F Minus is the winner of The Tribune News (CO) comic poll. It replaces Sally Forth.
The Star Press (Muncie, IN) readers picked Fred Bassett over Thatababy and Stone Soup by a mere 9 votes. That might be a margin ripe for a recount request, but reading between the lines, I don’t think there was a big voter turn-out. Third place winner, Thatababy, took home 3 votes. Fred and Stone Soup got 29 and 20 receptively.
The Reporter (Vacaville, CA) is conducting a poll. In the running: Fort Knox, Freshly Squeezed, Home and Away, Pickles, Stone Soup and Thatababy. Poll ends December 4.
The State Journal-Register, (Springfield, IL) is now running Fort Knox in their Sunday section.
Fred Basset? Really, Fred Basset? Over two newer strips drawn by living cartoonists?
What and/or who is Fred Basset?
to Dan:
http://tinyurl.com/287nntp
yeah, getting beat by a dead cartoonist really, um, bites.
32 votes decides? Really?
@Jan – not 32 votes. If the stated votes were all that was cast – then only 62 (29+20+3) were cast.
If only 62 people cared enough to vote (not sure the paper’s circulation), the editor should have just picked on. S/He’s not going to tick that many people off.
Fred Bassett? ? FRED BASSETT wins over Stone Soup!?
I’m living on the wrong planet, seriously.
They were just distracted because they are busy covering the 96 Olympics.
Fred is the man. 🙂
Fred Basset is still running in some papers??
schooled by Tatulli.
What and/or who is Mark Tatulli?
Lessee…
http://tinyurl.com/35tfhb5
Crap, I think I did that wrong…
If one strip gets 60 votes and another gets 61 votes does the strip with 61 votes win and get a place? They should have a hung comic strip, 2 panels of one and two of the other and join them together…show em how idiotic these voting things are…..
Fred Basset. Let that be a lesson to all you aspiring cartoonists out there.