GoComics Makes Comics Archive Free for 14 Days!

Wanna read many of the world’s best comics online for free? With unlimited access going back years, sometimes even decades? You’re in luck.

On Valentine’s Day, GoComics announced that it’s giving readers 14 days of free “unlimited access to our archives!”

This is your chance to go back and enjoy modern classics like Calvin and Hobbes, Doonesbury, FoxTrot and The Boondocks, or newer hits like Last Kiss, Lio, and Cul de Sac!

Gordon Pyke Wins LK/Orson Scott Card Contest!

Congratulations to Gordon Pyke for winning the latest Last Kiss writing contest. (See comic above.) Gordon was one of seven finalists and his submission was the clear favorite in the fan ballot.

Second Place honors went to Jeff Willis for his submission: MAN: I feel faint. WOMAN: You should put your head between my knees.

Third Place bragging rights went to Gale Grove for the following dialog: MAN (thinking): I knew that she was a real women when she opened the beer with her tongue.

The contest — featuring an opening caption by literary luminary Orson Scott Card — attracted hundreds of dialog submissions. Many were brilliant. Many were weird. And a lot were both.

In case you’re wondering, the other four finalists and their submissions were (in no particular order):

MAN: Oui, madame — Inspector Clouseau at your service… – J. Rankin

WOMAN: Jeesh, everywhere I go, men are falling for me. — Valarie Ziroli

WOMAN (thinking): …and a real idiot for believing my story about a magic tree that grows beer cans. — Chris Martin

MAN: Is this heaven? WOMAN: Not yet, but a 180 degree rotation oughta do it! – A.J. Bodnar

I know my choice of finalists raised some eyebrows. Why these? Why not others? Why are so many of them so sexual?

All I can say is that:

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Read Dialog in Last Kiss/Orson Scott Card Contest

Submissions are no longer accepted for the contest. But you can still read the all of the submissions. We received hundreds! The challenge was to use Orson Scott Card’s opening caption as a starting point and come up with dialog for the man and/or woman in the comic.

(To help select a winner, vote here. Winner announced Feb. 15, 2010.)

Submissions from Fans:

Cruelly mocked by the Homecoming King ten years ago with such nicknames as “Pepperoni Puss” (acne), “Nebraska” (flat and plain), and “Frez Nell” (thick glasses), Eustace Tittlesworth would have her revenge at the reunion picnic, as soon as the effects of his arsenic-laced cocktail took effect.  — Torsten Adair

Billy Bob: Well, hell’s bells Norma Jean, this is my very last day ever as a tree hugger! From now on you can consider me a bona fide, genuine devoted Lap Lounger, for sure! This is darned comfortable. Norma Jean: (thinking) Why God? Why me? I only went braless the one time, and this is how you punish me?  —  Michael Clark

He wasn’t sure if he was suffering from heat stroke or if he was just dizzy in love, but he knew one thing… the only thing that could provide him relief was the shade from her gigantic rack.  — Stan Yan
…Not realizing that he had just been thrown off the branch by an irate chipmunk.  —  Chris Martin

Her thought balloon: Screw visiting Granny, this dude is hot.  —  Karyl Miller

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New Contest:
A Last Kiss Comic by You and Orson Scott Card!

Submissions: The deadline for submissions is now over and the seven finalists have been selected. You can vote and help select the winner until Feb. 13 at 11:59 p.m. CST. The winner will be announced Feb. 15. 

Contest Details: Orson Scott Card wrote a fun (and suitably silly) caption for a panel of John Lustig’s Last Kiss art. The challenge for fans? Create some funny dialog that fit with Card’s wild caption and the art.

Prizes: The winner’s name and dialog will appear on the comic when it’s posted (Feb. 15) on GoComics.com, LastKissComics.com, WorldFamousComics.com and other sites featuring Last Kiss. The winner will also receive 24 Last Kiss note/greeting cards, plus a high-quality, color print of the winning comic–autographed by both Card and Lustig. Two runner ups will each receive a dozen Last Kiss cards plus bragging rights to being “that close!”

Like to see all the dialog fans sent us? Read submissions here!