I think the strips with the crab are pretty funny. I wish it was just about the crab.
― cwkiii, Friday, 13 June 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
oh cool, didn't realize this was happening. thanks for taking the reins, forks.
― some dude, Friday, 13 June 2014 20:27 (nine years ago) link
hey J.D. and DJP - your ballots look like they're meant to be in order; am I assuming correctly?
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Monday, 16 June 2014 03:27 (nine years ago) link
I have no recollection of my ballot so I will say "yes"
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Monday, 16 June 2014 13:34 (nine years ago) link
had to look mine up -- yes it is.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 16 June 2014 16:42 (nine years ago) link
ta dudes.
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Monday, 16 June 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link
i think i voted in this poll? was it polled a long time ago? idk
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Monday, 16 June 2014 17:05 (nine years ago) link
you did
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Monday, 16 June 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link
haha cool! thanks
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Monday, 16 June 2014 17:09 (nine years ago) link
http://www.drudgesiren.com/siren.gif BREAKING http://www.drudgesiren.com/siren.gif BREAKING http://www.drudgesiren.com/siren.gif
Your diligent ordering of ballots has now been taken into account and the ILX COMIC STRIPS AND SHORT WEBCOMICS AND SOME OTHER THINGS POLL will imminently resume. We start just outside the top 100, due to clustering of ties.
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Monday, 23 June 2014 07:08 (nine years ago) link
103: THE ANGRIEST DOG IN THE WORLD by David Lynch (24 points)Lynch fansite
“The dog who is so angry he cannot move. He cannot eat. He cannot sleep. He can just barely growl. Bound so tightly with tension and anger, he approaches the state of rigor mortis.” Filmmaker / visual artist / composer Lynch’s strip ran with the same four panels and different dialogue weekly in the LA Reader, New York Press and other alt-weeklies from 1983 to 1992, and was later revived on davidlynch.com
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Monday, 23 June 2014 08:17 (nine years ago) link
did the thread just start over?
― pplains, Monday, 23 June 2014 14:02 (nine years ago) link
Sic is driving from here on in; I don't believe we're starting over
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 June 2014 15:08 (nine years ago) link
Think this is now the tally of all strips that got more than one vote. The single votes were "honorable placers" or something.
I didn't get around to voting (unless my memory is *really* bad), but probably would've tossed off a vote for the Angriest Dog in the World. Real comics fans should probably be glad I didn't vote, as most of my choices would've been webcomics. Not the super shitty stick figure webcomics (though actually I think stick figures *can* work, sometimes), but still webcomics.
― emil.y, Monday, 23 June 2014 15:09 (nine years ago) link
It's a soft reboot.
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Monday, 23 June 2014 15:43 (nine years ago) link
The ILX Comic Strip Poll Results NOW!
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 23 June 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
sic, would it be possible to also tell us how many people voted for each strip? also, the names of everyone who voted for bloom county. thanks
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Monday, 23 June 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link
Can we get a breakdown of left-handed vs right-handed voters?
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Monday, 23 June 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
=102: SLUGGY FREELANCE by Pete Abrams (25 points) Sluggy.com
One of the first successful, and probably the longest successful, native web strip. Has evolved from daily gags to long arcs, but still uses something like Comic Sans for lettering.
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Monday, 23 June 2014 23:47 (nine years ago) link
how many votes did that get?
― Mordy, Monday, 23 June 2014 23:55 (nine years ago) link
(obv i'm stoned bc i just realized i could check myself nm) it looks kinda terrible tho esp that second example
that is atrocious
― polyphonic, Monday, 23 June 2014 23:56 (nine years ago) link
1 vote for Sluggy Freelance. Obv the voter is welcome to provide better examples than I found!
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 00:25 (nine years ago) link
(sorry, I didn't tally number of votes when I ran the numbers. Happy to check on specific examples, and forks and Mordy feel free to answer if I'm away for timezone reasons!)
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 00:28 (nine years ago) link
or as long as I remember I'll include them
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 00:30 (nine years ago) link
=102: SCARY GARY by Mark Buford (25 points, 1 vote)Universal
Cold, staring eyes mesmerize their victim's attention as sharp teeth nuzzle into the necks of the surprised captive. The warm blood eases the vampire's hunger pangs and desire for life.. . But after a while, a vampire gets older and wants to quit working. That's where Mark Buford steps in. The creator of "Scary Gary" gives fans an inside view on the life of a 700-year-old retired vampire and his evil but very funny friends. (TheCartoonists.ca)
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 00:31 (nine years ago) link
Let’s try some others.http://www.thecartoonists.ca/images/MarkBuford1.jpghttps://thedailyfunnies.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/11-10-10-scary-gary.png
And a couple of links to different ones just in case:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9kqk7YrbOBc/SlJ1TqC5SQI/AAAAAAAAA8c/WQvU9QjWe4c/s400/sunday+1.gifhttp://gocomics.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5f3053ef019aff6d6159970b-800wi
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 00:38 (nine years ago) link
lol ok that's pretty charming. it reminds me a little of joann sfar's vampire in love (tho cruder + more comic strippy)
― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 00:49 (nine years ago) link
Assuming that CTRL + ALT + DEL will be Top 40 material.
― pplains, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 00:49 (nine years ago) link
yeah, Scary Gary is the first one I've found so far that I'd never heard of, but thought I'd enjoy finding in a newspaper, if I read a newspaper
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 00:58 (nine years ago) link
i continue to read the comics page of the newspaper at the same place i read them as a child - my parent's kitchen table. they're the only ppl i know who sub to a newspaper!
― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 01:00 (nine years ago) link
Wrapping up the outside-the-top-100:
=102: Dry Bones by Yaakov Kirschen (25 points)(already posted)
=102: The Magic Whistle by Sam Henderson (25 points)(already posted)
One vote each, obv. Angriest Dog In The World got 4.
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 01:18 (nine years ago) link
I cant remember if I can voted in this but angriest dog and magic whistle showing up make me think that I did.
Fuck hat!
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 01:29 (nine years ago) link
I guess I was the Scary Gary voter? It's on my ballot anyway, down at #16. It's still one of my daily reads. (I follow a couple dozen strips with my morning coffee on my pixelated newspaper.)
― WilliamC, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 01:44 (nine years ago) link
Pluggers better get like 90 votes because if it doesn't, this one's coming out any time someone starts talking some shit.
http://comixtalk.com/images/jun2007/sluggy3.gif
― pplains, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 01:55 (nine years ago) link
There were 19 voters.
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 02:01 (nine years ago) link
One of whom was Shakey.
Sploosh
― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 02:10 (nine years ago) link
Just found the worst awful my eyes my eyes Pluggers On The Beach panel during a smart-aleck Google Image Search, so I'll just shutthefuckup now.
― pplains, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 02:19 (nine years ago) link
I know I nominated Dry Bones but I don't think I voted, so somebody else threw it a vote?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 02:34 (nine years ago) link
threw it a bone, you mean
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 02:50 (nine years ago) link
Was it this one?
http://comicbooth.com/images/pluggers_beach.jpg
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 08:22 (nine years ago) link
98: Medium Large by Francesco Marciuliano (25 points)(already posted)
=97: Diesel Sweeties by R Stevens (28 points)(already posted)
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 08:52 (nine years ago) link
=97: MOON MULLINS by Frank Willard (28 points, 2 votes)Toonopedia
Moon Mullins, created by cartoonist Frank Willard (1893–1958), had a long run as both a daily and Sunday from 1923 to 1991. The strip depicts the lives of diverse lowbrow characters who reside at the Schmaltz (later Plushbottom) boarding house. The central character, Moon (short for Moonshine), is a would-be prizefighter—perpetually strapped for cash but with a roguish appetite for vice and high living. Moon took a room in the boarding house at 1323 Wump Street in 1924 and never left, staying on for 67 years. (Wikipedia)
http://www.comicstripfan.com/newspaper/m/moonmullins/MoonMullins19400122.jpg
http://www.comicstripfan.com/newspaper/m/moonmullins/MoonMullins19470521.jpg
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/149/1105/1024/mm450118.jpg
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 08:53 (nine years ago) link
I voted for Sluggy Freelance almost exclusively because of the first Kitten storyline, which is what I first read. The strip is very heavily serialized, to the point where pulling out individual daily strips is almost an exercise in futility. It also devolved into self-referential nonsense several years ago and I don't read it anymore aside from checking in every few months to see if a particular storyline has finished.
"Kitten" starts before this strip with some background material but this is where the meat of the story starts. Like pretty much every Sluggy storyline it's best read as a whole rather than in daily format. It's also not as funny 14 years later but there are still some good bits.
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 13:45 (nine years ago) link
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Tuesday, June 24, 2014 3:22 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
No, it was this one.
http://comicbooth.com/images/pluggers_multiboobs.jpg
― pplains, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 15:02 (nine years ago) link
classic unnecessary anatomic correctness
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link
I wonder if he tried to draw a cow to accompany the bull, but couldn't work out how to do the udder just right.
Cows, dogs... I mean, even a bird would've likely been a better idea.
― pplains, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 15:08 (nine years ago) link
(btw I agree that the Torg/Oasis strip everyone is laughing at is terrible and unnecessary but the Oasis story as a whole is kind of cool)
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 15:09 (nine years ago) link
moon mullins looks great! is it collected anywhere?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link