March 7th, 2003



The Top 9 Signs Your
Favorite Comic Is Being Cancelled


9> The current creative team has been compared to the early work of Lee and Kirby… Kathie Lee and Kirby Puckett.

8> All the main characters have been killed off by the third panel, and the rest of the book is blank.

7> Long complex subplots replaced by long walks in the mall.

6> Last major battle was with the dreaded gum disease, gingivitis!

5> He solves the world’s problems through an open forum of public debate where all ideas are heard and considered instead of just talking with his weapons.

4> You finally get to meet the writer and artists, who are now working behind the counter at McDonalds.

3> The issue numbers suddenly start counting down instead of up.

2> The main hero may be a curvy red-head, but he ain’t no Jean Gray.

and the Number 1 Sign Your Favorite Comic Is Being Cancelled…

1> The writer’s name contains any combination of the words Peter and David.




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Credits:

Selected from 46 submissions from 13 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Brad Wilkerson, El Sobrante, CA — 1 (3rd #1)
Chuck Burke, Phoenix, NY — 1 (2nd #1)
Guy Payne, Birmingham, AL — 2
Matthew Pyle, Oklahoma City, OK — 3, topic
Marc Berard, Central Falls, RI — 4
Danny Gallagher, Austin, TX — 5
Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — 6
Scott Goudsward, Haverhill, MA — 7, 8
Brian Pierce, Lynnwood, WA — 9
Dave Goudsward, Lake Worth, FL — Resident Brooding Psychopath