10. This reject has its own follow up in this very countdown!

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8. This one was really close to running in the LJS. As I told my editor, I kind of fell out of love with it while I was drawing it. The finished version had Jon Camp in a shirt and tie in the first panel, and I almost loved that scene enough to keep the cartoon.

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2. This is a very rare San Diego Reader reject:

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Previous top rejects of the month: January | February | March | April | May | June | July
1 & 10 were my favs. But all the rejects were good.
Love #3. Anytime you can work truck nuts into something, it’s a winner in my book.