Well, here we are, after nearly two months, with the conclusion of the best comic strip tournament. Let's see some results!

Results: Round 7: The Third-Place Game

The Far Side -- 10 votes
defeats
Doonesbury -- 2 votes

Analysis: "I always really like the 'it was late and i was tired' comic. I just think the kid is drawn so absurdly in a funny ( Read more... )

Results: Round 6: The Fascinating Four

Zits -- 6 votes
defeats
Doonesbury -- 3 votes

Analysis: "I had intended to write a comment about how Zits doesn't really belong in the finals and whatnot. But then I realized, I read the comic every day, pretty much enjoy it whenever I do, and most of the other stuff these days is just garbage. Perhaps that ( Read more... )

Results: Round 5: The Exciting Eight

Calvin and Hobbes -- 7 votes
defeats
Dilbert -- 3 votes

Analysis: "The first one was the toughest yet. I had to go with Calvin, though, because while Dilbert is relevant to my current adulthood, Calvin WAS my childhood." -- admiralmemo

Blondie -- 1 vote
loses to
The Far Side -- 9 votes

Analysis: "More difficult then I ( Read more... )

Results: Round 4, Dogpatch Region

Calvin and Hobbes -- 8 votes
defeats
Pearls Before Swine -- 0 votes

Analysis: "Hobbes should really eat Calvin at some point. That would have been a great ending to the strip." -- Tom

Results: Round 4, Milford Region

Baby Blues -- 1 vote
loses to
Dilbert -- 7 votes

Analysis: "For absolutely no reason I can ( Read more... )

Results: Round 3, Riverside Region

Bloom County -- 7 votes
defeats
Over the Hedge -- 1 vote
(2 abstentions)

Analysis: "I voted Bloom County -- It took me a while to discover the greatness but, seriously. What an intense look at everything, sprinkle Lee Iacocca and Steve Dallas in the mix and you come up with greatness." -- Keith

Non Sequitur -- ( Read more... )

Results: Round 3, Dogpatch Region

Calvin and Hobbes -- 9 votes
defeats
Cul-de-Sac -- 1 vote

Analysis: "In my head, I always imagined a story where waterson's higher ups, once he decides ( Read more... )

Results: Round 2, Milborough Region

One Big Happy -- 2 votes
loses to
Peanuts -- 10 votes
(1 abstention)

Analysis: "Peanuts -- I fondly remember the bleakness" -- Mom

Rhymes With Orange -- 5 votes
defeats
La Cucaracha -- 4 votes
(4 abstentions)

Big Top -- 3 votes
loses to
The Boondocks -- 6 votes
(4 abstentions)

Analysis: "Boonz: I feel like ( Read more... )

Depressingly few comments this time around. I'd like to encourage everyone to leave their thoughts; it makes for a much more enjoyable tournament experience all around.

Results: Round 2, Riverside Region

Bloom County -- 5 votes
defeats
Marvin -- 3 votes

Analysis: "Bloom County; America's Ill but so is Bill! That poster adorns the wall above my ( Read more... )

Results: Round 2, Walden College Region

Drabble -- 0 votes
loses to
For Better or For Worse -- 5 votes
(4 abstentions)

Analysis: "For Better or For Worse: although the drawing sucks, and I can never tell which character is which (all of the girls, from age 8 to 50, look the same). " -- Mom

"For Better or For Worse. I like the real life ( Read more... )

Results: Round 2, Dogpatch Region

Calvin and Hobbes -- 11 votes
defeats
Gasoline Alley -- 0 votes

Analysis: I don't feel like checking, but I think this is the first complete shut-out (as in no abstentions) in the tournament this far.

"Calvin and Hobbes. Everyone's favorite peeing adolescent." -- Kayvon

"Calvin and Hobbes - Alternate series ( Read more... )