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kaufman
August 8, 2003 8:21 AM

Greetings all, and welcome to the First Stripcreator Battle Royal. We will, with the help of sixteen talented, veteran strippers who volunteered their services, determine once and for all, who is the champion of Stripcreator. Vying for that title will be 128 of the characters you know and love on this site, in a single-elimination test of wit and strength, a no-holds-barred cross between Celebrity Deathmatch, Spy vs. Spy, and March Madness. A few of the characters you’re familiar with have been omitted in order to leave that nice round number, but I hope nobody will miss them too much.

The competition proceeds as follows: I've seeded a tournament bracket that will be revealed gradually. Each match between two characters will be assigned to one of the 16 cartoonists, who will be responsible for resolving it in any manner he sees fit, by a single comic, or by a series, as long as one of the characters clearly defeats the other in some way, shape of form.

It should be noted that the authors can assign any identity to each character. The "scientist" can be portrayed as a generic scientist, Dr. Pedantic, or someone else. The “cowboy” can be a generic cowboy, a Cowboy Physicist, or George W. Bush. And so on. It’s up to the strippers, and the strippers alone.

Why is this here in Comic Showcase, and not Comic Competitions? Well, for the cartoonists, this is an exhibition, not a contest. The matches in the first three rounds will be divided evenly and randomly among them (though I’ll probably avoid assigning anyone his own forumuser). The final fifteen matches will be assigned randomly to 15 of the 16 authors; and assuming nobody drops out, the 16th author will be chosen randomly and without stigma. So here we go; we’ll see if form holds true.

We'll begin by giving each stripper one match, together comprising 1/4 of Round 1 -- 2 of the 8 16-character sub-brackets ...

  • andydougan: Toothgnip (goats) vs. Skeleton (dexx)
  • Big Evil Dan: Alien1&2 (kaddar) vs. Indypete (dieselsweeties)
  • boinky33: Bigevildan (forumusers) vs. Bug (explodingdog)
  • boorite: Lenny (submitted) vs. Reaper (dexx)
  • crabby: Grey (dexx) vs. Perm (forumusers)
  • Drexle: Lizardsuit (submitted) vs. Neovid (forumusers)
  • evil_d: Mask (kaddar) vs. Tyler (kofightclub)
  • fuzzyman: Bear (submitted) vs. Russ (kofightclub)
  • habnem: Descolada (forumusers) vs. Ghost (submitted)
  • itsclark: Blonde (kadder) vs. Hooker (wigu)
  • KajunFirefly: Scientist (dexx) vs. Skagg (forumusers)
  • kramer_vs_kramer: Clown (threereasons) vs. Rube (wigu)
  • mmyers: Jesus (threereasons) vs. Pablo (submitted)
  • Scyess: Brad (forumusers) vs. Pumpkin (holiday)
  • TheGovernor: Dil (submitted) vs. Helmut (wigu)
  • umfumdisi: Elf (holiday) vs. Pants (jerkcity)

Stippers, get to work, and post your match reports right here in this thread. I'll keep everyone up to date with the progress of this event.

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umfumdisi
August 8, 2003 8:33 AM

this is so freaking awesome--thanks, kaufman

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mmyers
August 8, 2003 1:45 PM

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habnem
August 8, 2003 11:34 PM

a wonderful start, mm. here's mine. this is gonna be fun!

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crabby
August 9, 2003 7:36 AM

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habnem
August 9, 2003 10:32 AM

damn. before this started, we should have made some sort of betting pool. somebody call caesars palace--my money's on pants.

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dcomposed
August 9, 2003 6:27 PM

I drew this a while ago, and I think it accuratly portrays how I am currently feeling.

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umfumdisi
August 9, 2003 10:53 PM

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uh, don't worry about the numbering--they're in order

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umfumdisi
August 9, 2003 11:12 PM

quote:
damn. before this started, we should have made some sort of betting pool. somebody call caesars palace--my money's on pants.

first, your money should be IN pants.

2nd--I checked usatoday.com, and the current line shows Tobor pretty much even money at 4:3, followed closely by Jesus (he's hard to defeat, you know) at 3:2. the asiangirls are dead even at 2:2. Long shots include various gabes at 50:1, jamalia at 100:1, and dil at 1000:1.

4. i don't think it's too late to start a pool

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habnem
August 10, 2003 1:28 AM

did i say pants? i meant spigot. GOOOOO SPIGOT!

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dcomposed
August 10, 2003 1:36 AM

Zombie isn't in, so I'm going for pumpkin.... Oh shit, vs. brad first round.

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kaufman
August 10, 2003 9:03 PM

quote:
Zombie isn't in, so I'm going for pumpkin.... Oh shit, vs. brad first round.
Zombie is in. You've just seen a quarter of the entries. (If you must know, his first round match will be against Duck.)

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umfumdisi
August 10, 2003 10:41 PM

crabby--your setup cracked me up

as for the Battle Royal, it looks like "surprise ending" is kicking the shit out of "well-worn cliche"

or is a surprise ending actually a cliche?

hmmm

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boorite
August 11, 2003 10:48 AM

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kaufman
August 11, 2003 12:25 PM

Click on these if you want to see the latest bracket 1 and bracket 2 info.

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kramer_vs_kramer
August 11, 2003 3:58 PM

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kramer_vs_kramer
August 11, 2003 3:59 PM

And now for a sneaky twist.

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If by "twist" you mean "cop-out".

Clown wins.

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fuzzyman
August 11, 2003 8:09 PM

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KajunFirefly
August 11, 2003 8:16 PM

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KajunFirefly
August 11, 2003 8:19 PM

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umfumdisi
August 12, 2003 11:04 AM

YES! I have Inigo Montoya AND Fezzik on the "'Princess Bride' Refs" board. Thanks, Fuzzy.

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itsclark
August 14, 2003 7:36 AM

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Victory = Hooker.

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evil_d
August 14, 2003 11:43 PM

(contains Fight Club spoilers)

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Incidentally, boorite, I'm pretty sure being that funny is against the law.

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BigEvilDan
August 15, 2003 8:44 AM

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Winner: Alien

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kaufman
August 18, 2003 7:37 PM

I know it's August and some of you are busy or in travel. Even though we still lack 5 submissions from the first set, I'm going to pass around the next 16 assignments. Some of you will just have to do 2 when you get around to it. So the updated list of what is to be done, featuring sub-brackets 3 and 4:

  • andydougan: Toothgnip (goats) vs. Skeleton (dexx)
    -and- Arabian (kaddar) vs. Kajun (forumusers)
  • Big Evil Dan: Fat (kaddar) vs. Cthulhu (dexx)
  • boinky33: Bigevildan (forumusers) vs. Bug (explodingdog)
    -and- Priest (submitted) vs. Zoe (wigu)
  • boorite: Jon (goats) vs. Pimp (dexx)
  • crabby: Shark (dexx) vs. Trex (submitted)
  • Drexle: Lizardsuit (submitted) vs. Neovid (forumusers)
    -and- Dogonball (threereasons) vs. Crabby (forumusers)
  • evil_d: Cow (kaddar) vs. Butch (explodingdog)
  • fuzzyman: Dexx (forumusers) vs. Robot (kofightclub)
  • habnem: Boozer (wigu) vs. Robo2 (kaddar)
  • itsclark: Bobby (submitted) vs. Sharkman (submitted)
  • KajunFirefly: Asiangirls (threereasons) vs. Horse (submitted)
  • kramer_vs_kramer: Fuzzy (forumusers) vs. Matador (kaddar)
  • mmyers: Cat (kaddar) vs. Dragon (dexx)
  • Scyess: Brad (forumusers) vs. Pumpkin (holiday)
    -and- Matthew (forumusers) vs. Penguin (kofightclub)
  • TheGovernor: Dil (submitted) vs. Helmut (wigu)
    -and- Hippie (kaddar) vs. Kaufman (forumusers)
  • umfumdisi: Alien3 (kaddar) vs. Spigot (jerkcity)

You know the drill, folks. Keep those cards and letters coming!

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fuzzyman
August 18, 2003 8:28 PM

Did you mean the Robot from Exploding Dog? No Robot that I can find in kofightclub. But I could be wrong.

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kaufman
August 18, 2003 8:53 PM

quote:
Did you mean the Robot from Exploding Dog? No Robot that I can find in kofightclub. But I could be wrong.
Sigh. I knew I'd screw something up. Yes, it's the Exploding Dog robot.

Clango and Tobor will enter later.

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User #16352
August 19, 2003 1:57 AM

I just got here today. What the fuck am I doing?

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User #16352
August 19, 2003 2:03 AM

ok, i got it.
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umfumdisi
August 19, 2003 6:59 AM

poor bug...

hey, i got jerkcity again, is that some sort of hint? ;)

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habnem
August 19, 2003 7:05 AM

i got someone holding alcohol again. i think kaufman's just using this exhibition as a way of hurling veiled insults at us (:

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kaufman
August 19, 2003 8:52 PM

Updated brackets can now be accesed at one easy location.

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crabby
August 20, 2003 5:48 AM

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mmyers
August 20, 2003 11:11 AM

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KajunFirefly
August 20, 2003 1:39 PM

Am I doing both Asian girls?

Yes, I'm aware of what I'm asking.

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umfumdisi
August 20, 2003 1:57 PM

Lucky bastard.

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kaufman
August 20, 2003 2:25 PM

quote:
Am I doing both Asian girls?

Yes, I'm aware of what I'm asking.


I couldn't separate them. They're a tag team entry. You get them both against that horse.

(The Union army and the Confederate army are also combined entries, as you'll find out before too much longer.)

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crabby
August 20, 2003 2:42 PM

quote:
The Union army and the Confederate army are also combined entries

Blasphemy!

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kaufman
August 20, 2003 2:58 PM

quote:
quote:
The Union army and the Confederate army are also combined entries

Blasphemy!
I was afraid I wasn't clear.

The Union army is a combined entry.

The Confederate army is a combined entry.

If they meet, it won't be until the quarterfinals or later.

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crabby
August 20, 2003 3:23 PM

Thanks for clearing that up.

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fuzzyman
August 20, 2003 7:41 PM

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umfumdisi
August 21, 2003 1:26 PM

alien3 (kaddar) vs. spigot (jerkcity):

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habnem
August 21, 2003 5:28 PM

mmyers, why did you make me read so much comicry for that one punchline? damn you!

(by the way, everone is still really funny. there hasn't been this much sustained humor in a thread ever. i love being alive.)

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mmyers
August 22, 2003 8:19 AM

Oddly enough, Habnem, I never start out with the punch line. I had the story in my head, sort of, and then as I closed in on the end, I thought, "I should sum up this whole thing" so I began trying to think of a joke to sum it all up, and voila, that horrible paraphrased pun sprung to mind. Also, I like to think that my comics say , "Sit a spell, kick your shoes off, have a glass of tea, it's going to take me awhile to get to my point." I blame my southern upbringing.

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kramer_vs_kramer
August 22, 2003 4:03 PM

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KajunFirefly
August 22, 2003 5:41 PM

Despite Bear's earlier demise, he appears in this series:

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BigEvilDan
August 22, 2003 8:20 PM

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Drexle
August 23, 2003 11:11 PM

Kaufman, you never sent me a message that this thing had actually started. I'm sad now. :(

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Drexle
August 23, 2003 11:13 PM

Never mind, I just re-read the original PM. I don't know why I'd expected a message later.

Oh well.

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Drexle
August 24, 2003 12:43 AM

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