The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0731 - #0740)

[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 731 through 740.

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 March 3rd, 4pm EST. Any votes made after that will NOT count toward the totals.

Last week, 723 Generally Relative gave perhaps the biggest surprise twist this competition has yet seen. At least that's what the judges claimed as they sent it on its way to face bigger and more challenging fare.

The stone-faced guards who pointed their crossbows at said judges while the deliberation was going on I'm sure had absolutely nothing to do with their determination of how much of a surprise this really was. That's my story at any rate and (*looks nervously over at the guards*) and I'm sticking to it!

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Anyway, with that strip now receiving its due. it's time to turn our attention to the other attractions this fair land can give us. And what better way to pass the time as we see the sights that to vote on which one is the best of them all. Well to do that all one has to do is vote for which strip is deserving to win....

.THE STICK AWARDS II: 0731 - 0740

731 Long Tail of the Law
732 The Papers Chase
733 Collect Call
734 Maybe He Can Get Credit for Time Served
735 Of Clerks and Clerics
736 Do You Like Comics About Gladiators?
737 Comparative Mythology
738 Pooling Resources
739 A New Friend
740 The Great(ish) Escape

[Jasdoif]

We could be done with 734 in a week, tops!

[Killer Angel]

739
Because macebook is the future!

[Elenna]

Hmm. For me, it's a toss-up between "Of course. I prepar'd FOUR Sendin' spells today" and the description of a gladiator's life...I'm going to go with 733: Collect Call.

[137beth]

737. It has foreshadowing of Malack's vampirism. The argument between Thor and Hel, while funny, also foreshadows what will be happening when Durkon dies. And "the oracle is out" is one of the funniest panels in this set of strips. All in all, 737 is the best because it covers most of the bases of a good OOTS strip.

[littlebum2002]

None of these are that great.

733

[Jaxzan Proditor]

Several decent ones this time around. While I enjoy seeing Belkar and Roy in the arena, I like the scene at the end of 732, I love Malack and Durkon's relationship more. #737

[Bird]

The Durkon/Malack stuff is great character development, but it must be 736. "Alright, you sons of whores!"

[martianmister]

737 Comparative Mythology

[Emperordaniel]

737 - Comparative Mythology is just too foreshadow-y for me not to vote for it.

[Emanick]

Surprisingly average set of strips here. I guess I'll vote for 737: Comparative Mythology. It's just... really interesting. Can't think of a better word for it than that.

[thatSeniorGuy]

Can't go past a Thor joke. 737 for me.

[nogall]

736. I (obviously) love the meta nature of the strip.

[Meph]

737
(besides the voting, until today I had not stopped yet thinking that the Oracle willingly avoided a meeting with the lich - new detail for me to think about)

[Peat]

738 - I just love the Roy/Belkar strips it seems.

[LadyEowyn]

Voting for 735. I like Durkon's conversations with Malack, and strip 735 is a good combination and of the Gannji-Enor plotline, with an early indication of how unpleasant Tarquin can get. And a Star Wars reference.

[ChristianSt]

I guess I like comics about Gladiators: 736 - Do You Like Comics About Gladiators?

[Joerg]

739 because of the funny Kotor story.

[Mike Havran]

Alright, you sons of whores!
#736

[Gift Jeraff]

Comic kinda gets to a slog until #757 or so.

#736

[declinator]

I did not find any of this bunch standing out particularly, but and giving their pet orangutan a bath at least gave me a good chuckle on re-reading. So 740 for me.

[AGD]

737 gets my Vote.

[Sylian]

Either 733 or 737... 737.

[Porthos]

Whoops. Lost track of time. :small I'll make this fast. Yes I do indeed enjoy movies comics about gladiators, Captain Oveur. :D 736 gets it for me.

And with that....

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!

737 Comparative Mythology 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: 0731 - 0740

	Comic Number	Votes Received	Vote Percentage
	731	0	0.00
	732	3	13.04
	733	2	8.70
	734	1	4.35
	735	1	4.35
	736	6	26.09
	737	9	39.13
	738	1	4.35
	739	2	8.70
	740	1	4.35

Please join us for the next round of voting for Strips #741 - #750 which can be found here.