Good news. Bad News. Bad news, my server was out all day due to periodic maintenance, so I'm late with my results. Good news, it gave me extra time to decide the winner. And it wasn't easy. There were a lot of great strips to choose from.
The ones I really liked included:
For the record, I would have also accepted: heater, greaser, or rod in place of gat.
[Click to view comic: 'These 3 Blind Mice Aint Runnin'']
Hey, I'm a sucker for strips containing Spankling!
[Click to view comic: 'CC80: Hi-yo Silver!']
Well weren't the function of chidren's stories originally as precautionary tales?
[Click to view comic: 'cc80: Storytime']
Now who doesn't think Spankling would a great babysitter?
[Click to view comic: 'CC80: A good influence']
Defensive was always my favorite drawf.
[Click to view comic: 'CC80: Snow White, mind you, Snow Black either!']
Stick it to the mouse!
[Click to view comic: 'CC 80: Three blind mice...and two ducks, and a dog...']
Spontaneous combustion, I mean honorable mention to the following strippers:
Bogart - Good use of a relatively obscure nursery rhyme.
Namgubed - Nice filthy strip - I like.
Dexx - A good extended version of one of my favorite Maurice Sendak book
But there can only be one winner, and that winner is:
[Click to view comic: 'cc80: Storytime']
Congratulations ObiJo. And thanks to all those strippers who submitted to me.
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