift,
F is for Flight through a space-time rift,
G is for Gohan from Dragonball Z
H is for "Holocaust Hits NYC".
50234

K is for Kaufman, knee deep in shit,
L is for laxative, that just won't quit,
M is for mistake, that our heroine maked,
N is for narration, cuz the plot's half-baked.

50257

O is for Orgasm, to a child be explained
P is for Parent, Spankling's the name
Q is for Quote, just one, no more
R is for Rules, ignore all four

50270

A is for Alcyonae , whiny and Gothic
B is for Biscuit which Andy Makes Toxic
C is for Crabby with comics amazin.
D is for Dougan , stalked by young Kajun.
E is for Entry , with Tobor , in Eric.
F is for Fuzzyman , no picture , generic.

50317

I vote for Namgubed

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Well I didnt see anywhere to sign up to be a judge on this one so I assumed it was open to anyone who wanted to, like all the forum users

A is for Asimov's laws of robotics, which all robots must obey.
B is for Bog, whose name someone must say.
C is for Cute, which someone must be.
D is for DexX, whose artwork we must see.
E is for Explodingdog, whose robot must appear.
F if for Fire, which someone must fear.
G is for Grey, which must be in the cast.
H is for Human, which someone must have been in the past.
I is for Ireland, where the strip must take place.
J is for a Jerkcity character with a weird face.
K is for a Koshka, which someone must hold.
L is for a Lesson, which must be told.
M is for a Machine who lives as a freak.
N is for Nadsat, which someone must speak.
O is for the Ocean, which must be seen.
P is for a Person, who must be mean.
Q is for Queerness, which someone must extole.
R is for Red Robot, who must not cornhole.
S is for a Spaceman someone has caught.
T is for Tobor, the big Red Robot.
U is for Ulster, in the north of Erin.
V is for a Villain who is also a woman.
W is for a Woman who got a second chance to live.
X is for Xenophobia as the villain's motive.
Y is for the Youthfulness of our villainess.
Z is for Zealotry that ends in a mess.

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50332

A is for Apple, there must be none of those
B is for Black, all backgrounds must be this without a hose
C is for cat, none of these
D is for Dead, no dead people especially on trees
E is for Effort, as little as possible must be used
F is for Firemen, these must be refused
G is for Gabe, he must not appear
H is for Horse, it must not be here
I is for Igloo, are not a choice
J is for Job, no-one can have one including Boyce
K is for Kat, incorrect spellings are disallowed
L is for Loud, no words must be said a loud
M is for Midget, no mocking of small people
N is for Nerds, these are disallowed clever people
O is for Oxygen, it must not be visible
P is for Pig, it must be invisible
Q is for Quiet, the comic must be this
R is for Rattlesnake, it cannot hiss
S is for Sex and Swearing, disallowed because kids are reading
T is for Tools, no garden tools, they are for seeding
U is for Utopia, cannot be in comic
V is for Violin, cannot be used to play with a dick
W is for Water, none of this can flood
X is for X-ray, Not allowed along with mud
Y is for Yemen, not in any slot
Z is for Zebra, any cannot be a slut

50271

A is for Apple
B is for Banana
C is for Carrot
D is for Donkey
E is for Egg
F is for Freckles

50337

A is for AssHuge who worships Mr_Jass
B is for Bobby Hill who worships Mr_Jass
C is for Crap who worships Mr_Jass
D is for Dexter and also for Deedee who worship Mr_Jass
E is for Emily Dick-in-son who worships Mr_Jass
F est pour la France qui adore Mr_Jass
G is for Gabe who worships Mr_Jass
H is for Hooker who worships Mr_Jass
I is for Ivy who worships Mr_Jass
J is for Jim Bob who worships Mr_Jass
K is for Kitty who worships Mr_Jass
L is for Lex Luger who worships Mr_Jass
M is for Martian who worships Mr_Jass
N is for Nobody who doesn't worship Mr_Jass
O is for Oliver Clozoff who worships Mr_Jass
P is for Pedantic who worships Mister Jass
Q is for Quaker who worships Mr_Jass
R is for Raini who worships Mr_Jass (then guzzles cum)
S is for Shi Thead who worships Mr_Jass
T is for Tobor who worships Mr_Jass
U is for Uncle Skabby who worships Mr_Jass
V is for Victory who worships Mr_Jass
W is for Wirthling who worships Mr_Jass
X is for xpacwhoisnotallowedtoworshipmrjass
Y is for YumYumCum who worships Mr_Jass
Z is for Zi Thead, Shi's brother, who worships Mr_Jass

50340

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Well I didnt see anywhere to sign up to be a judge on this one so I assumed it was open to anyone who wanted to, like all the forum users

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N is for Night, day's other aspect,
O is for Opposite, of what you expect,
P is for Plot, where you put your graves,
R is for Rohypnol, like you get at raves,
S is for Spankling, who plays everyone's fool,
T is for Tobor, who has a really big tool.

50410

A is for Aaaaay, as the Fonz used to say.
B is for Bee, who might be gay.
C is for C, a language to program in.
D is for Dee, a beautiful woman.
E is for Eeeeeeee, as a woman might cry.
F is for the F word, which is not for your eye.
G is for Gee, as one might exclaim.
H is for Hentai, which is not the same.
I for I, the author of this strip.
J is for Jay, a guy Dee thinks is a dip.
K is for Kay, one of Dee's best friends.
L is for L' the definite article before a vowel in French.
M is for M, the Roman numeral one thousand.
N is for 'N, a contraction of and.
O is for Oh, a mild exclamation.
P is for Pee, which is urination.
Q is for a Queue that seems to go to Mars.
R is for Arrrrrrrrrrgh!, which has so many r's.
S is for Sew, a needle pulling thread.
T is for Tea, a drink with jam and bread.
U is for U, who will be reading this alive.
V is for V, the Roman numeral five.
W is for a W particle, 80 times heavier than a proton.
X is for X, the Roman numeral ten.
Y is for the Y, where you might meet a creep.
Z is for Z, which you catch many of when you sleep.

50458

A is for anal, a hole for to rape
B is for billings carrying tape
C is for cat curled up in an arm
D is for donkey who sounds the alarm
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F is for Fanny sucked dry by a leech.

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F is for Fanny sucked dry by a leech.

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Some people take cunnilingus way too far.

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No, felching is something else entirely.

Exactly. So are fannies in the new world.

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So when do I get my go?

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So when do I get my go?

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Your answer is found in what I already said. When you win a contest, you get to start and judge the next contest.

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i just realised how much more that made me look like skabby, especially after the posting in read my damn comics

i would just like to make a public announcement that i am not the skrabbyfirefly dude

I believe you. Really.

Me too.

The whole alter-ego thing is going to far.

Merely trying to navigate this labyrinth of aliases and multiple personalities makes my head spin.

Is this still a competition?

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By my count there's just under 6 hours left.

Then make haste! For the judging is in but 6 hours!

and if your name is jeff and youre thinking of opening a shop specialising in capes, think long and hard about the name 'Jeff's Capes'!

I'm glad to see somebody got the reference.

L is for Looser, which this guy is
M is for Macho, which he's not; he probably couldn't shoot jizz.
N is for Nerd, his style of clothes
O is for Old, the idea, scheme, and theme I chose.
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oops, thats supposed to say "loser", not "looser", sorry.

*cough*confusing identities*cough*

What a feeb. Who would do such a thing!

(By the way, my only other ID has been cheryl_bork, who is getting spanked in the masquerade contest.)

Bronze is for fuck, despite comics rankling,
Silver's for Kajun Firefly, please send some lubricant to Spankling.
Honorable mention is for all who entering these cowboys resisted ...

50963

But First Place is for fpd for two both creative and twisted!

i thoght i had a good chance that time, oh wel back to the old drowin bored

yes, yes, yes!!!

SILVER!!!

HOORAY!!!

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L is for Looser, which this guy is
M is for Macho, which he's not; he probably couldn't shoot jizz.
N is for Nerd, his style of clothes
O is for Old, the idea, scheme, and theme I chose.
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