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Rules FAQ


• Artists must publish at least one strip a day from Monday to Friday. Anything above and beyond these requirements will be ignored for the purposes of this contest. (Revised Apr 5/05)

• Strips must be a minimum of two panels - two single panel strips are acceptable. Artists may produce one single panel strip per every 10 strips. This is not cumulative. There must be at least 9 strips of two panels or more between each single panel strip. (Revised Apr 3/05)

• New work only. No posting of old strips.

• No posting of random sketches or pin-ups in place of comics. (Revised Apr 5/05)

• Strips must be posted by Midnight PST. Meaning, each day's strip must be published by the end of the day (i.e. Monday's strip must be published by the end of Monday).

• If an artist cannot post strips for a period of time (ie vacation, etc...), they must post strips for days to be missed in advance or find someone to update their sites for them.

• If an artist needs to post strips somewhere other than his/her regular site, they must post a link to the strip in the Daily Grind forum. Artists may post strips in the forum as proof of completion.

• The contest is over when only one artist remains. Artists can't agree to give up together in an attempt to split the pot.

• Payments for this contest cannot be made by Paypal as per their Gambling Policy.

• No excuses. Computer meltdown? Hit by a car? Better luck next round.

• The judges in this competition do not monitor comics on a daily basis, that is left to the contestants and readers. The role of the judges is to make an official ruling once a concern has been raised.