Mystery Comic Cup 2

Yes, it's time for Mystery Comic Cup 2 to actually begin.

The rules:
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[*]People participating in the Cup will vote for the best comic in each round.
[*]Revelation of your identity does not disqualify you anywhere along the way.
[*]All participants will reveal their identities at the end.
[*]Feel free to confirm or deny your identity if someone guesses it, but personally I think it's more fun if we reveal at the end.
[*]If I find anyone has entered under multiple identities, all of their identities will be disqualified from further competition. Don't fuck with me, or I will chop off your head and have Tobor cornhole the stump.
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Rules for each match are typical Cup rules. Submit a single comic based on the rule for that round, yadda yadda. The only oddity will be the third round, where there will be three contestants. I figured that was better than eliminating four contestants or giving someone a free pass to the final.

We're gonna move this puppy along. Forty-eight hours maximum for a comic submission and 24 hours for voting, with some slack for the weekends. You snooze, you lose.

Kajun_Firefly is your backup host for those times I am away. I'll try to give him enough notice. If he fails to live up to his awesome backup host duties, I invite jes_lawson and andydougan to step in and keep things running smoothly.

For each round I will give you one of the rules submitted by a contestant, and a random serious poem from Rafi's Random Poetry Generator for you to use as inspiration. I realize that I didn't ask for nearly enough rules, and this is my way of providing a theme for each round while incorporating your content rules.

Your contestants are (seeded in alphabetical order):

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[*]BobbyExtreme
[*]Cancer_Spy
[*]cappy_coke
[*]el_hijo_del_iris
[*]FourKneeKate
[*]GravyBoat2003
[*]HDB
[*]MotherGoose
[*]Mr_Doom
[*]ReplacerEraser
[*]y
[*]youdontknowme
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The bracket can be seen here.

First round to be posted shortly.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

Minor correction. HDB lost access to his/her account and is now known as I_Smell_Like_Poo.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

Round 1, Match 1

BobbyExtreme vs. Cancer_Spy

Rule: All characters in the comic must be female.

Poem:
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She darkly raises the dreary tables
Because the trees go behind the small sheep.
Where does the worm fall so secretly?
What is a woman?
A salesman smiles cleverly above the quick chairs.
The snakes write.
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Since this is the first round, I want to make it clear -- just use the poem as some sort of inspiration. You aren't required to explain the poem or use lines from it.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.