Oh Brother! Contest: Is Your Kid A Character?

5/4/11 UPDATED TO ADD:  Oh Brother! Comic Strip Winner is Announced - 5 Questions for Chiara

My kids love to draw. What, don't tell me, you've become quite the collector of refrigerator art, too, right?

Then, one of them will blurt out something really, really funny and, well, it's hard to reprimand a child, while trying not to laugh, or talking through clenched teeth (or, both!)

Kids really do say the funniest things, sometimes.

My youngest daughter is 9, going on 40 and I often times refer to her as, "Mommy's little ticket into heaven!"

Evidenced, by a very recent conversation while driving home from band practice:

9yo:  A boy told me playing a clarinet was stupid. 

Me:  What did you say?

 9yo:  I told him maybe he should think about playing the clarinet!

SNORT!

True story; you can see it on my personal Facebook page!

I'm very happy to partner with Role Mommy

 Writer's Network in helping to spread the word on an awesome opportunity to get your little comic featured in Oh Brother!

Would your child make the perfect comic strip character?

Award-winning syndicated cartoonist Bob Weber, Jr. ("Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids") and Emmy Award-winning creator Jay Stephens ("Tutenstein" and "The Secret Saturdays") have teamed up and created the humorous comic strip, Oh, Brother!

The strip's two main characters are Bud and Lily, a brother and sister who are as different as night and day. Seven-year-old Bud likes getting into mischief while 12-year-old Lily tries to keep him in check.

 With their lovable dog, Buster, by their side, their everyday adventures are hilarious. Sound familiar?

Is your son or daughter an impulsive prankster like Bud, or maybe he or she is precocious like Lily? If so, tell us how and your child could win a coveted guest spot in the nationally syndicated comic, Oh, Brother!

Share a funny story (right here, on this blog) about how your kid is a character like Bud or Lily in the text box below.

All submissions will be read by a select panel of impartial blogging moms.

If your story ranks as a favorite, your child may get the chance to be a part of the Oh, Brother! gang and get drawn into the strip as a classmate of Bud's or as Bud and Lily's neighbor!

Finalists will be featured on the Oh, Brother! Web site and the winning entry will be selected on March 21. Plus, five runners up will receive an autographed "Oh, Brother!" drawing by Bob Weber, Jr. and Jay Stephens.

Please make sure to include your child's name and your contact information on the form, then scroll down and hit the submit button once you've filled out all the information.

To check out some great artwork submitted by budding cartoonists, visit the Oh Brother! art gallery; and if you have a budding artist in your midst, feel free to submit their artwork for the chance to be featured on the site.

To find out the judge and official contest rules, visit Role Mommy.

Feel free to also visit the OhBrother! Facebook Fan Page and let them know you've entered the contest.

In the meantime, good luck and if anybody needs me, I'll upstairs, you know, pretending to be asleep.

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DISCLOSURE:  Role Mommy Writer's Network is compensating me for spreading the word about this awesome contest and chance to have your child featured in the Oh Brother! comic strip.