Week 4 has the full range of ties. From probably one of the most one sided match-ups we will see this round... and when I say probably, I mean definitely. To a couple of absolute stinkers. There is as you might imagine plenty in between as well.
A real... wait for it, wait for it... A LIST tie this one. HA! See what I did, do you... see... see... what I did... do you... see...
Alienist beat Strange Cases and Skip Tracer; Ace Trucking Co out raced HAVN and I'm gettin' me coat...
Alienist - more info (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=alienist)
Vs
Ace Trucking Co - more info (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=ace)
Just reply in this thread naming your favourite thrill of these two series at the beginning of your post (or use Bold tags so I can spot it easily) and say what you like about these wonderful stories after that.
Match ends early on the morning of Thursday 2nd June and the winner gets a place in Round 4 (of 9!!!).
What on Earth is ALL of this? (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48011.0)
For those that need 'um and can be bothered to follow 'um there's some simple rules (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48011.msg1070150#msg1070150)
Any questions, just ask as ever - and have FUN
Alienist
Ace Trucking Co
I have come to a conclusion on how to vote in this tournament.
Where there is a strip that was brilliant but then became less so in later series, I'm just going to ignore the later series, and vote based on the earlier stuff only.
So Ace Trucking takes this easily.
A nostalgic vote for Ace Trucking Co.
ACE Trucking Co
ACE
('The'?) Alienist
Ace trucking good buddy
I really hated Ace when it first appeared. Now I can see that visually it's a tour-de-force but still...
Alienist
I like the Alienist a lot, might even be my third fave 'thrill beginning with A' - but Ace Trucking is in the top two. It's a powerful nostalgia hit for me, not to mention a triumph of character design and holder of reliable belly laughs up until that final series.
Ace Trucking Co. - any space, any time.
Ace Trucking Co, because of Belardinelli (and the comedy from the Wagner Grant Combine at their height)
Ace Trucking Co. was one of those thrills that launched during the blissful era of staggered launches that brought us Nemesis (prog 222), Rogue Trooper (228), then Ace Trucking (232). All while Judge Dredd was going through an amazing sequence at the top of its game (Judge Death Lives, Diary of a Mad Citizen, Assault on I-Block-4 and The Hotdog Run) just prior to launching into Block Mania.
In amongst all of that, Ace Trucking provided some light relief while still being well told and beautifully crafted by Belardinelli. This was the era that loved its content - so we also got the Space Trucker's Dictionary in four cut-out-and-pamphlet pieces.
Of course when we're considering our votes we need to focus on the best they had to offer us - and Ace managed great little arcs like The Great Mush Rush, Last Lug to Abbo Dabbo and the superlative (and perhaps high water mark of) Too Many Bams.
Much as I enjoyed The Alienist - it's not got the same heart, and there's not much in the comic these days that gets the meta-attention these old thrills had lavished upon them.
Ace Trucking Co.
Ace Trucking Co. because of nostalgia - but also all the good stuff.
Ace Trucking Co. because The Alienist sits at the very bottom of my personal Thrill-pile, just above Counterfeit Girl.
SBT
the alienist ...
belardinelli almost sways my vote. almost.
When I subscribed to the Ultimate Collection Ace Trucking Co was one of the thrills I expected to hate. It just sounded a bit naff and like it probably wouldn't have aged well. One of those times I was very happy to be proved wrong. Much as I enjoyed Alienist when I read it in the Meg floppy it's just not in the same league Ace Trucking Co
Quote from: sintec on 31 May, 2022, 07:56:00 AM
When I subscribed to the Ultimate Collection Ace Trucking Co was one of the thrills I expected to hate. It just sounded a bit naff and like it probably wouldn't have aged well. One of those times I was very happy to be proved wrong. Much as I enjoyed Alienist when I read it in the Meg floppy it's just not in the same league Ace Trucking Co
I was going to write much the same. It isn't just nostalgia -
Ace Trucking is a great thrill. Bags more heart and soul than The Alienist.
Ace Trucking has some of the usual problems of the day, notably with notable moments of sexism and certain character portrayal issues. But on a recent UC re-read, I was surprised that I still enjoyed the strip and its issues are far less frequent and noticeable than Robo-Hunter's. I liked it a lot more than I thought I was going to, and the art is of course superb. So it wins it for me here over another strip I enjoyed but that didn't grab me to the same degree.
Ace is winning out here but far from straight forward and Alienst is getting a lot of support. Doubt the lead will change over this last day but the scale of victory might?
Ace Trucking Co.. The prog doesn't do enough comedy, in my opinion, and, when Ace worked, it was very funny.
Ace Trucking
Alienist Ace tired very quickly
VOTING CLOSED
Interestingly this is a very similar result to the other tie today. Now if you go with the assumption that Helium is tougher opposition* than Alienist, Ace trucking is on a warning as to how far it can go in the tourney.... or am I being unfair on both thrills here? Comments suggest not but we will see and will start doing so when
Ace Trucking
shouts 'Ten ten let's go again' in Round 4
*How could we know? Maybe a tourney of some sort.... hmmmm....