The Stick Awards II: Second Edition (#0111 - #0120)

[Porthos]

Welcome to The Stick Awards II: Second Edition! :smallsmile:

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 111 through 120.

For full details about the Stick Awards, please check out the main thread here (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=283609).

To read more about the original Stick Awards, created by Nazzo, the 102nd, please read his thread here. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34791)

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 August 25th, 4pm EDT. Any votes made after that will NOT count toward the totals.

Last week, 110 :xykon: Revenge is Best Served Really Cold (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0110.html) wound up being the winner, even though it forgot it had entered. Who will emerge victorious this week? Only you can decide that. :smallsmile:

What is best in life besides crushing your enemies and hearing the lamentations of their significant others? Why deciding who should be the winner of....

.THE STICK AWARDS II: 0111 - 0120

111 Inukchuk! (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0111.html)
112 Shatter (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0112.html)
113 Memories, Like the Edges of My Sword (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0113.html)
114 Exciting Climax (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0114.html)
115 Dust in the Wind (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0115.html)
116 Finding Stuff (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0116.html)
117 Delayed Gratification (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0117.html)
118 They Should Childproof Those Things (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0118.html)
119 Hollywood, Eat Your Heart Out (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0119.html)
120 The End of the Beginning (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0120.html)

[Demolator]

Aw man, this had a lot of good ones, this is tough. I guess I have to go with 119.

[Sylian]

111: Inukchuk! - Durkon shows us one of the reasons Clerics are better warriors than Fighters. :smallbiggrin:

[Bird]

120. That last panel is adorable. Lookit Belkar's wink-and-grin. Lookit V with arms stuck out for the joy of it.

[Tris]

This one's tough but I'm going to go for 120.

[Sir_Leorik]

So many good choices! Which to choose?

I'm going to have to go with #114, because Roy is a total bad-ass in that strip. (Plus, the MitD trying to cope with stage fright is really funny. :smallbiggrin:)

[white lancer]

Hmm...there's good stuff in each of these, but none of them really stand out to me. I guess I'll go with #111: Inukchuck as it shows Durkon in badass mode for the first time...and Belkar's quiet disappointment is a great capper.

[137beth]

You! broke! 114!

[FLHerne]

120, for finally getting started with the real plot (as the strip title says, even). Miko's overly-ominous words are the first hint of a larger meaning to the whole Gate thing, aren't they?

Aside: I only just realised that that's the exact same time as this strip (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0290.html).

[Zordrath]

112. 'Great. Me first' is still one of my favorite Xykon moments. I know he's had many more spectacular since then, but this one is just a classic. The nonchalant way he destroys the heroes' plan still makes me crack up every time I read it.

[Gift Jeraff]

#111112113114115116117118119120

[thatSeniorGuy]

120 for the flumphs, the cut-aways, and for a great ending to the first chapter/book of OOTS!

[littlebum2002]

115, 115, 115!

[martianmister]

114hfhsdfgdvcbgvggfffb

[Draz74]

Nothing super stands out in this pack (which I guess is OK, since my favorites never win anyway :smallwink:). But I guess I'll vote 115, mostly for the classic Belkar action at the end.

[LadyEowyn]

I'm going to have to go with 114 for "You! Broke! My! Sword!" and Roy 'killing' Xykon.

[David Argall]

120 seems tops, but 116, 118, & 119 are worthy of note.

[Saharo]

Oh man, this is a good batch. 113 and 114 both get honorable mention for being the first real climax, but I think ultimately, I have to go with 120.
We get a Krackakoom, lots of good foreshadowing, and the end of a trade paperback. Too much good stuff to pass up.

[Excise]

Great set, but 120 sets the tone for the rest of the series.

[Torrasque]

Roy's great cleavage didn't even go further? boo!

120 for the flumphs

[Mike Havran]

I vote for #111.

[Hogwarts9876]

118: They Should Childproof Those Things

[davidbofinger]

I wish I'd voted earlier so I could say, :xykon: "Me first," and vote for #112.

[nogall]

120 is great and has many good jokes, but 116 cracks me up with V, the elf-magic detection rod.

[Emanick]

Man. Really tough round. All of these are pretty close in my book.

I'm going to have to go with 113 for the emotional depth, partly because I think it's been underrated thus far.

[Timix]

115 "Run my pretty chunks of XP, run!!!"

[rs2excelsior]

Several good ones here, but I think I have to go with 113. Roy's just standing there, and you don't know what he's going to do or how he's going to react, and then you get to that last panel. And you're like, oh crap, that skeleton is going DOWN.

[ChristianSt]

Toss-up between 117 and 120.

And the winner is 120 The End of the Beginning

[Ninja Dragon]

Very good pack, though call between 114 and 120, but I'm going to go with 120. I love this end of book foreshadowing that the Giant does.

[NobodyWasTaken]

I vote 114 for broken swords.

[ORione]

Several good ones here, but I think I have to go with 113. Roy's just standing there, and you don't know what he's going to do or how he's going to react, and then you get to that last panel. And you're like, oh crap, that skeleton is going DOWN.

Well said. 113

[Kolhammer]

120 has to be it.

[Gift Jeraff]

All of these are pretty close in my book.

In fact, they're consecutive in my book.

:wink:

[Killer Angel]

You broke my 114!

[Infinite]

114definitely.

[Valanarch]

It has to be 114.

[Ailowynn]

YOU! BROKE! MY! SWORD!

Yeah. That one.

[Dr._Demento]

114 has the payoff, but 113 sets it up so masterfully, I have to pick that one. Those two strips go hand in hand, but alas I can only choose one.

[hajo]

THE STICK AWARDS II: 0111 - 0120
111 Inukchuk! (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0111.html)
112 Shatter (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0112.html)
113 Memories, Like the Edges of My Sword (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0113.html)
114 Exciting Climax (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0114.html)
115 Dust in the Wind (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0115.html)
116 Finding Stuff (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0116.html)
117 Delayed Gratification (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0117.html)
118 They Should Childproof Those Things (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0118.html)
119 Hollywood, Eat Your Heart Out (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0119.html)
120 The End of the Beginning (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0120.html)


I vote 114 "You have moderately inconvenienced me" :smallbiggrin:
closely followed by 116 "...three grunts for artifacts"
and 119 "Wait for it"

[A_Man]

Has to be 112.

[Porthos]

Tempted to vote for 114. But I don't particularly feel like casting a vote that makes a tie. :smalltongue: And, besides, I kinda like 120 very slightly more anyway. So 120 it is. If by a fairly slim margin.

Either way.....

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!

120 :elan: - The End of the Beginning (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0120.html) 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: 0111 - 0120
{table]|Comic Number | Votes Received | Vote Percentage |
|
111 |
3 |
7.69|
|
112 |
4 |
10.26|
|
113 |
4 |
10.26|
|
114 |
10 |
25.64|
|
115 |
3 |
7.69|
|
116 |
1 |
2.56|
|
117 |
0 |
0.00|
|
118 |
1 |
2.56|
|
119 |
1 |
2.56|
|
120 |
12 |
30.77|[/table]

Please join us for the next round of voting for Strips #121-130 here.