
submitted by Arthur and jajizi
Death 14, #TeamPinocchio 5

submitted by Arthur and jajizi
Death 14, #TeamPinocchio 5

Submitted by Walt
I’m not sure I can explain why, but this was an LOL for me.
This one, submitted by Bill R., gets an honorable mention, but doesn’t count in the tally since it showed up on Reddit with no date:

We’re at Death 13, #TeamPinocchio 5

Submitted by Peter
Philip and Walt both sent me this one

which makes the score Death 12, #TeamPinocchio 5.
I just had to add the Oy tag.
Arthur sent this one

which doesn’t count for DeathMatch purposes since he doesn’t know when it appeared, but he very correctly noted that it qualifies for Oy.


Submitted by jajizi

Which leaves us at Death 11, #TeamPinocchio 5.

Sorry, Andréa, this only counts as one; but it does bring the score to Death 9, #TeamPinocchio 5.
Since a few people suggested it, I’m making the absolutely final tweak to DeathMatch: bringing in Pinocchio, who already has three points, to replace “Gesundheit!” comics (and of course now we’ll see several of those tomorrow, but this was the final change).
Walt and Boise Ed sent me this Half Full panel:

So Death now leads #TeamPinocchio (which includes Russian nesting dolls and clown cars) 8-5.
Two more Deaths: one from Arseetoo…

and one from DanV…

Plus a Clown Car comic (finally!) from Becky, which is also a CIDU; I’m familiar with Mr. Martin’s “Another way to tell…” trope, but I’m not following the logic of this one.

EDIT: And a few hours later another Clown Car, from jajizi:

Which brings us to Death 7, Russian Clown Gesundheit 2.
(With non-competing Pinocchio still at 3)

Ten days into the experiment, we stand at Death 5, Russian Clown Gesundheit 0.
(With non-competing Pinocchio still at 3)
I swear, we were seeing a lot more Russian Nesting Doll/Clown Car/Gesundheit comics before we began keeping score.