The strips must involve characters having personal relationships with one or more inanimate objects. The relationship can be real (the object speaks and is self-aware, as in the example), or imagined (a character takes his new Alienware out to dinner). In order to avoid 12,000 "no, mini, there is no humping the laser" type strips, one restriction is that the relationship to the inanimate object must be at least reasonably relevant to the nature of the object.

Here is an example of what I mean:

6750

Robots do not count as inanimate objects (too easy). One-offs and series are welcome; I'll judge them Thursday afternoon.

108227

I hope I did that right.

108509

108511

Good stuff so far.

Tasty - yup, that's well within the rules.

108513

Here we go...let's see if I'm getting better at this.

108516

108517

108520

108523

108524

108526

108534

Just for clarification (I was re-reading my description and noticed a vague point) - the relationship between character and object need not be romantic - though romantic relationships are just fine.

108564

No time to think of any yet, but here's one to tide y'all over:

69410

If you can parse all those quotes I put in there you're a better man than I.

Ah! But how can I beat Binky? He is god. Oh, well, I'll try anyway.
108582

Here's an old one of mine from a previous contest. Seems to fit these rules.

47932

Another golden oldie:

31549

108615
108618

quote:

---

Here is an example of what I mean:

6750

---

108651

108654

108668

It's good to recycle.
108413

108675108679

108680

Another blast from the past. I always sorta liked this one, though even I'm not sure why:
77615

And a new one or two:
108690
108694

Damn... found a typo in one of my comics. It should be fixed now:

108695

108704

108706

A second entry...let's hope its better than the first.

108689

108751

108660

108756

108808108809108810108811108812

108850

Yes. I know. Lame.

Tenuous compliance, at best.108851

There were a number of excellent entries everyone. I have listed a few below that I found particularly amusing.

Tasty - The Worst Thing Being felt up by one of the 1-800-YOURETARD spokespeople: a fate worse than death.

boinky33 - Phone Triangle "So you've gone cordless" is one of the best one-liners I've heard in a while.

Scyess - Boring People "3 million years of geothermal pressure to reach you" Geology humor isn't something one sees implemented well these days. Well done!

Kaufman - Karpov Tunnel Syndrome An excellent pun and a great turn on chess tactics.

punkrockskaboy - Bedroom Antics The fumbling bit is so accurate it sounds autobiographical.

Honorable Mentions:

Scyess' We All Know Someone Like This - Because I am that someone.

Big Evil Dan's Dummy vs. Dummy - Very amusing, but Bush is too easy a target. :P

And without further adeiu and no more fanfare, an absence of long winded preparation, speeches, ticker tape parades, dogs riding bicycles, Tango dancing monkeys or Bette Midler beatings I award Comic Contest# 160 to . . . . Scyess!

Congratulations, and good work. You have command.

HISSS!!!!!!!

A nemesis of yours, Boinky?

No.

That's what you think. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

-- *cough*... ahem...

New contest presently...

Another mention...am I doomed to get a mention in EVERY competition I enter, but never a win? *Sigh*

J/k...good show scyess

At least you GOT an honorable mention.

I really thought I could get one with mine. :-(

At least you had an idea you could enter.