The first round is over! Hoorah! We'll start seeing the one- through four-seeds soon, but first, some results.

Results: Round 1, Milborough Region

One Big Happy -- 5 votes
defeats
U.S. Acres -- 4 votes
(6 abstentions)

Analysis: "One Big Happy. This is mostly a vote against Garfield... Also, I'm banking on the idea that the comics that were ( Read more... )

Before we finish out the first round, I want to do a bit of housekeeping. First, here are comics that I considered for the tournament, but didn't quite make the cut:

• Speed Bump
  
• The Born Loser
  
• Ballard Street
  
• Willy 'n Ethel
  
• The Duplex
  
• Brenda Starr, Reporter
  
• Ripley's Believe It or Not!
  
• Alley Oop
  
• Miss Peach
  
• The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee
  
• Cleats
  
• ( Read more... )

A lot of close matches this round, but who came out on top? Let's find out!

Results: Round 1, Walden College Region

Drabble -- 5 votes
defeats
Hi and Lois -- 3 votes
(1 abstention)

Analysis: Apparently no one cared about this match-up.

Dennis the Menace -- 4 votes
loses to
Rudy Park -- 5 votes

Analysis: "I have, as far as I know, only one ( Read more... )

Results: Round 1, Dogpatch Region

Mary Worth -- 4 votes
loses to
Gasoline Alley -- 5 votes

Analysis: Aldo Kelrast has his revenge at last. Cam suggests reading some of these classic Gasoline Alley strips, and I can't say that I blame him.

Luann -- 2 votes
loses to
Ziggy -- 7 votes

Analysis: I do so love it when the bottom seed loses in the ( Read more... )

OK, we've all waited just about long enough. Just as a head's up, I'm abandoning the Monday-Wednesday-Friday update schedule; this time around, new posts will go up ever Sunday and Thursday. I'll have a bit more to say next time, for now I just want to get started.

EDIT: I just realized that I forgot the "abstain" option in the poll. Sorry. It ( Read more... )

Based on the results of the last poll, I'm proud to announce the Comic Strip Tournament. A big thank you to everyone who helped me pick this out. It was certainly good for me to make that entire list; I'll have plenty ideas for when the next tournament rolls around ( Read more... )

The last three tournaments I ran were pretty much solo undertakings; I had the idea on my own, and implemented mostly by myself, with occasional help from a few close friends in determining seeding. In the interest of greater voter participation, I've solicited suggestions for the next tournament from all of you, and now I'll be polling you on ( Read more... )

[Yes, the subject's another quote from a They Might Be Giants songI forgot to mention one of the perks of my new job: I get to see a lot of confidential information, mostly names, addresses, and so forth. To be clear, I have no intention of doing anything illicit with these data, but I find it interesting to look at. One good way to pass the ( Read more... )

First, yes, I do have a new job. I started on December 26, and have thus worked a total seven days. Second, it's not at the crumb factory; that's a line from a rather obscure They Might Be Giants songThird, no, I can't tell you what I do. It's apparently a complex position that involves a two-month training program, but do to (I assume) some ( Read more... )

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