The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0711 - #0720)

[Porthos]

Welcome to The Stick Awards II: Second Edition!

The Stick Awards are handed out to the best strips of all time as chosen by our fellow Playgrounders.

This week we are covering the comic strips 711 through 720.

For full details about the Stick Awards, please check out the main thread here.

To read more about the original Stick Awards, created by Nazzo, the 102nd, please read his thread here.

To vote in this thread, simply state which comic of the ten listed is your favorite. Bolding the number of the comic (Like this) helps it stand out.

Voting for this week will close on February 17th, 4pm EST. Any votes made after that will NOT count toward the totals.

Last week, 704 Dead Men Give No Speeches had a simple message to the judges: "Don't screw this up." With a refreshingly to the point argument as that, how could they fail to send it on to the Best of the Hundred Tournament?

While that major theological argument has now passed muster, there are still many more questions that have yet to be answered. One of them being who will win .....

.THE STICK AWARDS II: 0711 - 0720

711 The Rouge's Guild
712 Neutralize Elf
713 Oh, Right. That.
714 This Whole Time, He'd Thought of It as the Snack That Got Away
715 Wanted
716 She Didn't Miss
717 No Incarceration Without Compensation
718 Spring Break Never Dies
719 Seat of Power
720 Breakfast of Champions

[Jaxzan Proditor]

#720 for the Empress of Blood.

[ChristianSt]

The Empire of Blood starts with some really nice strips.

I'll vote for 717 - No Incarceration Without Compensation: Those poor slavedrivers have to work under really harsh conditions.

[Killer Angel]

Fear the lizgreaper! 718

[Mike Havran]

The Lizgreaper is actually a pretty cool title.
#718

[Bird]

720. "Or possibly their grill."

[Gift Jeraff]

Either 717, 718, or 720.

720. "Or possibly their grill."

This is probably the best line in the bunch.
#720

[Torzini]

None of these really jumped out at me, but I think I'll go with 718. Elan's sheer stupidity was amusing as ever... love the third to last panel.

[martianmister]

718 Spring Break Never Dies

[littlebum2002]

720

I bet it's "no"

[Emanick]

Tough voting this time around. A solid series of strips, but no real standouts in retrospect. I wish I could remember which ones were most exciting when I first read them.

I'll go with 717: No Incarceration Without Compensation, I think. The black humor is just too great.

[zql]

718 for an excellent answer to a classic folk riddle

[declinator]

718 for being and the introduction of a plot device - sorry Malack

[Meph]

718 because I mean, wet tshirts contest

[nogall]

mostly set-ups, so I'll go with 718

[NobodyWasTaken]

I guess I choose 718

[AGD]

720 gets my Vote.

[Emperordaniel]

I too shall choose #720.

[Peat]

A futile vote, but 713 cracks me right up. They think they've got it... they think they've got it... LIGHTENING BOLT TO THE FACE!

[Sylian]

716, because of V and Haley.

[Porthos]

Not much voting this week. I would have thought that the introduction to the Empire of Blood would have driven more discussion. Guess not. Harumph.

Anyway, so many good strips here, with the strength being the one-liners. "Coordinated soul selling" might be the best of the bunch, with the commentary about the slaveholders union being a close second. But I think my love of for the Empress of Blood will win out here.

: I weep bitter tears for that seat, which dies a little each day so other chairs may live.

Yeah. That seals it for me, I think. 720 might be a bit more meaty (ahem), but the introduction deserves some lovin' as well, I think. 719 wins it for me.

And with that....

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!

718 Spring Break Never Dies is the winner this week. It now moves on to the Best of the Hundred tournament.

Full Results are as follows

........THE STICK AWARDS II: 0711 - 0720

	Comic Number	Votes Received	Vote Percentage
	711	0	0.00
	712	0	0.00
	713	1	5.00
	714	0	0.00
	715	0	0.00
	716	1	5.00
	717	2	10.00
	718	9	45.00
	719	1	5.00
	720	6	30.00

Please join us for the next round of voting for Strips #721 - #730 which can be found here.