Jeffrey Lindenblatt's Paper Trends: The Three Hundred For 1980 -- The Rankings

The paper loss between 1979 and 1980 was not as bad as the previous year; we lost information on 3 papers – Circleville Herald (OH), Kane Republican (PA) and Taylor Daily News (TX) but the two papers from Vancouver, the Sun and the Province, returned so we lost only one paper making the total for this year 289 papers.

The Top 4 strips stay the same even through Doonesbury gained 15 more papers since last year. Peanuts still keeps the number one spot gaining six more papers to a high of 197; maybe next year it will pass the magic 200 mark. Hagar the Horrible gained another 13 papers pushing it into the top 5. Family Circus moved from 15th position to 11th position, one spot behind the king of the panels Dennis the Menace. One rookie and one new strip entered the Top 30. Star Wars entered the Top 30 at position 21 but we know that in the near future it will fall out of the Top 30. The other new strip entering the Top 30 is Marmaduke, gaining four new papers. Falling out of the Top 30 are Winnie the Pooh, Short Ribs and Tiger. Here are the complete results:

Title	Place	Movement	+/- Papers	Total Papers
Peanuts	1	Same	Plus 6	197
Blondie	2	Same	Minus 1	190
Beetle Bailey	3	Same	Plus 4	175
Doonesbury	4	Same	Plus 15	112
Hagar the Horrible	5	Up 5	Plus 13	99
Wizard of Id	6	Up 1	Plus 8	96
Andy Capp	7	Down 2	None	95
B.C.	8	Down 1	Plus 3	91
Frank and Ernest	9	Down 3	None	89
Dennis the Menace	10	Down 3	Minus 6	82
Family Circus	11	Up 4	Plus 12	81
Born Loser	11	Same	Minus 1	81
Mary Worth	13	Same	Plus 2	80
Hi and Lois	14	Same	Plus 1	76
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith	15	Down 3	Minus 5	74
Nancy	16	Same	Minus 4	62
Shoe	17	Plus 9	Plus 11	59
Rex Morgan	18	Same	Plus 1	58
Amazing Spider-Man	19	Plus 3	Plus 1	55
Alley Oop	20	Down 2	Minus 6	51
Archie	21	Down 3	Minus 7	50
Bugs Bunny	21	Same	Minus 5	50
Dick Tracy	21	Plus 1	Minus 4	50
Star Wars	21	Rookie	Rookie	50
Winthrop	25	Plus 5	Plus 4	49
Berry’s World	26	Down 9	Minus 12	48
Marmaduke	26	Entering	Plus 4	48
Steve Canyon	26	Down 4	Minus 6	48
Eek and Meek	29	Down 4	Minus 2	47
Priscilla's Pop	30	Minus 4	Minus 3	45

The rest:

43 – Funny Winkerbean (+3), Tiger (-2)
 42 – Gasoline Alley (+2)
 39 – Tank McNamera (0)
 38 – For Better or For Worse (R), Heathcliff (+2), Judge Parker (+1), Short Ribs (-9)
 37 – Buz Sawyer (-5), Herman (3)
 36 – Tumbleweeds (-2)
 34 – Captain Easy (-4)
 32 – Ziggy (+9)
 31 – Funny Business (-3), Winnie the Pooh (-15)
 30 – Our Broading House (-8)
 29 – Apartment 3-G (0)
 28 – Redeye (-2)
 27 – Small Society (3), They’ll Do It Every Time (-9)
 25 – Cathy (+3), Mark Trail (+1), Phantom (+2), Side Glances (-1)
 24 – Broom Hilda (+1), Donald Duck (-1)
 23 – World's Greatest Superheroes (-11)
 22 – Dunagin’s People (-7), Heart of Juliet Jones (-1), John Darling (R), Latigo (R), Steve Roper and Mike Nomad (-4)
 21 – Crock (-2), Garfield (+7), Lockhorns (+4)
 20 – Graffiti (+3), Grin and Bear It (-4), Kerry Drake (0)
 18 – Hazel (-2)
16 – Better Half (-2), Momma (-1), Ryatts (-1), Zoonies (0)
 15 – Love Is (+2), Miss Peach (-6)
 14 – Fred Bassett (+1), Rip Kirby (-1)
 13 – Buck Rogers (R), Henry (0), Levy’s Law (R), Mr. Tweedy (-1)
 12 – Star Trek (R), Winnie Winkle (+1)
 11 – Agatha Crumm (-4), Ben Wicks (+2), Brenda Starr (0), The Flintstones (-2), Gil Thorp (+1), Incredible Hulk (-6), Little Orphan Annie (+4), Sam & Silo (-3), Scoops (-5)
 10 – Dondi (-1), Joe Palooka (-1), Moose Miller (0), Motley’s Crew (+1)
 9 – Catfish (+1), Charmers (-4), Conan the Barbarian (-3), Ferd’nand (-2), Girls (-1), Laff-A-Day (-5), Nubbin (-1)
 8 – Animal Crackers (-1), Drabble (R), Encyclopedia Brown (-2), Mutt and Jeff (-3), Pavlov (+3), Ponytail (0), Prime Time (R), Quincy (1), Ripley’s Believe It or Not (-4)
 7 – Amy (+2), Gordo (0), Guindon (+4), Inside Woody Allen (-4), Mickey Mouse (0), Moon Mullins (0), No Comment (R), Sporting Life (-4), Wright Angles (0)
 6 – Dr. Smock (-1), Dupont Circle (R), Lolly (0), Trudy (0), Wee Pals (-1)
 5 – Albert Herbert Hawkins (R), Bringing Up Father (0), Eb and Flo (-2), Flash Gordon (0), Gumdrop (0), Little Woman (-1), Outcasts (+2), Rivets (0), Scamp (0), Shambles (R), Smith Family (-1), There Outta Be A Law (-2)
 4 - According to Guiness, A Little Leary, Belvedere, Boomer, Copps and Robberts, Dr. Kildare, Frontiers of Science, Mr. Abernathy, Rick O' Shay, Sergeant Renfrew, Strictly Business
 3 - Big George, Boner's Ark, Brother Juniper, Flop Family, Good News and Bad News, Hap Hazard, Johnny Wonder, Laugh Time, Luther, Pixies, Simpkins, Smart Chart, Spiltsville, Star Hawks, This Funny World, Tucker, Zeus
 2 - Citizen Smith, Dropout, Freddy, Howie, Kelly, Koky, Mandrake the Magician, Men and Women, Modesty Blaise, Murphy's Law, Popeye, Rooftop O’ Toole, Spare Time Spanish, Sports Quiz, Time's Out, Trim's Arena, Woody's World, Word-A-Day, Wordplay
 1 - Alex in Wonderland, As You Were, Basil, Benchwarmer’s Sports Trivia, Brick Bradford, Byrds, Cartoon Kitchen, Castaways, Ching Chow, Country Parson, Don Q, Father Dickens, Health Capsules, Hieroglyphics, Homer’s Groaners, How To Create A Lined-Out Comic Strip, Hubert, Idea Chaser, In the World, It Happened in Canada, Keeping Up, Laffbreak, Life With the Robinson, Mark Trail Outdoor Tips, My Grandma, Norbert, Our Fascinating Earth, Playing Better Golf With Jack Nicklaus, Pop Idols, Pot Shots, Queenie, Return With Us, Rocket Shots, Secret Agent Corrigan, Selling Short, Sorehead, Sportsman's Digest, Stan Smith Tennis Class, Strahle’s Bailiwick, Tale Feathers, Today's World, Travles with Farley, Wine Set, Wright's View, You're Getting Closer