Round 3! We’ve taken sixty-four popular webcomics, put them head to head in a single-elimination tournament, and are now down to sixteen!
We had a couple of upsets in this round: XKCD losing to Kawaii Not, Questionable Content pulled ahead of Multiplex (thereby wrecking my hoped for battle between them and Theater Hopper) and in a battle that went down to the wire, Penny Arcade beat Sinfest by one vote.
We’re going to start stepping up the pace of voting: Round 3 (Sweet 16) will start tomorrow and last until Wednesday, Round 4 (the Elite 8) will start Thursday and end Saturday, Round 5 (Final Four) will start Monday the 28th and run till Tuesday the 29th, and the Championship battle will start Wednesday the 30th and end on the 31st.
The updated contender brackets:
Our own logs are also showing respectable traffic going out to all the participating strips, and we’re getting reports of people doing entire runs at a shot– which has got to be spiking numbers for everybody, which was part of the idea.
Polling closes at 11:59 Eastern Standard Time on Saturday, March 19!
We all know the story of Spider-Man’s original sin– how, at the height of fame and glory and as a matter of pique, he let a burglar go free rather than make any effort to catch him, with tragic consequences.
Now consider the story of Jon Jones, who was preparing for the MMA Light Heavyweight Championship fight in Newark, NJ, last night, when he found himself in the same situation.
Jones and his coaches were getting dropped off at a park in nearby Paterson, NJ when his co-manager Glenn Robinson warned them that the area was known for its crime. The trio shrugged it off and was no sooner out of the car when they heard screaming. Before Jones quite realized what was happening, his coaches Jackson and Winkeljohn took off after a man who had allegedly smashed a windshield and stolen a GPS unit. Jones ran after them.
“I got these gazelle legs, and I’m running, and next thing you know, I catch up to my coaches,” he said. “I said, ‘What do we do? We going to catch this guy?'”
Jones said it was then he “put the jets on” and sprinted past his coaches.
“The guy looks back, he sees me,” Jones said. “You know I’m 6-foot-4, and I said, ‘You know I’m going to catch you, right?'”
The thief tripped over his own feet and as he tried to regain his footing, Jones kicked his ankle out, figure-foured his legs and helped hold him until the police came for the easy collar.
Jones said it was then that one of the cops realized who he was.
“The policeman said, ‘What? What are you doing here? Aren’t you fighting tonight?'” Jones said.
Jones then returned back to the woman who had screamed for help, and she thanked him and told him God would be with him as he fought.
Jones went on to win UFC 128 Light Heavyweight Championship that night over Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. No word if Jones has an uncle.
MMAFighting.com also has video of him recounting the story at a press conference after his victory, where he said he and his team felt like superheroes.
No, sir– you did the superheroes one better.
ALL PULP just had a chance to take a few days with family and that doesn’t come very often, so ALL PULP WILL BE ON VACATION, but will return to exciting life on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23!!!
Take some time with your own while we’re gone!
ALL PULP just had a chance to take a few days with family and that doesn’t come very often, so ALL PULP WILL BE ON VACATION, but will return to exciting life on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23!!!
Take some time with your own while we’re gone!
FLYING GLORY KICKS OFF NEW ISSUE WITH NEW COVER!
Beginning with a fully painted cover art, a special story begins as we take a new look at our heroine and her family. Enjoy and Share with your friends.
As usual, except with one notable exception, ALL PULP’s Book a Day comes from http://www.bearmanormedia.com/, one of the best outlets for books on pulp and popular culture today! If you have other books, though, that you feel should be featured here, drop ALL PULP a line at allpulp@yahoo.com!
| An illustrated look at the lives and careers of the sexiest women of the 1950s. From major star to starlet, author Richard Koper shows – with hundreds of rare photos from his personal collection – that gentlemen still prefer blondes!
Among the 100 actresses who are featured in the book are famous Hollywood names like Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Kim Novak and Anita Ekberg, as well as starlets like Jeanne Carmen, Gloria Pall, Sandra Giles and Kathy Marlowe. Also featured within the pages of this book are England’s reigning blondes Diana Dors, Belinda Lee and Carole Lesley, and fifties cult fan’s favourites: Mamie Van Doren, Cleo Moore, Beverly Michaels, Barbara Nichols and Joi Lansing. |
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