Meet us down at the crop circle and save a dance for Piltdown Man and the FeeJee Mermaid.  This contest is all about hoaxes, the people who perpetrate them, and the people who fall for them.  Bonus points if you inadvertently reveal that you yourself believe in a hoax (note: the bonus points are a hoax).

I'll give it a week or two before judging, and the winner will run Comic Contest 710.  Good luck!

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

[Click to view comic: 'CC: 709 Foiled Again']

[Click to view comic: 'RCL no. 6546']

That's not a hoax, that's a conspiracy.  And if I were capable of organizing a conspiracy, I'd want to do something a lot more interesting than win a comic contest.

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

[Click to view comic: 'Rags to Riches']

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"Humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer." ~ Chuck Palahniuk, Choke

[Click to view comic: 'Tonight on Love Connection']

[Click to view comic: 'RCL no. 6548']

Happy New Year, Gang!

Enjoy:

[Click to view comic: 'CC 709 - The Hoax']

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https://www.porternotes.com

[Click to view comic: 'RCL no. 6566']

[Click to view comic: 'RCL no. 6570']

I'll judge this over the weekend.  The time to desparately brainstorm for a last-minute stroke of genius is now.

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

[Click to view comic: 'RCL no. 6571']

[Click to view comic: 'Shirley...you jest?']

"I'm grasping at straws here!"

[Click to view comic: 'Bird Baux']

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ken.kaufman@gmail.com

The story about me judging this contest over the weekend was a hoax.  But now I'm going to judge it for real.

The runner-up is Makin_d_bacon for taking some pokes at making hoax jokes.

But the winner is Neo11 for this:

[Click to view comic: 'Tonight on Love Connection']

I really like the premise of "which hoax would I be" as a question on a dating show.  Congratulations!

I promise not to come back tomorrow and say that declaring Neo11 the winner was a hoax.  This is genuine.  Scout's honor.  You can start the next contest.

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

Thanks for the selection evil_d, the next competition will be up and running before long.

Haha, saying I wouldn't come back today to change my mind was another hoax!

No, I'm just kidding, Neo11 is really the winner.  Seriously.  I promise.

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