December 16th, 2003: The Christmas episode of my very risque and indeedly poop-covered Flash series "Retarded Animal Babies" aired at Newgrounds.com. Hidden inside it, and not particularly well it would seem, was a fun little contest. The "winners" were to be the first five people to mail me a drawing of an Animal Baby, whereupon I mailed them back a custom drawing of the same character.

What a horrible, horrible idea.

First off, I got twelve pictures on the first day they arrived; how do I pick five among them? Secondly, the quickest submissions came from those lucky enough to live closest to me here in CT. I had people in places like Finland pretty pissed over it. A couple kids even spent fourteen bucks Express Mailing their cute little drawings. It's all pretty damn touching, of course! So to make up for this clunky cacaphony of a contest, there are not five winners, but TWELVE! I even picked a few poor slobs who simply emailed me pics...at least they were quick about it. And hey, it's not like I'm giving away big-screen TV's after all! What's a few extra pics among friends? Thanks for all the entries; I'm sure I'll be getting plenty more over the next few days. Apologies to those of you who might be disappointed, but I still will feature some of the cooler masterpieces I get on my FAN ART page!

The following people all got custom art from me! AND THE WINNERS ARE...


Guido, NY
Simple and elegant. Like a pinecone!


Justin, CT
Unfortunately I can only show the top half of this drawing, for reasons any fan of the...er..."Effing Effer" will understand all too horribly! Nice capture of the personality here...too bad my scanner couldn't quite pick it up.


Ned, MA
Cool. Nice dark outline, just like my stuff. Only my stuff looks like that because I'm a lazy slob who draws TINIEST tiny pictures, and when they enlarge they look like, well, this. Only worser.


Joseph, CT
And a Happy Holidays to you, Joseph!


Christopher, CT
PUPPY! Hee hee...I are laughing longiest. Thanks, Chris!


Mandy, AZ
Mandy overnighted this really awesome rendition of the Donkey. She definitely deserved a pic; I'm just embarrassed she had to spend so much to get it. Bad, bad, bad contest idea. You poor dears.


Carolyn, CT
Perfect capturing of the magic that is Hamster.


Louis, IL
Drunky puppy! I loves it. Another overnight shipment here. That's dedication, baby. Enjoy the pic, Louis!


Kevin, Quebec
Kevin here was actually the first one to email me a pic. I think it took him a whole seventeen nanoseconds to figure out the contest.


Guillaume, Quebec
Oddly, another emailer was from Quebec also. All these people from Quebec watching my crappy cartoon is really making me lose respect for Canada in general. Oh, wait, I never had it. KIDDING! I LOVE CANADA! Your crime rate RUL3Z0RZ!!


Thom, NY
This guy didn't mess around! I had to blot out what they are riding on...take a wild guess. Great characters. I absolutely love the Bunny here.


TheComet, ?
And finally, this fourth-dimensional Hamster comes from a mysterious emailer known only to me as "TheComet." He, too, did not provide an address yet. Perhaps he has chosen wisely!


Copyright © 2003 David C. Lovelace