4th Explosm Comic Tournament '09

CharlieH · 06-19-2009, 5:47 AM

O.K. So a few people have said they would be interested in having another tournament.

Submissions now closed.
Threads for battling will follow shortly after.

Please read the following
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Additional Updates on the rules since the last tounament.
No Entering other competitors characters into your comics, battle royale-esque. I know your game.
ALSO, there will be no commenting on battles until the vote thread. Commenting on the battle halfwaythrough is akin to jumping in the ring in the middle of a boxing match to tell one of the boxers there last punch could have been better aimed. It just wouldn't happen.
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Post your characters in this thread. What they look like and a brief description of their powers, personality. They must be your own creation. All entries will be considered and the only way you're not going to be able to participate is if the character is unoriginal or we can tell you just didn't try. A stick man ain't gonna cut it.

Entries will be open for awhile. Once we get quite a few I'll post a definite deadline. Plenty of time to get your characters in. Once entry is closed no other submissions will be accepted.

When the tournament starts you will have 2 days to launch your attack. Once your opponent strikes you will have 2 days to ready a counter attack. Each participant will get 2 chances to fight in each battle. Therefore the fights will go like this.

Fight starts
Player 1 attacks within 2 days time
Player 2 attacks within 2 days time
Player 1 attacks within 2 days time
Player 2 attacks within 2 days time
Fight ends

If the person reserves to go first and does not attack within the 2 days the other contestant has an additional 2 days to attack. If neither attack, both are out. If the second gets his attack in then they win by default.

If neither reserves and there is no peep from either contestant after the 2 days are up then they are both out.

Attacks can take as many frames as needed just be sure to have it completed within the time allotted.

Outcome will be determined by a vote at the end of the the fight in a thread made by either myself or Relaps.

Pairings will be done out of a hat style every round with who ever remains.

[RELAPS NOTES]: The Comic Judging should be based on three things:

1. Art: Is it decent? Pleasing to the eye? Terrible?
2. Creativity: Cool situations, interesting ways of handling the fights?
3. Funny: This is a COMIC competiton. It should be funny, but NOT random. Don't make the Flowerpot monster from Arubalanda appear out of your character's pants.

There you have it, the 33.3%'s of judging. Take ALL of these into account. Just because someone can draw well, if their comic is boring, then this whole contest will be a bore, albeit a pretty one. The same thing goes for if it's a crappy looking, hilarious comic. You shouldn't make a comic win on art alone, but it's still 1/3'd of the judging, so don't ignore it either.

Another thing for contestants: Treat your opponents character with respect. If it's a tennis player that fires flaming tennis balls, don't make him a retard in your comic round. Don't have him shitting himself because he's braindead.

NO INSTANT DEATH MOVES: You cannot *kill* opponents. You can kill your own guy, then make him come back to life via the Deus Ex Washing Machina.

IMPORTANT
If you have a big school project coming up, your family members are perpetually and deathly ill or you think you're going to lose interest PLEASE do not sign up and waste our time.

Any questions can be asked in this thread.

Current Submissions - 22

1) Exetra
Dick man. Happy now?

2) Friutality
Happy the Clown

3) HappyPalooza!
Pete the Platypus

4) Matterialize
The Driver

5) Da Artful Dodger
Sheriff Dirk Rickland

6) Lag
The Spook

7) Hats Off
Mr. Walter Water

8) The Solipsist
Todd and Herb

9) Norik
Badass Bandit Mcgee

10) Chriz
Corky Candle

11) Urser
Ginny P

12) BreakTheWalls
Chris "The Steroid Abuser" Storm

13) Inseln
The Note

14) Musical Idiot
TI-Pi

15) RessXalcor
Alex "Starman" Ehren

16) Arielcz
Jerry

17) Mustache
Pike

18) Big Vic
Charlie Matthews

19) Chips
Space Goblin

20) Beep
Toque

21) Aramon
Citizen X

22) AnnieMae
Jaguar

Mr Crow
Hot Air Baloon
Pulled out.

Fluzz
Oswald
Pulled out.

Hats of! · 06-19-2009, 6:42 AM

I'll give it a go, gonna come up with character first.

Chips · 06-19-2009, 6:57 AM

I'm in whether this gets axed or not. Had a lot of shit going on for me last time and it fucked my rounds up. This time I'm fully ready. Same as Hats, I'm going to go brainstorm some characters.

Also would have been nice if you used the old thread as a guide and rewritten it instead of just copy pasting it.

Fruitality · 06-19-2009, 7:04 AM

Who cares how he made the thread, good on him for making it at all.

I'd like to join this, I think it would be fun. But I'm not sure how well it would turn out. I'll have to think about it and practice drawing.

exetra · 06-19-2009, 7:58 AM

My character is a dick. I shouldn't have to draw one to show you what it looks like.

EDIT: Fine. It's dick man.

This is hopefully going to make up for the fact that I can't be bothered updating everydayidrawadick anymore.

The_Solipsist · 06-19-2009, 8:01 AM

I'm in. My characters are a misanthropic mushroom named Todd and his free spirited snake-friend, Herb.

CharlieH · 06-19-2009, 10:02 AM

Should have guessed already there Ex.

Solipsist, can we see these intrepid adventurers?

Fruitality · 06-19-2009, 10:43 AM

Fine, I have decided to try my luck at drawing comics. Presenting:

Happy the Clown!

Happy was a talentless man, and spent most of his youth playing video games and doing shit all with his life. When he was kicked out of his parents house, he thought a part time job as a clown would make him some pocket money. 30 years later, Happy hates his life and everyone around him. His goals in life are to drink endless amounts of cheap whiskey and make everyone as miserable as he is.
Luckily, Happy has various clowning and party tricks which can help him fight or get out of a sticky situation. This is one clown who does not clown around.

Except when he's being a clown. Which is most of the time.

PS: He's mostly red blue and green because I discovered I don't have many colouring pencils. I'd better buy some.

Matterialize · 06-19-2009, 11:19 AM

I'm in. Will make a character after lunch.

HappyPalooza · 06-19-2009, 11:32 AM

Goddammit, as I described I don't have a proper computer at the moment, but I'll get it done one way or another.

Hope this doesn't fall to shit.

CharlieH · 06-19-2009, 12:32 PM

I'm really gonna try hard to make sure it doesn't.

HappyP, Do you have a pencil, paper and access to a scanner.

Dartful_Dawger · 06-19-2009, 1:41 PM

I'm in

Introducing Sheriff Dirk Rickland

Hardened Sheriff in a non descript Western town, accustomed to taking down Banditos, Rogue Indians, and protecting law-'biding citizens.
Fastest gun in any cardinal direction, can stop any man in his tracks with just a stare and a scowl, and spit a hole straight through a man with his chewing tobacco.
Clint Eastwood would piss his pants at the sight of Dirk Rickland.

might give a better description later.

HappyPalooza · 06-19-2009, 1:46 PM

Why yes I do.

This is Pete the Platypus. He's used as a lab rat for a mad scientist, testing out chemicals in contrast to Mac's technology, giving him his "powers" if you will. He's probably smarter than his owner, but doesn't speak up. Almost monk-like.

Also he wears a hat for some reason.

Matterialize · 06-19-2009, 2:15 PM

Here he is: The Driver!

Armed with his wits, muscles and the latest in crime-fighting golf technology, the Driver enjoys spending an afternoon on the range when he's not busy locking up wrong-doers and losing drinking contests.

Lag · 06-19-2009, 2:43 PM

Meet the Spook

CharlieH · 06-19-2009, 3:10 PM

I've added a couple more rules to the top of the list, which were discussed at the end of last years competition.

Hats of! · 06-19-2009, 6:38 PM

I enter Mr. (Walter) Water. He's an intelligent puddle of water dressed in a suit. His ultimate goal is to eliminate life as we know it. Some of Mr. Water's powers include being able to turn into ice and steam, and being liquid. He is also a great speaker.

The_Solipsist · 06-19-2009, 6:49 PM

Norik · 06-19-2009, 7:45 PM

Badass Bandit McGee

A bandit from the Wild West crushed in a coal mine during a raid, Bandit McGee was uncovered centuries later frozen in ice somehow by a team of scientists. McGee was rebuilt, made faster, better stronger. His arms were replaced by a giant fucking gauntlet and Katana, respectively. He was given bell bottom jeans and wheels, and a tophat because that's somewhat badass. He wears ninja robes because he can.

CharlieH · 06-20-2009, 9:12 AM

Unfortunatly, I have some bad news. There will no physical prize, as in a t-shirt. I could see if I could get the winner a custom title of something?

Dartful_Dawger · 06-20-2009, 9:14 AM

I'm sure no one really cares if there's a prize or not.

Hats of! · 06-20-2009, 9:29 AM

The honour is far greater than any physical prize.

BloodFire · 06-20-2009, 9:39 AM

Somone please make an illiterate chav character. I tried then I remembered I'm retarded and can't draw.
Also I'm looking forward to reading these, last one left me with a big shit eating grin all the way through.

Iceshade · 06-20-2009, 9:47 AM

I just want to thank CharlieH ahead of time for setting this up. I first got involved in Explosm during the last contest and was heartbroken when Relaps said there wouldn't be another contest

Chriz · 06-20-2009, 10:59 AM

I would like to enter, most certainly.

My character is called Corky Candle, a cranky snobby British Candle whom wants to rule the world.

Old image off the net, more recent stuff on my other hard drive, but I guess this will have to do.

CharlieH · 06-20-2009, 11:03 AM

Aha, you're always complaining about how you miss these things chriz.

Urser · 06-20-2009, 11:13 AM

Screw what I said before. I'm entering.

This is Ginny P, the Pigeony Pigeon.

CharlieH · 06-20-2009, 11:30 AM

Once again, Ursers entry is obnoxiosly cute.

BreakTheWalls · 06-20-2009, 12:37 PM

I'm gonna have a shot at this, just for a laugh.

Meet Chris "The Steroid Abuser" Storm. Real name Christopher Shannahan, Storm wanted to be a wrestler since he was a kid seeing Bulk Bogan and The Ultimate Whoreier square off for the first time. Since then he has been saying his prayers, drinking his milk and taking a healthy dose of steroids every day to amass his gargantuan frame, at the expense of his poor penis. That, and his moobs gain another cup size every other year. Plus, he is very incredibly orange after tanning so much.

As well as frequent steroid usage, Chris also uses a ton of painkillers as he is always up against the likes of The Big Slow, Gay Pissqueery-hoe and Cripple H night after night. Like Butt-taster, he is able to win world titles, even when frequently injured, because he has political stroke backstage and is banging the boss's daughter/son/wife/himself.

After 10 minutes of rest holds and commercial breaks, Storm finishes off his opponents with a devastating Cocksuck Canyon Slam (or a pedigree but more gayer).

CharlieH · 06-20-2009, 1:02 PM

I'm sorry to point this out, as i'm no artist myself, but his facial features are very hit and miss.

Pieman · 06-20-2009, 1:06 PM

He's at a disadvantage, but with those snappy puns, I say he could win at least 1 round.
That might be because shitty puns are funnier when you're sleep deprived.

Also, I was going to join, but the most I can do is wonky stick figures and penises, and I'm to Exetra.

BreakTheWalls · 06-20-2009, 1:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CharlieH

I'm sorry to point this out, as i'm no artist myself, but his facial features are very hit and miss.

Try smiling so hard that your neck muscles raise up. That was the look I was trying to draw. That he's so jacked up to the gills his body could explode at any point.

Obviously for me, art will be the weakest of the 3 criteria for me.

Mr. Crow · 06-20-2009, 1:47 PM

I would join, but my computer crashed last month and I didn't back anything up, so I don't have my Flash program anymore.

Fluzz · 06-20-2009, 1:58 PM

When is this starting? because I can maybe draw and scan a picture soon but, I'll be getting a drawing template soon.

Hats of! · 06-20-2009, 2:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Crow

I would join, but my computer crashed last month and I didn't back anything up, so I don't have my Flash program anymore.

I thought you were good at paint man?

exetra · 06-21-2009, 1:24 AM

Yeah, I'll be doing all my comics in paint (even though I have photoshop and 3 different versions of flash available

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Also, my character's name is Dick Man. He's not just any old dick.

Chriz · 06-21-2009, 2:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CharlieH

Aha, you're always complaining about how you miss these things chriz.

I'm all out of excuses Chuck.

hollywood_maggot · 06-21-2009, 3:41 AM

Man, I hate being the only one in my family not to have inherited the drawing gene.

ThePopeofPie · 06-21-2009, 4:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hollywood_maggot

Man, I hate being the only one in my family not to have inherited the drawing gene.

At least there was a gene to inherit. Me =/= drawing skill. Hence i shall not play.

Inseln · 06-21-2009, 5:15 AM

The Note

Using his musical skillz, (and yes, that is skillz with a 'z') he can change form into anything musical. Be it a plain old guitar pick or an entire cast for a Broadway production The Note has an entire guitar case layered with texture, pitch and dirty dirty tricks. the Note does not place nice...