SCP Remix Contest
Have you ever noticed the little box at the bottom of the sidepanel?
This strip is published under a Creative Commons license. You are free to modify it and create derivative works (with a couple of conditions). Legally, there’s nothing stopping you from re-creating the entire archives and pasting your own head onto all of the robots. In fact, it’s encouraged.
To celebrate the upcoming book launch, we’re going to have a contest!
Have you ever read an SCP strip and thought “I can do better than that”? Maybe you have an idea for a better punchline. Or maybe you could make it funnier by redrawing all of the panels in crayon. Or maybe you could combine panels from different strips to make something completely new.
Now is your chance! Make an SCP remix, and post it in the comments to this post before the cutoff date on March 24. You can do whatever you want with the remix, as long as you follow these simple rules:
1. Don’t violate someone else’s copyright.
2. Keep it moderately “Safe For Work”, or at least in line with the rest of the content on the site.
At the cutoff date, I’ll post a week-long poll to pick the winner. The top three entries will be featured in a blog post. The author of the winning entry will get a FREE signed copy of the book!
March 12th, 2008 at 9:21 am
If you’re trying to match the font, on most strips it’s Digitalstrip from Blambot.com. Some of the older strips use Webletterer from the same site. I think that the really old ones are in comic sans (shudder!).
March 12th, 2008 at 10:43 am
This comic relies on dirty jokes.
http://xs225.xs.to/xs225/08113/2007-01-07-subtlealgorithmremix152.jpg
March 12th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Gortman fails to enjoy his job:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Futurefish/peopleofearth.jpg
March 13th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Are we allowed to have more than one entry? If so, I made another one (although it’s even less funny than the first.)
http://xs225.xs.to/xs225/08115/2006-10-22-rhetflo896.jpg
March 13th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Oops, that was the wrong link.
NOW: I hate Tuesdays.
http://xs225.xs.to/xs225/08115/2005-11-08-unicorns334.jpg
March 14th, 2008 at 1:04 am
Just for fun. Here’s my test:
http://wicakhidayat.blogdetik.com/2008/03/14/remixing-scp/
March 14th, 2008 at 1:06 am
Ooops.. i should have linked to the image url. here it is:
http://wicakhidayat.blogdetik.com/files/2008/03/scpmix.jpg
March 14th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
I have some students who might be interested in this contest. I don’t think I’ll have anything before March 24, but I’ll send you what they create.
March 16th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Discrimination at the workplace and Lady LIberty
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/laolawre/Hey.jpg
March 18th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Damn, the html didn’t work. Lets see if this does
http://www.b3tards.com/u/1ed7ea7391e7b50fa4d6/qualificationseditjpeg.jpg
March 18th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Wow, these are pretty god-awful.
The unicorn one is winning so far.
March 18th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Alright anonymoose, lets see you do better.
March 18th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Howdy, long-time fan, first-time post, et cetera.
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs26/f/2008/078/9/2/SimulatedComicProduct_re_work_by_twp3pf2.jpg
And since my tagging might be off, the URL:
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs26/f/2008/078/9/2/SimulatedComicProduct_re_work_by_twp3pf2.jpg
Enjoy!
March 20th, 2008 at 4:19 am
http://www.geocities.com/noisy_land/rules.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/noisy_land/memoirs.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/noisy_land/monkeys.jpg
March 20th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
I have a lot of experience in splicing, so if we are indeed limited to one entry, I might as well put up my favorite one first. (Sorry it’s so long.)
If you realize that it all comes back to robot dinosaurs (what a concept!), great job. If you read into it any deeper than that, you’re thinking too hard.
March 21st, 2008 at 9:40 am
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/chillmedian/Comic-Remix.jpg
I don’t expect to win… but… just thought I would share it…
March 24th, 2008 at 2:57 am
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs28/f/2008/084/f/d/Humanoid__Surrender_by_ca7ch.jpg
Another “god-awful” one, but based on a true story. I had just finished reading a right –> left japanese comic (yes, manga) and my brain was still stuck in opposite-mode when I checked SCP to read this strip. I found it odd yet strangely hilarious. Must’ve been a minute before I worked out my mistake and got the joke as it was intended: two laughs for the price of one strip!
March 25th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
hmm, I reckon Karl has put the most effort into this and his “monkeys” comic is the best one there along with David’s unicorn one. I vote for Karl.
March 25th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Well, I would personally vote for Austins. He did not even add new lines. Genius!
March 25th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Time’s up! Pencils down! I’ll make the judging poll tomorrow after I post the next comic!
March 30th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Too bad the contest is already over, it all happened so fast.
I think the idea of the current leader in the polls (Austin S) is good, but I really have to post my take on that one because in my humble opinion panel four is quite redundant apart from that it makes no scientific (even pseudo-scientific) sense. Then there were some minor changes, to restore some continuity between panel two and three.
My two cents, please don’t hate me.
http://up.picr.de/882990.jpg
April 4th, 2008 at 5:49 am
Aw yeah! Eighth place, suckaz! Eat it!!!
Kidding. The contest was fun, and I have to give a shout-out to all nine of the peeps who voted me up to eighth! I’d also like to thank my manager, my pit crew, my filming crew, the second unit in Greece, my lovely wife, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Remember kids! Stay in school and don’t do drugs! Peace! Don’t hate me, Kanye!