[Far]

ALL COMIC GOING ONES WILL NOW TAKE PLACE HERE
http://forums.explosm.net/forumdisplay.php?f=33

Someone had to get off their ass and make the thread so here it is.

These aren't exactly set as of yet.

Please read the following
Post your characters in this thread. 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 1 week until Thursday at 11:59 pm EST. 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.

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.

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

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.

List of the entries so far(a few of you didn't have names so I gave them one for now):
Benjaman36 with Mr. William Reginald McFancy Pants III.

Ursername180 with Ms.Scribbles.

Jamez5000 with Slugula.

Dark_2.0 with Ninja.

Relaps with Dr.W

Far with Klepto Cat.

Don'tdroptheSOAD with The Eggscavator.

Oxtail-Soup with Dinosaur.

Popl8 with Charlie.

Flunk with Chocolate Moose.

MechanicalKarasu with RAR.

Johnnyjohnson with Petey the Pope.

Spiffy13 with Fred Wingleburger.

Kevosk with Pest-Away Man.

Killer Carebear with Some cow guy or something.

Matterialize with Battlemage.

Lag with Sassy.

Lissa with DevilBlawb/Blob/Blohohohb.

Hats of! with Mr.Olive.

Emo Haircut with Girl Scout.

Grenchler with Detective Donut.

PyroOwen with Steven the Plug.

Azunder with Geoffery.

Imagine_This with Nebula.

Lord_GuineaPig with Zoroaster.

I_smell with Tampon Man and Sanitary Boy.
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8...itryboyln9.png
Mistytehmoose with Moose.

Goblinboy with Billy Maxwell.

NVM with Jerry.

Zebbs with Pyrobug.

Mr. Anorexia with Xenom

[Benjaman]

I'm in.

Edit: And I want to be in the Competition.

Edit Edit: I'm going to post my character when I'm done.

Edit Edit Edit: My character is done.


Special Powers include looking into people's soul and attacking with his luscious hair.

[Far]

Post your characters. No one is "in" until they post their characters and even then if you post tripe that you clearly threw together in a matter of minutes you're not getting in.

[Relaps]

It's also important to note that even if you suck at drawing, try your best to draw your opponents characters.

Far: Is it possible for me to compete?

[Urser]

Well let's just hope that a mod/admin makes a subforum for us to put in all the comics.

I'm going with my old character, Ms.Scribbles.



Special powers include acting cute and eating souls.

[Far]

Originally Posted by Relaps

It's also important to note that even if you suck at drawing, try your best to draw your opponents characters.

Far: Is it possible for me to compete?

Yes, since it's voting and no judges everyone should be able to join in. I'm going to as well.

[Jamez5000]

I would like to use this character I drew a few years ago....

[Dark2.0]

ninja
What else do I have to say

[Relaps]

Dr. W



Dr. Kris Worchache (pronounced "war-shack"), a self proclaimed card-carrying Evil Genius and inventor. Age: 29, his hair went grey after working on mind-control shampoo. Not physically strong, but clever in his own right, and pockets full of gadgets, along with a briefcase with a small lab, to which he can create gadgets or formulas very, very quickly.

(Expresses emotion even with glasses on, just change the glasses for things like squinty eyes or anger and such. Cartoony, no?)

[Urser]

Relaps, if I go up against you, my drawing of him is going to look like shit. He's so 'human-figured'.

Also, what happened to Savaril's character? It was good, did someone delete it?

[Relaps]

He deleted it himself, probably to rework it.

I made Dr. W an easy guy to draw, much easier than my robot from the last competition.

[Far]

Here is Klepto Cat and his bottomless magic bag.



Backstory I wrote when I first made him that you don't actually have to read, it's just there for the curious:

At a very young age he found himself lost in the back alleys of Toon Town. With no home, money or family he was left to fend for himself. Never learning to hunt he resorted to thievery in order to survive. At first it was just food but soon after Klepto became aware of his stealth and agility and began stealing larger, more priceless objects.

One day in particular, Klepto had stumbled into a dusty old shop. An old woman sat by the entrance, peeling potato's with a knife that was all too large for the task. Klepto set his sights one a strange red bag. He couldn't tell why but he was drawn to it. Quickly he snatched it up and hid it under his arm. As he turned and headed toward the door he eyed the old woman. He could feel the heat of her eyes watching him as he neared closer.

Klepto had never been caught before and he wasn't going to now, not by some old bat. He lept out the door and fled into the busy streets. He ran and dodged and jumped and climbed until he was sure he was out of danger.

He sat on the roof of a building, settled into the gravel and began examining the bag he'd taken from her shop. Nothing seemed special about it now that it was out in the air and sun of Toon Town. Beside him sat a flower pot and he tossed it into the bag. Only now he knew something was different about this bag. When he placed the flower pot inside it didn't gain any weight nor did the bag seem to lose any room inside.

He'd done it. He'd stolen himself an enchanted bag. He laughed as he threw handfuls of the tiny grey roofing pebbles into the bag and it stayed the same size and weight. He reached around to his side and grabbed some sticky red pebbles and tossed them in.

Then he looked at the red pebbles again. They were covered in blood, his blood. But from where? He grouped his ears, his toes and his fingers. Nope, everything there.
Then he felt around to his backside. A look of horror instantly came over him.

His tail was gone, in it's place a sticky red nub.

Klepto peered back toward the direction he had came, into the sun. There, standing between him and the sun on, the edge of a rooftop, stood the old woman, one arm held out. In her tiny crawl like hand she held onto his lifeless tail.

Then she lept from the edge and into the hustle below and Klepto never saw her again.

[SODA]

BEHOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!



His main power is kicking ass.

Changed mine I drew this one forever ago.

[Relaps]

Hahahaha, the Eggscavator, oh my god.

I'm sure he'll shell out the punishment. Hope he doesn't get beat, because omlettin' this guy set off all my puns.

[SODA]

He may crack under the pressure if he gets into some hot water :/

[Relaps]

I think he's hard-boiled enough to avoid getting fried that bad.

[SODA]

Well that's looking at things sunny side up, lets hope things don't get raw. That's eggzactly what the competition would want.

[Relaps]

Nuff of that shit, more entries! Now!

[CharlieH]

I hope we don't have other people coming onto the forums from other sites, and poaching your characters.

[Relaps]

Another set of rules, more on the actual comic and judging part. Added to the buncha rules up top.

[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. ()

[Ox]

Hello boys and girls. I will be moderating this STRICTLY. If you go and fuck it up, expect to get your failing ass TOd.

Oh yeah, me and dinosaur are in.

[Relaps]

Make characters and post them. No "blind-date" entries, we gotta see it before you're concrete.

[Ox]

I posted it before the Great Forum-Wipe of '07. It was my sig and avvy for ages. I don't have access to the proper pic just now... here's a rough draft as a reminder:

[Tempest]

Ladies and Gents, meet Dexter.



Dexter, part of a normally peaceful race of numbers, has found himself lately acting out of character. What could be the reason, speculated the people of his town? Someone would pipe up, "Maybe it's because we always tease him!"

"Why would you tease him?" The wise elder ∞ asked.

"Becoz, he's backwards!" Giggles rung out across the room as the 9 who yelled the answer stood proudly in the back.

They discussed much, fervently and constantly. Conclusions were drawn and speculations made, yet to this day much of them remain unknown. What would cause a poor 7 to snap this way? Who's to say if it were his backwards nature, and how he was teased for it. Maybe it was his decidedly womanly eyebrows ("They make me look sophisticated," Dexter would think to himself on lonely days). Perhaps it's a result of all of his pent up anger.. After all, he can't release it, he has no mouth and thus no way of frowning, smiling, or speaking. Matter of fact, how did the rest of the people speak? Hell. We'll say he was born without a mouth too. There we go. Armed with his patented 7-point shurikens, Dexter hops across the landscape 7 inches at a time, hoping to find some answers on his journey. Answers to what? I have no idea.

[Relaps]

Man, I wanna pair up with you, Ox. That'd be a fun match.

Also: a quick summery of the character is fine, but if you want to do backstories, I won't stop you.

[Ox]

Quick summary:

He's a dinosaur. He bites people. His size is inconsistant, but nobody seems to notice. He also breaths fire and says "Rarr" a lot. He can't say anything else. Oh, and he likes to whomp people with his tail. That right, "whomp" them.

[Savaril]

Yeah I deleted my character. Going to recreate it later today. Im probably going to end up changing his limbs because it was a bitch to make his legs look good when he was standing normally and not doing that jumping-thingy or whatever.

[popl8]

Possible character, could change later today though....



Name: Charlie

'Power': The ability to breathe really hard.

Weakness: Smoke, Nicotine, Pneumonia.

[Jamez5000]

Originally Posted by Savaril

Im probably going to end up changing his limbs because it was a bitch to make his legs look good

Good thing, you'll probly see alot of botched legs otherwise :P

[Shmuh]

You should make it so all entry drawings MUST be recent. After the comic tournament, I didn't draw for a while, and sucked ass after. So this could be the case for some people...

Also, I don't think I'm gonna be in this one. I really want to, but it's hard enough to do my homework and such anyways. Maybe if there's a third one?

[Flunk]

my MS Paint Chocolate Moose..
specialities include Myu Thai Boxing, Overwhelming opponents with too ugly Paint backgrounds and seducing friend and foe with the lovely taste of hazelnut chocolate!

Yes, it's fugly.

[Far]

Originally Posted by Shmuh

You should make it so all entry drawings MUST be recent. After the comic tournament, I didn't draw for a while, and sucked ass after. So this could be the case for some people...

Also, I don't think I'm gonna be in this one. I really want to, but it's hard enough to do my homework and such anyways. Maybe if there's a third one?

I have absolutely no way of ensuring someone drew something last year or last week.

[Hats of!]

[edit!!!!]New champion[/EDDITA]

[Mr. Crow]

This is RAR.



Really Angry Robot. Powers are wicked clawed tendrils, buzz saws, anger, an eye-beam, and other basic robot accessories.

EDIT: Basic info: RAR is just a really irritable jerk. He's been that way since he was denied a role in The Matrix. Recently he got his hopes up about being casted as Optimus Prime for the new Transformers, but that dream was dashed as well. Now he mostly spends his time stealing candy from babies and force-feeding them broccoli.

[Jamez5000]

if you stopped drawing for awhile I really doubt you would all of a sudden suck ass unless you sucked from the start.

[Spiffy13]

I think I'm pretty interested in joining. This will be my first contest, so I have some questions... First off, what do you mean by "attack"? I'm a bit confused...

Also, do we have to draw on ms paint/photoshop, or can we draw on paper?

[Relaps]

You can draw your comics on paper (as I did last contest) or on the computer (as I will this contest). If you draw on paper, make sure you get decent scans of your comics.

By "attack," you are paired off with another member, and then decide who goes first. Player 1 will draw a comic in which their two characters do awesome battle. Player 2 contiues that battle. Player 1 continues that battle. Player 2 then ends the battle.

13 entries so far! Let's keep it going!

[I_Smell]

Ok, so the game is:
Everyone draws a character and enters this tournament that we're in. Then, you're paired up "randomly" like any other tournament.
You draw a comic of your character guy fighting the character guy of whoever you're paired up with. Like a proper comic, like more than a page. After that, the guy you're paired up with draws a comic where his characterguy retaliates. Then you do another one and he does another one.
The aim is to make the funniest, most awesome comics. Whoever's the best gets voted through to the semi-final, then the final. Last time, the winner got a free Explosm T-Shirt. It was Relaps.
SO- The character you draw here is the character you use throughout the tournament. A good tip is to:
Make it versatile so you don't run out of ideas.
Make it easy to draw, your opponent might be a shitter artist than you.
If you do it black&white, make sure you note the colours, so other people can draw it.
Make it funny/awesome.

I can't believe some of yooz made your guy so quick. I want to think of something good first.

Oh shit, Relaps allready said it. Whatever.

[Far]

Originally Posted by I_smell

I can't believe some of yooz made your guy so quick. I want to think of something good first.

I've had Klepto made since back in February when we were ironing this out for the summer.

[Johnny]

Petey the Pope



Special Abilities: Pulling stuff out of that pope hat, stabbing people with the crucifix