A change of pace is perhaps in order for CC33... no restrictions on what you must or must not use, save for these rules:

1) Each entry must be exactly two comics long. The two strips together should comprise a coherent whole.

2) The final dialogue/thought balloon in each of the two strips must be identical. The speaker, background, etc. may or may not be different between the two.

3) I'll judge this based on humor, creativity, and the appropriateness of the double line.

4) Multiple entries are permitted at your own risk.

5) Since this may be challenging, you have until next month to submit your entries. This contest will close Sunday, June 3rd, at 9:00 PM Eastern. That's 6:00 Pacific, 1 AM Monday GMT, and 6:42 in Baltimore.

In case this is all unclear, here's a little example I whipped up. I'm sure you can do better...

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[Click to view comic: 'I Dream of Gene']

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[Click to view comic: 'Ducked Ape']

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5) Since this may be challenging, you have until next month to submit your entries. This contest will close Sunday, June 3rd, at 9:00 PM Eastern. That's 6:00 Pacific, 1 AM Monday GMT, and 6:42 in Baltimore.

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That explains why I could never get to Baltimore. It's protected by a tear in the space/time fabric that puts it 42 minutes into the future.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

Cool contest idea. It is what I had been planning to do if I ever won one again. (Ok, maybe that makes it a little less cool.)

[Click to view comic: 'EL TIT']

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I ate a hooker half a bottle of knife.

[Click to view comic: '2 EL TIT']

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I ate a hooker half a bottle of knife.

http://www.stripcreator.com/view.php?ID=19986
[Click to view comic: 'CC33 - A Probing Question (part 1)']

I must be honest - as I post this, the second strip is not only unwritten, but I can't think of a story or joke for it... Curse these misconceived punchlines of mine!

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http://www.stripcreator.com/view.php?ID=19990
[Click to view comic: 'CC33 - A Probing Question (part 2)']

OK, came up with a second strip eventually. Sorry it isn't very good.

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[Click to view comic: 'Comic 3 Contest 3']

[Click to view comic: 'Comic 3 Contest 3']

[Click to view comic: 'Ah, What I wouldn't give for a good Milkman Dan graphic....']

[Click to view comic: 'Part Deux']

ok, the first comic was old, but I really liked it, and thought I'd try to use it here... just in case you didn't catch the date.

by the way, did anyone ELSE catch the irony here?

[Click to view comic: 'CC33 pt one']

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Who knows what fear lurks in the hearts of men? MIKE BOBSICO KNOWS! And if you give him a decent tip when he delivers your mail , he might tell you.

[Click to view comic: 'CC33 pt two']

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Who knows what fear lurks in the hearts of men? MIKE BOBSICO KNOWS! And if you give him a decent tip when he delivers your mail , he might tell you.

Ok, here we go:

[Click to view comic: 'CC #33 Part I']

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I am a delicate fucking flower. https://beacons.ai/jesskent

and:

[Click to view comic: 'CC #33 Part II']

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I am a delicate fucking flower. https://beacons.ai/jesskent

Sssss!!! It burnsss! The puns hurts us preciousssss...

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Hmmm... what has it gots in its nasty little pocketeses?

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

[Click to view comic: 'CC33.1 - Pancakes, Waffles and Hookers, Oh My!']

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

[Click to view comic: 'CC33.2 - Get Stuffed.']

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

Ah... the highest praise a person could ask for; the old 'milk out the nose'.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

Well, I'm only the judge, so I don't really have any say in this, but anyone who thinks this thing is sealed up should reread the last part of Rule 1.

Other than that, though, you all seem to be warming up to the concept. I expect an outstanding flurry of contenders over the contest's final 24 hours.

==Ken

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They really are a coherent whole... See, the taxidermist is really the hooker cross dressing. And...

Shit.

There's always that one little piece of the rules you miss.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.