In this contest, we'll pay homage to one of the artists who has so generously allowed us to use his characters in our comics -- by ripping him off. (Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right?)

Back in 1999, Goats ran a five-issue miniseries entitled "Toothgnip's Believe It or Bite Me!", at least partly a parody of "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" Here are links to the strips:

http://www.goats.com/archive/990712.html
http://www.goats.com/archive/990713.html
http://www.goats.com/archive/990714.html
http://www.goats.com/archive/990715.html
http://www.goats.com/archive/990716.html

And here's an episode I wrote back in February:

http://www.stripcreator.com/view.php?ID=3682

Your task is to write yet another episode of this series. To wit:

1. Toothgnip (any pose) must appear in your comic at least once.

2. Toothgnip must reveal at least one interesting piece of trivia (true or false) in the comic.

Those are the only two elements I think you really have to have in order to make the strip consistent with the series -- everything else (including the running "your mom" joke) is optional. As long as you get those things in there, your strip is legal. Beyond that, you can keep in the spirit of the series, or branch off and do your own thing -- whatever lets you write the funniest strip.

As usual, all are welcome to join, especially newbies and lurkers. Multiple entries are permitted (encouraged, even), but multiple crappy entries are inadvisable. Photoshopped entries are right out -- only unadulterated Strip Creator work, please.

The deadline for submission is 10:00 PM EDT on Sunday, August 26th. A winner will be named within a few hours of that time. To that lucky contestant will fall the task of creating, organizing, and judging the next Comic Contest.

Good luck to all. Now let's see some comedy.

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

[Click to view comic: 'CC 56: We saw this coming a mile away...']

i suppose i should apologize now, as it would be rampantly silly to post another reply just to apologize, so... umm, sorry.

[Click to view comic: 'C.C. LVI: AMAZING!!']

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- christ@myself.com - fuck a cat, kill yourself - my alter ego has five stars

A weak first effort, but I plan to have a think and make a better one by Sunday...

[Click to view comic: 'CC LVI: StripCreator Believe It or Bite Me!']

Speaking of dodgy art, I only just noticed how odd Gabe's visible hand looks... oh, and Toothgnip's stool has transparent legs.

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This signature has performed an illegal operation and has been shut down.

[Click to view comic: 'CC 56: Believe it or Bite me!']

Here's my entry:

[Click to view comic: 'Believe it or Bite Me']

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FPD is the foremost plague on discussion boards. Do your part to stomp out FPD.

You wound me, good sir!

If I had a barstool with transparent legs, I would put wheels on the bottom of those legs, and ride it around everywhere. Then people would think I was flying about on the seat of a stool. That would be cool.

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

[Click to view comic: 'CC56: Believe it or What']

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This is not my empire.

You wound me, good sir!

If I had a barstool with transparent legs, I would put wheels on the bottom of those legs, and ride it around everywhere. Then people would think I was flying about on the seat of a stool. That would be cool.

Hey, I say it was high time you did.

Actually, if stool were to have legs, regardless of their transparancy, that should be a warning sign to the person from which the stool came that something is very very wrong.

[Click to view comic: 'True Bible Stories: Believe It or BURN IN HELL!!!']

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

[Click to view comic: 'CC 56: Amazing Goat Sex -- I mean FACTS!']

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"You'll burn for this. Burn in jail!"

[Click to view comic: 'All True']

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

[Click to view comic: 'CC56: Believe it or...ah, you know.']

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"I'm gonna give you cancer." "...what are you, a cellphone?"

So close, and yet so far from winning the Pokemon contest. Well, anyway...

This one might be funny. I'm not sure.

[Click to view comic: 'CC 56: Believe it or bite me']

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"Only things I approve of should exist." -some guy on the internet

[Click to view comic: 'No Contest']
And not an entry. Also no insult intended, anyone.

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

wow--neovid, spankling... i'm... honored?

oh yeah... it wasn't so much "bragging" as "i'll reveal any amount of personal information to win a contest." i guess i've been playing too much tony hawk with my fiancee--the competitive edge is seeping through.

huh huh. i said "seeping." (:

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- christ@myself.com - fuck a cat, kill yourself - my alter ego has five stars

[ Posted comic does not exist ]

Oh yeah.... and if Brad could
delete comic 31378, I'd appreciate it, yo.

fuck yourself, kill a cat

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I wanted my half in the middle and I wound up on the edge.

apparently, i haven't recovered from my hangover--judging from the typo in panel 3.

[Click to view comic: 'C.C. LVI redux: AMAZINGER!!']

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- christ@myself.com - fuck a cat, kill yourself - my alter ego has five stars

one strip for my first CC, two for my second...

[Click to view comic: 'C.C. LVI finale: ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE!']

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- christ@myself.com - fuck a cat, kill yourself - my alter ego has five stars

quote:

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[ Posted comic does not exist ]

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gabe--to whom is that addressed? is something wrong with one of my links? (god forbid)...

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- christ@myself.com - fuck a cat, kill yourself - my alter ego has five stars

oh... nevermind. i figured it out, via my amazing powers of deduction. or something.

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- christ@myself.com - fuck a cat, kill yourself - my alter ego has five stars

I think we have a winner there, Gabe! I can't believe what that little red 'X' is doing to your mom!

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"You'll burn for this. Burn in jail!"

quote:

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I think we have a winner there, Gabe! I can't believe what that little red 'X' is doing to your mom!

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What? You guys can't see that comic? You're kidding, right?

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.