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Mix March Madness 2013 Webcomics Tournament Round 1! Vote Now!

by · March 7, 2013

Glenn Hauman

Glenn is VP of Production at ComicMix. He has written Star Trek and X-Men stories and worked for DC Comics, Simon & Schuster, Random House, arrogant/MGMS and Apple Comics. He's also what happens when a Young Turk of publishing gets old.

51 Responses

  1. Norman says:
    March 7, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    Why is the Donate button taking me to my PayPal account, and not to a page to buy votes?

    • Glenn Hauman says:
      March 8, 2013 at 11:51 am

      Donations are via Hero Initiative’s Paypal. If you aren’t logged in there at the time, you’re asked to log in before it takes you to the donations page.

    • MarsKitten says:
      March 8, 2013 at 11:51 am

      You have to enter your info, and when you confirm it, there’s a message box where you enter the name of the webcomic you want the votes to go to.

  2. Magenta says:
    March 7, 2013 at 8:45 pm

    Aw yiss, my favorite webcomics all made it in.
    Not that I doubted any of them.

  3. Zane says:
    March 7, 2013 at 9:25 pm

    What the hell why do I need a friggin’ facebook account to vote? This is shit.

    • Lukkai says:
      March 7, 2013 at 9:52 pm

      Yeah, it’s a pity. I always voted in these and would have loved to do so again. But if having a Facebook account is what it needs to vote, then I’m out, sorry. I won’t give myself that big a target surface for the sake of voting alone.

      Heck, I couldn’t even write an own comment without an account! Only through the reply function was I able to post this!

      • Glenn Hauman says:
        March 8, 2013 at 11:59 am

        We switched polling methods because:

        1. The polling method we were using was overloading our server and taking the site down. We needed to offload the traffic.

        2. There were allegations of cheating and gaming the system last year. Switching to a method that incorporated Facebook verification was a way to minimize that. If you’re going to push your favorite strip to the top, you’re going to have to pay for the privilege.

        We agree that the pop-up windows are a pain, and we’re going to get those out ASAP.

        • Amy says:
          March 8, 2013 at 12:51 pm

          OH I understand. I know with running my own site how people cheat and the server load issue as well. I know one way people cheat is voting from several computers with different ips. So this is a good idea.

          Keep up the good work.

        • Lukkai says:
          March 8, 2013 at 8:42 pm

          I understand why you came to this solution. And there’s certainly good reason, especially in your second point. I’m still not happy with it though and must wonder whether there might have been another viable option on how to do this.

          Should add this though: After my first reply to another comment here, the standard box to write comments reappeared. Don’t know if the page loaded in a faulty way before, giving me only the comment through facebook option or what was the case. But it does work again normally.

        • mike weber says:
          March 10, 2013 at 6:35 pm

          I’m really annoyed that i won’t get to vote this year.

          But Facebook is NOT something i have anything to do with.

    • Claudz says:
      March 7, 2013 at 10:06 pm

      I agree. It was a poor decision by comicmix to choose to use opinion stage! stupid popup facebook windows everytime i want to vote!!!

    • Songbird says:
      March 8, 2013 at 12:44 am

      Aye, the Facebook thing was a bit annoying, but at least we had the option to make it anonymous. I don’t really want my private Facebook info out there in the world of webcomics. Site still seems to be getting pretty overloaded. Pity, it’s a cool idea.

    • Duane B says:
      March 8, 2013 at 11:08 am

      Just another way of forcing us to join the social media and let everyone examine our dirty underwear.

      Me? I plan on keeping my skidmarks to myself.

      • Stomme poes says:
        March 8, 2013 at 11:40 am

        I voted last year and thought it was a great idea. Not going to use Facebook to vote this year, so no more voting for me (unless I donate-vote which, I might).

        At least I got a vote in the beginning.

        • Sessine says:
          March 8, 2013 at 3:44 pm

          Someone else here who’s going… what the hell, Facebook? Count me out. I am not going anywhere near that mess.

          Congratulations, guys, you just made the contest even more meaningless than it was last year.

  4. Fish says:
    March 8, 2013 at 2:08 am

    This year I will be reading every comic that goes up against my favourite before I vote.

    • Holly says:
      March 8, 2013 at 3:56 am

      I would like to as well, but I can’t even vote now without a facebook account.
      I’ve been meaning to read Hanna’s not a boy’s name though, after I finish Gunnerkrigg. Anyone recommend it?

      Also, go Homestuck!

      • someone says:
        March 8, 2013 at 12:59 pm

        I wouldn’t HINABN if only because it was abandoned by its creator before it reached something that could pass as a satisfying conclusion. So it’s a frustrating read.

      • Suz says:
        March 16, 2013 at 3:36 pm

        Read it, but don’t get too attached. The author has fantastic artwork, but tends to ditch every single project she starts.

  5. nameless bastard says:
    March 8, 2013 at 12:57 pm

    I’d vote for Grrl Power, but not if I have to get a facebook account. Sorry Dave B. :(

    • DaveB says:
      March 8, 2013 at 1:54 pm

      I think you can vote anonymously (there’s a checkbox on the vote forms), and it just makes note of your IP address to prevent people from abusing it.

      • ThatPerson says:
        March 8, 2013 at 6:01 pm

        It still requires a facebook login, it just doesn’t prompt you to post your vote on facebook.

  6. Doug Edwards says:
    March 8, 2013 at 1:47 pm

    I can’t imagine that in the whole of the webiverse, Facebook was the only viable option to relieve your server load issues. Add me to the list of non-voters this year, along with a suggestion to other frustrated non-Facebook members that we all contact our favorite webcomics, and let *them* know why they aren’t getting our votes. Maybe if enough of the *artists* complain to comicmix, somebody will figure out a more fair, equitable solution to the server and voter fraud issues.

    • Glenn Hauman says:
      March 9, 2013 at 12:57 am

      I can’t imagine that in the whole of the webiverse, Facebook was the only viable option to relieve your server load issues.

      We’re open to suggestions.

  7. Wolf Dergudson says:
    March 8, 2013 at 3:37 pm

    Facebook and the option of buying votes.
    I don’t even have a snarky remark left.

  8. buckybone says:
    March 8, 2013 at 6:05 pm

    I would’ve voted for Grrl Power against most other comics, but… PRAISE BE TO THE CORN GOD

  9. Scotty A says:
    March 9, 2013 at 11:55 am

    Yow. This page loads like a monkey feather!
    I have no helpful input, but to offer that observation!
    Vote for Commander Kitty!

  10. nameless bastard says:
    March 9, 2013 at 12:19 pm

    Not rocket science. Right. Good one. I still think it’s chickenshit to exlude people for not having facebook accounts, but it’s your ball.

  11. nameless bastard says:
    March 9, 2013 at 12:47 pm

    I just donated $5.00 for Grrl Power to the Hero Initiative, but there was no “Which comic are you voting for” that I could see. So, I feel like my favorite comic and I just got screwed. Maybe you could offer some better instructions on how to buy votes instead of telling folks not to complain.

    • Glenn Hauman says:
      March 10, 2013 at 1:28 am

      Did you use the same email address to donate as you did to post this comment? If so, we’ll connect your payment.

      • nameless bastard says:
        March 10, 2013 at 12:32 pm

        I did, as a test. The donate button took me to Paypal, but no further. I tried going directly to Hero Initiative while logged in with Paypal, but I got no prompts. No questions. No boxes to check. No votes for my donation. It would be nice if Grrl Power could get the votes I thought I was buying. It would be even nicer if you could give a clearer example of how it’s supposed to work, since I’d like to donate more in the next few rounds. Or would you rather that people like me stay ignorant so that facebook members can feel superior and tell us we’re dumb whiners?

  12. Jen says:
    March 9, 2013 at 1:07 pm

    Why is Dresden Codak here? They haven’t updated since December.

    • J says:
      March 11, 2013 at 6:30 am

      Diaz is still active, but he’s busy with his Kickstarter to print a Dresden Codak book. Plus, slow updates are the norm for DC.

  13. colonelmatlex says:
    March 9, 2013 at 2:30 pm

    You know what’s a great way to be able to vote without really having to have a facebook? just make one under the name john smith or whatever and never use it again. voila, problem solved, stop whining.

  14. Bart says:
    March 9, 2013 at 4:57 pm

    Don’t like Facebook? When you click to use it, choose “Don’t let anyone but me see the posts that this makes for me.”

  15. gyffes says:
    March 9, 2013 at 9:14 pm

    Fuck you and your fucking facebook requirement. Fuck you right in the facebook.

  16. Kallethen says:
    March 10, 2013 at 1:01 am

    I voted last year, but I won’t this year because of the Facebook requirement.

    It’s not because I don’t want people to see what I posted. It’s because I completely and wholeheartedly refuse to get a Facebook account.

  17. Yama says:
    March 10, 2013 at 12:18 pm

    Lame. My tablet has trouble loading the page, trouble noticing my ‘tap to vote’ and worst of all?

    It looks like I gotta sign up with ‘popularity contest r us’ (aka ‘Facebook’ for you youngins) to vote – not happening.

    If you can, put me down for Schlock Mercenary, Grrl Power, and Supernormal Step.
    Good day to you sirs.

  18. Lukkai says:
    March 10, 2013 at 1:05 pm

    I think that’s the first ever draw that I’ve ever seen. Who will advance now? Sakana or Something Positive?

    • Glenn Hauman says:
      March 10, 2013 at 2:56 pm

      We’ll see. There’s still six hours to vote, and there are paid votes to count as well.

      • Lukkai says:
        March 11, 2013 at 7:01 am

        Right. Misread the closing time for voting myself.

        Still will be interesting to see. And there were a good number of duels with less than ten votes a difference, last time I checked.

  19. J says:
    March 10, 2013 at 7:04 pm

    I don’t have a Facebook account. I don’t want a Facebook account. What I do want is to participate in a competition to fairly select the best webcomic, while discovering new reading material and more creators to whine at to update more and contributing to charity. A voting fee is…acceptable. Buying votes? Hell no.

    • Glenn Hauman says:
      March 11, 2013 at 4:37 am

      You bring up an interesting question: should we cap the number of votes a person can buy per round? We’re a bit loath to do that since the money is going to charity, but we’re willing to listen to other points of view.

      And we’re working on other forms of logging in, while trying to keep spammers and cheaters down.

  20. kurt says:
    March 11, 2013 at 9:02 pm

    How come we can’t see the final tally’s of each poll for the first round?

  21. RickJS says:
    March 17, 2013 at 3:30 pm

    Searches on Opinion Stage show no response to Comixmix, grrlpower, and no relevant hits on Bradbury.

    Is this an intelligence test to filter mere mortals out of the voting?

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