The Sticks Awards 81-90

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

Hi, and welcome to The Sticks Awards!

The Sticks Awards are given to the best strips of all times, chosen by the polls here in the Playground. Each poll will have a group of 10 comics, chronologically chosen, and every hundred strips we'll have a "Best of the Hundred" poll, with the most voted strip of each previous poll.

Each poll will have the duration of a week. Voters can only pick one choice. Links are provided for people to re-read the comics. This week's poll features comics #81 to #90.

If you have any suggestions or comments, feel free to comment on this thread.

Thanks for voting!


Winners

#1-10 [full results]
1) #7 ThorPrayer (30.67%)
2) #3 See Spot Spot (16.00%)
3) #4 The Power of Music (15.33%)


#11-20 [full results]
1) #20 Arcanolypse Now (36.20%)
2) #14 Why Roy is Always Tired (17.79%)
3) #12 Up a Level, Down a Level (12.88%)


#21-30 [full results]
1) #28 Just Like on Three's Company (18.12%)
2) #25 Armor Begone (13.77%)
3) #23 Meanwhile... , #30 Behind the Secret Door (12.32%)


#31-40 [full results]
1) #40 The Gods Must be Busy (17.33%)
2) #37 Evil, But Cost-Effective (14.67%)
3) #31 All-You-Can-Eat Brain Buffet (14.00%)


#41-50 [full results]
1) #50 The Semi-Secret Origin of Elan & Nale (20.47%)
2) #41 Just Take the AoO (16.96%)
3) #47 But is it High Definition? (15.20%)


#51-60 [full results]
1) #58 First Aid (52.60%)
2) #51 Stupid Isn't Always Cute (17.92%)
3) #56 An Alternate Hypotesis (6.36%)


#61-70 [full results]
1) #64 Transference (24.68%)
2) #68 Unconscience (20.13%)
3) #65 The Magic Words (12.34%)


#71-80 [full results]
1) #80 Replacement Cleric (34.07%)
2) #77 A Battle of Attrition (21.48%)
3) #73 Thor's Teachings (19.26%)

[Mc. Lovin']

gotta be 86, for how unexpected the end was

[PaladinFreak]

nah... I'll go with the first church of banjo!

[Megalomaniac2]

Fear the power of.... BANJULHU!

[Skydiving_Ninja]

Either 81 or 85...hmm...

Heads: 81, Tails: 85.
*flips coin*
81 it is!

[Eldred]

It's gotta be #86. As soon as I looked at the comic, I was in fits of laughter over it.

[TigerHunter]

#89 For the win!

[Celisasu]

#82. Beats Pay-Per-View. Redcloak's initial reaction of absolute horror and then conversion to curiosity was amusing.

"With such short stubby little bodies I'd never imagine they'd be so agile as to...."

"It's educational and entertaining!"

[Sir_Norbert]

Can't believe I'm the first person to vote for #84..... that was stunning.

[Weebl]

All hail Banjo! Go #81!

[Wolfie_1066]

Oh yeah #90 no question...i just roll around on the floor for 5 miniutes not able to breath because of Elans 4 and the goblins...so funny

[Green Bean]

#81- so much awesome in this comic, plus we learn V's secret desire for espresso

[mixmastermind]

Hmmm, this make me wonder: Will Elan still keep Banjo around now that he's a swashbuckler?

[Fenix]

"I got a four"

What else ???

[Blood]

84 had great drama, 86 and 87 were hilarious, and most of them were at least worth noting. A good group, but I have to go with 81. The last four panels still crack me up.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Whaaa? First voter for #87? Not only is it hillarious (V's a half-camel!), but you gotta love the artwork in the last strip.

*harumphs*

[Tiako]

Two words: "Orthodox Banjoism"

[Demented]

So conflicted... 84 or 90...
Eh, deciding the best strip ever... not necessarily the funniest.

"Saddest. Comic. Ever."

[Draz74]

A lot of these are good. But two of them are ones that still make me laugh a ton, even though I've read them many times:

"Does it do expresso?" "No." "NEVER!"

"I got a 4!"

So I voted for the latter of the two, because it's the underdog of the two (and because Banjo already won last week's poll even though it didn't deserve to IMHO).

Are these the funniest strips ever? Or the best in art quality, or other criteria? No. But they're both tip-top (IMHO) in the category of "most re-readable."

[Felinoid]

#90. The ever-memorable "I GOT A 4!" combined with the 'listed INT score' joke at the beginning, and Plans A, B, & C at the end, makes for a very unique comic.

Very closely followed by the numerous and hilarious invisibility jokes in #89. Quite a lot of contenders in this group, really.

[fwiffo]

I should vote for 84. Not a joke to be found, but excellent powerful stuff and as much character development as Durkon ever got.

So, why am tempted to vote for 86 instead? Could be because it's punchline is so perfectly delivered? Not till "test of the heart" has there been a rival to the traditional long setup / short punchline joke where punchline comes out of nowhere and yet fits like a glove.

84 it is. Quite a feat of versatility for Giant to come out with two such different excellent strips just one away from each other.

[Holy_Knight]

It's got to be First Church of Banjo, especially for "Banjo wisely believes that the consumer knows best how to spend his or her hard earned money". More proof that despite his mental deficiencies, in some ways Elan's a genius.

Banjulhu and "I got a 4!" are strong contenders too, of course!

[LyronMage]

Gotta be 86. The Most Important Quest...just so unexpected; the way they were talking, it seemed like the party was in serious trouble.

[Aldebaran]

I GOT A FOUR, DO YOU HEAR ME?

I think you figured out what my vote was :)

Though,I was thinking about Banjo as well, but then...He already won last week

[Aurumvorax]

#87, definitely. Seriously, guys, why is there ALWAYS a line???

[Bluesilver]

Gotta be " First Church of Banjo".

[Chunklets]

Yeah, I thought #87 was very strong throughout the entire strip. Many guffaws there!

[Level-Up!]

It's Call of Banjulhu for me.

[silvadel]

I GOT A FOUR was my vote... Of course I never seem to win these things... I mean how could they not choose "Go Team Cleric" last time???

[Sir_Norbert]

OK...... I'm feeling like the guy getting left out at the party here..... could someone explain to me why exactly "I got a 4!" is funny? Because I am not getting it at all.