2013 Mix March Madness Webcomics Tournament Nominations Are Now Open!
Yes, it’s that time of year again, where we take the best webcomics and put them head to head to highlight the incredible diversity of work out in the comics world, to raise money for various comics charities, and to have fun while doing it– time for the Mix March Madness Webcomics Tournament!
As usual, we always think we’ve gotten a good list together of webcomics– our directory lists three hundred webcomics right now which are going to the seeding round– but we always seem to miss a few newcomers, or strips that have just fallen under our radar for whatever reason. So we’re asking you: what strips have we missed? Just add them in comments below with links to the site.
Our criteria for including them in the contest are pretty simple and broad:
- They have to be currently in production, by which we mean “has come out with at least one new installment since the new year”. Surprisingly, this knocks out a lot of comics.
- No paywalls. You gotta be able to read it to compare and contrast.
- No adult webcomics. We do May Mayhem for the R and X rated comics, this is for family safe material.
Get your nominations in quick, we’re closing the window at midnight Pacific Time on Thursday night and starting the seeding voting on Friday. And please, share this post far and wide so we don’t miss anyone!
I’m enjoying/nominating Bruce Quast’s “Faron Square” (www.faronsquare.com), an old-school ensemble comedy about a collapsing shopping mall. It’s currently publishing about twice a month.
Name an old video game, they’ll make a comic about it – Blow The Cartridge
Two I’d add to the list are
Nimona
http://gingerhaze.com/nimona
and
Ava’s Demon
http://www.avasdemon.com/
Badnix – video game enemies teaming up to thwart a world-destroying threat: the player
badnix.com/
Bad Reputation – strange pirates
badreputationcomic.com/
Bird Boy – a foundling’s tale in a surreal world of masks
bird-boy.com/
Blaster Nation – the daily life of a bunch of misfits
blasternation.com/
Broodhollow – Tintin in Innsmouth
broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/
Blasphemous Saga Fantasy – JRPG-style fantasy adventures
bsfantasy-comic.com/
Cleopatra in Spaaace – cheesy sci-fi adventures, unfortunately in a hiatus
cowshell.com/cleopatra/
Clockworks – steampunk gaming comic, in a hiatus too
shawntionary.com/clockworks/
Commander Kitty – the space adventures of space toons in space
commanderkitty.com/
Derelict – a lone woman’s drifting journey across the misty oceans of a ruined world
derelictcomic.com/
Fey Winds – fantasy adventures that don’t always take themselves seriously
feywinds.com/
Fox Sister – supernatural thriller based on Korean folklore
thefoxsister.com/
Rusy & Company – what if monsters were adventurers too?
rustyandco.com/
Table Titans – the Penny Arcade / PVP comic venture about tabletop gaming
tabletitans.com/
The End – alien abductees discovering galactic conspiracies
endcomic.com/
The Man of Many Shades – a hardened criminal stuck in a world created from a little girl’s drawings (not for kids)
themanofmanyshades.com/
What Birds Know – creepy fantasy
fribergthorelli.com/wbk/
Will Save World For Gold – D&D 4 adventures in a sprite comic with its own original art (no megamans!)
willsaveworldforgold.com/
Seconding Nimona and Ava’s Demon.
I’d also like to nominate Hinges
http://hingescomic.blogspot.ca/
Is it too late to recommend Not A Villain (navcomic.com)?
http://invisiblecities.comicgenesis.com/ Hero is a good one.
Eat that Toast
http://eatthattoast.com/
O Human Star
http://ohumanstar.com/
SuperMutant Magic Academy
http://mutantmagic.com/
Jerkcity
http://www.jerkcity.com/
Brawl in the family
http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/
Castle Vidcons
http://www.castle-vidcons.com/
Broodhollow
http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/
Team Society League
http://teamsocietyleague.com/
Horse_ecomics
http://horseecomics.tumblr.com/
Pandyland
http://pandyland.net/
Married to the sea
http://www.marriedtothesea.com/
Natalie Dee
http://www.nataliedee.com/
Supernormal Step
http://supernormalstep.com/
Whomp!
http://www.whompcomic.com/
You’re a bit late, but we’ll try to get them in there.
I know I’m late, but I’m hoping I can nominate three that aren’t on the list.
Untold Tales of Bigfoot
http://untoldtalesofbigfoot.com/
Tales of a Checkered Man
http://thecheckeredman.com/
Yeti 4 Hire
http://yeti4hire.com/
Thanks!
Sadly, already on to the next round. But a few of these will probably show up in the children’s version we’ll be doing later this year.
The Property of Hate
http://tpoh.smackjeeves.com/
Facade
http://www.facadecomic.com
Demon Eater
http://demoneater.smackjeeves.com
The Bright Side
http://www.thebrightsidecomic.com/