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kellysketches

@kellysketches / kellysketches.tumblr.com

Kelly's Art blog for comics and illustrations, sometimes fanart. expect Bright colours and funny faces. Current comic: Vainglorious Support: Ko-fi

are you tired of how many character tournaments just become a popularity contest?

how regardless of seeding, even high contenders can almost arbitrarily be knocked out early on, leaving you with nothing to root for?

if you're feeling that, and if you like any webcomics, you should participate in the webcomic character tournament!

the primary goals of this tournament are:

  • to celebrate the medium of webcomics as a whole
  • to find new webcomics to read, and to recommend your own favorites
  • to highlight indie creators and help them build a wider audience
  • to have fun rooting for and celebrating your favorite characters!

in order to accomplish these goals, instead of a single elimination bracket, i will be using a mcmahon system inspired tournament structure!

this means that no character will be eliminated, and you can participate in polls rooting for your favorite character throughout all the rounds. characters will also be roughly matched up based on a system that determines how well known their work is, so most rounds should be relatively evenly matched, allowing people to fight for their favorites on their own merits

more details about how the mcmahon tournament will work can be found under the cut!

submit as many characters as you would like to here! the deadline is tentatively next saturday, june 3rd, at 4pm EDT

no submission is specifically banned, but try to keep in mind the spirit of this tournament when deciding what to submit.

under the cut after my more detailed description of the tournament structure, i also ramble in a lot more detail about my philosophy regarding submission eligibility, but it's not necessary to read all that before submitting characters

Obscure Webcomic Tournament Bracket

Alright with our winner crowned for the fancomics, time for the main event! The bracket is separated here in to 16 subbrackets (A-P), because the full bracket is massive.

You can find the complete list can be found here. This includes links and the descriptions, exactly as given in the submissions (except when there were multiple submissions, in which case they were combined.)

The bracket was seeded by date of first publication - so the oldest comics (we've got a few from the 90s) are going up against the newest (from just the past few months!), etc. (and if anyone else is insane enough to run a seeded 512 bracket the sheet is automated and you're free to copy it).

There will be 8 polls coming out daily, starting (hopefully) Monday, May 29th, and will be tagged #obscure webcomic poll and #webcomic round 1 and like the previous the rules will be Vote for the One You Don't Know.

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there is no way on planet earth anybody actually follows the 'vote for the one you don't know' rule right

I ran a preliminary bracket with fancomics people submitted, so, uh, guess the fanganronpa Item Label Containment is more popular than...Darths and Droids, Ke$hastuck, and three different all the Links hang out AUS.

That's not to say that I don't think people will break the rules - these were averaging ~100 votes on those polls, and there's already been a huge influx from this one. But, well, @/who-do-i-know-this-man has the same rules, and they're getting 1k votes with pretty reliably 90% + in the "both/neither" so I'm not too worried about it.

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you know... I think this poll is going to be one chaotic, beautiful, incredibly stupid experience and I can't wait for it

(also the comic I submitted made it there!! read archipelago or else)

We’ve got less than 3 days now and I’ve got one last hail mary stretchgoal!!! 

 11x17 French Fold posters of both covers for EVERY Physical Tier! LET’S GOOOO🔥

Hazy London is an LGBTQ/Slice of life comic about bandmates trying to make a new relationship work!

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FIGHT LIKE A GIRL! A Girls & Swords Artbook

40pg | A5 | saddle stitch

An original collection of illustrations by 28 East Asian & SEA artists, featuring women & weapons.

Merch: Pearl Law - Maya - Jenny - Alice

Tier 1: Digital PDF Tier 2: Book only Tier 3: Book + 4 A6 postcards + 2 bookmarks + sticker set

Pre-orders close June 7th. Please contact the store if you have any questions not answered by the listings/FAQ. Thank you for the support! ⚔️

sketch requests I did for patrons to celebrate my webcomic The Otherknown’s 8th birthday!! The requests were “Characters playing chess, robots kibitzing” and “Demeck trying to teach Chandra a skill”. Monthly sketch requests will be a feature on the patreon soon assuming there’s enough interest! Happy 8th birthday to my webcomic :3 (and to my dog by strange complete coincidence! I love them both very much)