Friday, July 01, 2022
Jeffrey Lindenblatt's Paper Trends - The 300 for 1989: Overall Results
For this 1989 survey we lost 6 more papers that printed their last editions. These were the Chillicothe Constitution Tribune (MS), Longview Morning Journal (TX), Miami News (FL), Millville Daily (NJ), Morning News (Wilmington, DE) and the St. Joseph Gazette (MO). The total papers for this survey were 270 papers.
In the Top 30 the biggest mover was Calvin and Hobbes which moved up 9 spots from 20 to 11 and became the 16th member of the 100 papers club. Also, Mother Goose and Grimm entered the Top 30 while both Tank McNamara and Berry’s World fell out of it.
The Far Side passed The Family Circus to take the crown of the most popular daily panel strip.
Here is the Top 30:
|
Title |
Place |
Movement |
Plus or Minus |
Total Papers |
|
Peanuts |
1 |
Same |
1 |
217 |
|
Blondie |
2 |
Same |
1 |
208 |
|
Garfield |
3 |
Same |
0 |
206 |
|
Beetle Bailey |
4 |
Same |
-1 |
191 |
|
Hagar The Horrible |
5 |
Same |
0 |
155 |
|
Doonesbury |
6 |
Same |
1 |
147 |
|
Far Side |
7 |
Up 1 |
11 |
144 |
|
Family Circus |
8 |
Down 1 |
2 |
141 |
|
Bloom County |
9 |
Same |
6 |
133 |
|
Wizard of Id |
10 |
Same |
0 |
124 |
|
Calvin and Hobbes |
11 |
Up 9 |
36 |
118 |
|
Shoe |
12 |
Down 1 |
-2 |
115 |
|
For Better or For Worse |
13 |
Up 2 |
6 |
110 |
|
Frank & Ernest |
14 |
Down 1 |
-1 |
109 |
|
B.C. |
15 |
Down 3 |
-3 |
108 |
|
Hi and Lois |
16 |
Down 2 |
1 |
107 |
|
Born Loser |
17 |
Down 1 |
-2 |
92 |
|
Cathy |
18 |
Down 1 |
3 |
91 |
|
Dennis The Menace |
19 |
Down 1 |
0 |
87 |
|
Andy Capp |
20 |
Down 1 |
-7 |
79 |
|
Marmaduke |
21 |
Same |
0 |
66 |
|
Mary Worth |
22 |
Same |
0 |
63 |
|
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith |
23 |
Same |
0 |
59 |
|
Herman |
23 |
Up 1 |
5 |
59 |
|
Ziggy |
25 |
Same |
1 |
54 |
|
Rex Morgan |
26 |
Same |
0 |
50 |
|
Marvin |
27 |
Same |
-1 |
47 |
|
Gasoline Alley |
28 |
Same |
-2 |
43 |
|
Mother Goose and Grimm |
29 |
Entering |
2 |
42 |
|
Winthrop |
29 |
Same |
0 |
42 |
Top 2 – 179 (Up 1)
Top 3 – 156 (0)
Top 4 – 130 (Down 1)
Top 5 – 88 (Up 3)
Top 6 – 62 (Up 5)
Top 7 – 50 (Up 13)
Top 8 – 36 (Up 3)
Top 9 – 28 (Up 1)
Top 10 – 18 (0)
Top 11 – 16 (Up 3)
Top 12 – 12 (Up 2)
Top 13 – 11 (Up 9)
Top 14 – 1 (0)
Top 15 – 0 (Down 1)
The prize for most Universal Comic Section for 1989 goes to the Central New Jersey Home News (New Brunswick, NJ).
Here are the remaining strips that appeared in the Top 300 papers, ranked by newspaper count and increase/decrease:
41 – Funky Winkerbean (+1)
39 – Berry’s World (-2), Sally Forth (+3)
37 – Eek and Meek (+3), Tank McNamara (-4)
36 - Arlo And Janis (+5)
35 - Alley Oop (-1)
34 – Lockhorns (+1)
33 – Heathcliff (-3)
31 - Judge Parker (-1)
28 – Nancy (-1)
27 - Bugs Bunny (-2)
25 - L'il Abner (R)
24 – Geech (+1), Grizzwells (+2), Kit N’ Carlyle (+2)
23 - Amazing Spider-Man (-4), Dick Tracy (0), Tiger (-1)
22 - Apartment 3-G (-2), Snafu (+5)
21 – Tumbleweeds (0)
19 – Phantom (-4)
18 - In The Bleachers (+5), Luann (+1), Mark Trail (0)
16 - Broom Hilda (-2)
15 – Ernie (R), Fred Basset (+2), Rose is Rose (+1)
14 – Archie (-2)
13 - Buz Sawyer (-1), Steve Roper and Mike Nomad (0)
12 - Brenda Starr (+1), Crock (+1), Neighborhood (+5)
11 – Adam (+1), Drabble (0), Dunagin's People (0), Gil Thorp (0), Kudzu (-2), Redeye (0), Small Society (0), Willie N Ethel (+2)
10 – Bizarro (+3), Donald Duck (0), Fox Trot (R), Hazel (0), Mr. Boffo (-1), On The Fastrack (-1), That’s Jake (0), They’ll Do It Every Time (-1), U.S. Acres (-6)
9 – Crankshaft (+3), Little Orphan Annie (-1), Middletons (-1)
8 - Grin and Bear It (0), Momma (-2), Our Fascinating Earth (+1), What A Guy (-6)
7 – Curtis (R), Francie (-1), Zippy (-3)
6 - Animal Crackers (-2), Bent Offerings (R), Elwood (+1), Motley’s Crew (-2), Pop’s Place (0), Robotman (-1)
5 – Grammy (R), Heart of Juliet Jones (-1), Hocus Focus (0), Long Overdue (R), Love Is (0), Simple Beasts (R), Sylvia (0)
4 - Better Half, Flash Gordon, Gummi Bears, Miss Peach, Moose Miller, Off the Leash, One Big Happy, Pavlov, Quigmans, Rip Kirby, Ryatts
3 - Agatha Crumm, Amy, Belvedere, Ben Wicks, Catfish, Chubb & Chauncey, Flintstones, Hartland, Henry, Outcasts, Out of Bounds, Professor Doodle, Safe Havens, Smith Family, Trudy, Winnie Winkle, Wit
2 - Boner’s Ark, Boomers Song, Bringing Up Father, Caldwell, Captain Vincible, Charlie, Counter Culture, Ferd’nand, Graffiti, John Darling, King Baloo, Laff-A-Day, Mickey Mouse, Miss Featherbee, Moon Mullins, Ophelia & Jake, Poor Arnold’s Almanac, Popeye, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Sam & Silo, Single Slices, Tales of Hans Christian Anderson, Wild Life, Wright Angles
1 – Briefcase, Ching Chow, Diary of Rock & Pop, Duffy, Eureka!, Eyebeam, Furtree High, Harley, Horrorscope, Joe Palooka, Kaleb, Laffbreak, Modesty Blaise, Play Better Golf with Jack Nicklaus, Pot Shots, Rivets, Salt Chuck, Sniglets, Yecch Is
Labels: Paper Trends
