Mix March Madness 2015 Webcomics Tournament: And The Winner Is…
…the Hero Initiative, who thanks to the efforts of dedicated fans buying additional votes for their favorite webcomics, raised $554 this round for an overall total of $2122 to help comics creators in need! Plus Philip M. Hofer, creator of Comic Easel, who got $408 to help him get a new computer so he can get back to work building comic websites, for a grand total raised of $2530…
Yeah, yeah, I hear you cry, this is nice and all, but you really want to hear who won the competition? You’re not willing to sit through long-winded explanations designed to draw out the suspense, and that’s why American Idol got cancelled?
Oh, all right. The winner is…
…yes, we’re still going to put it after the break…
The fans have spoken! Shotgun Shuffle has beaten Stand Still. Stay Silent in the battle of the SSSSSS’s, while Not A Villain beat out Girl Genius for 3rd Place.
Congratulations to Chris Rusche and to everyone who played along and let us have some fun, show off a LOT of new comics to people, and raise some money for charity.
One last time, the final brackets:
Congratulations to all the comics that made the tourny. Congrats to Chris and Minna for 2 awesome comics in the final. A hearty “Good Job” to both Aneeka and the Foglios for their comics. Let us hope that the money raised will help the artists who need it the most.
Hear, hear! This tourney has been a lot of fun, and while I backed Shotgun Shuffle, I’m greatly enjoying Stand Still, Stay Silent right now as I work thru the archives.
Furthermore, the SSSS minnions have been really welcoming, and they seem like a great community all around. Both the S-comics shall be claiming my continuing votes on TopWebComics for some time to come.
Huzzah! ^_^
I want to congratulate the three comics in the final podium for it’s wins, as well as the others contestants and their fans. I think that this was the greatest March Madness so far.
I’m specially amazed and thrilled for the more friendly final I ever witnessed. It’s really pleasant to see the friendship SS and SSSS fan bases just formed. I hope this will become a costume of this contest from now on.
I feel fair to also congratulate NAV and its fan base for the highest popular voting in the history of this contest (2.484 votes without paid votes), higher even than the ones in the final.
Last but not least, I want to thanks ComicMix and Gleen for this annual opportunity to give exposure to the comics we like, to know new comics to enjoy, and to support a charity initiative.
That said I will point out that this contest has highly grown in popularity and effectiveness (the initial goal was pushed up to the double and a half, 250%). We are now at a level that the problems that have been happening year after year are not longer admissible nor excusable.
To properly fulfill its part as host of this contest and not risk to lose participants and fans I strongly advise ComicMix to step its game up.
Till next year.
Congratulations to Chris, Minna and the two associated communities!
Go S’s!