FORUM CONTEST: Mad Mares (Fill in the blanks!)

(?) · Post by **Big Boss** (?) » Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:19 pm

Hey guys! It's CONTEST TIME! That's right, with this easy-to-enter contest, you could win yourself your very own crystal Rainbow Dash keychain courtesy of Willsun!

The runners up (five of them) will receive gang tags for their efforts. So what do you have to do to win? Take this comic strip here:

For those not aware, the characters in this comic strip are Roger Sterling, Don Draper, and Joan Holloway-Harris from the TV series Mad Men. Now, you don't have to be familiar with Mad Men to enter. All you have to do is type in (or hand letter, if you so choose) your lines of dialogue into the empty balloons, and you could win! The subject matter of the dialogue must be related to ponies in some way. Is Sterling Cooper going to do a campaign to advertise ponies? Or perhaps Don Draper is a stealth pony fan? Who knows!

The funniest entries (as judged by mods) will be awarded. You are allowed exactly ONE entry, so make it count! Post your finished comic strip in this thread to enter. The deadline to enter is one week away - January 14 at midnight Eastern time.

NOTE: Using Comic Sans is a bad decision. The comic must still be funny overall, but nice hand lettering or fonts will help your chances.

Marcturus · Post by **Marcturus** (?) » Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:43 pm

Edit: Removed, real entry on page 2.

Daionus The 23rd · Post by **Daionus The 23rd** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:57 pm

(?) · Post by **Big Boss** (?) » Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:20 pm

Also, if you have to modify the balloons to fit your dialogue, that's OK, but try not to cover up all the artwork. Brevity, soul of wit, et cetera.

Fontra · Post by **Fontra** (?) » Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:46 pm

Huitzil · Post by **Huitzil** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:39 am

As part of my neurotic obsessing over this, I switched the punchline between this and "New fandom! No girls allowed!" several times.

Lazy · Post by **Lazy** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:00 am

Topical humor, am I right? Anyone?

Dead Pony · Post by **Dead Pony** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:08 am

numsOic · Post by **numsOic** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:10 am

Artificer · Post by **Artificer** (?) » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:11 am

I like the Twisttalk in the last one.

Lazy · Post by **Lazy** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:20 am

Artificer wrote:I like the Twisttalk in the last one.

I like to think that's how Slugbox talks IRL.

(?) · Post by **CosmogenicLily** (?) » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:45 am

I'm just going to go out there and say that anything using Comic Sans loses my vote. Unless it absolutely must have Comic Sans (:sbahj:)

Gloomy Rube · Post by **Gloomy Rube** (?) » Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:26 am

I couldn't think of anything funny that also had a funny last panel so that inspired me to make this.

Poor Yorick · Post by **Poor Yorick** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:05 am

It's more Ponygoons related than show related, but it's based on a true story.

Sorry Chunks

Vivianinatoga · Post by **Vivianinatoga** (?) » Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:26 am

I think Yorick already won, but I don't care.

(lol sales philosophy)

EDIT: I changed my mind and made a new one, shown above. Here's the old entry.

Dal · Post by **Dal** (?) » Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:48 am

Im not very good at these things. Oh well, here goes nothing!

(?) · Post by **drunkill** (?) » Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:43 am

Mad Men is awesome and I would totally dig Don Draper spruiking ponies in the same way he did the Kodak Carousel presentation.

Fontra · Post by **Fontra** (?) » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:17 pm

Dead Pony wrote:

Okay, this one did it for me.

VaultAggie · Post by **VaultAggie** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:39 pm

Here's my thirty-second contribution.

Mechanical Ape · Post by **Mechanical Ape** (?) » Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:57 pm

When I first saw the thread title, I thought we were doing pony Mad Libs. But it turned out to be so much better.

Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:09 pm

nuclearsuplex · Post by **nuclearsuplex** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:23 pm

Not sure if colors are allowed. Oh well

numsOic · Post by **numsOic** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:33 pm

But... she's cosplaying as Rainbow Dash. How does that even work.

(?) · Post by **Big Boss** (?) » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:05 pm

I'm going to allow that.

Dead Pony · Post by **Dead Pony** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:59 pm

I don't think Draper needs to scream, the torture is much more silent and twisted than that.

Pink Himalayan Salt · Post by **Pink Himalayan Salt** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:48 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:When I first saw the thread title, I thought we were doing pony Mad Libs. But it turned out to be so much better.

Mods/admins please make next contest Pony Mad Libs, thanks.

(?) · Post by **Big Boss** (?) » Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:35 pm

Colt Vonnegut wrote:
Mods/admins please make next contest Pony Mad Libs, thanks.

I approve and this can be done.

(?) · Post by **drunkill** (?) » Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:03 am

Octavia wrote:

Amazing,

Also, another mad menrelated pony thing over in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=949

Brunellus · Post by **Brunellus** (?) » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:01 am

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Octavia · Post by **Octavia** (?) » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:08 am

kefkafloyd wrote:NOTE: Using Comic Sans is a bad decision. The comic must still be funny overall, but nice hand lettering or fonts will help your chances.

I realized that mine kinda looks like Comic Sans, but I assure you it's not! I used the hand lettering font from Finale, which is a music notation program I use.

Angora · Post by **Angora** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:15 pm

Here's my official submission

By the by, what formats should I be uploading? I mean lets say for reediting and max quality reasons.

Aramek · Post by **Aramek** (?) » Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:51 pm

So damned proud of my submission.

Whoops, forgot to sign it. Pretend that blank square says "Aramek, Age 28."

Lazy · Post by **Lazy** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:33 pm

Angora wrote:

I'm so confused

Willsun · Post by **Willsun** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:50 pm

I'm not officially participating, but I couldn't resist coming up with something:

Factory Factory · Post by **Factory Factory** (?) » Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:13 pm

BartonFink · Post by **BartonFink** (?) » Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:08 pm

ComradeCosmobot wrote:I'm just going to go out there and say that anything using Comic Sans loses my vote. Unless it absolutely must have Comic Sans (:sbahj:)

Also

And

edit: since i got a complaint from an anonymous individual

DarkMatter · Post by **DarkMatter** (?) » Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:15 am

I don't expect to win. I just wanted to enter.

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:15 am

I have no idea what I'm doing.

brakeless · Post by **brakeless** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:04 am

West Filly · Post by **West Filly** (?) » Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:13 pm

I call it "Unicorns of the Coast"
RPG forum users will understand.

Sorry, it's the best I could come up with