Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Jeffrey Lindenblatt's Paper Trends: The 300 for 1992 -- Results
This year’s survey we did not lose any newspapers but we were missing 3 paper’s information, so this survey covers 265 papers.
It has taken 14 years for the top 2 strips to change. Garfield added four more papers knockeing Blondie down to position #3. With For Better or For Worse adding 13 papers the strip moved up two spots from 10 to 8. Also, Cathy with its 13 added papers moved up one spot to 11. Calvin & Hobbes joined the 200 papers club joining Peanuts, Garfield and Blondie. Fox Trot joins the Top 30 this year with 8 new papers. Funky Winkerbean falls out of the Top 30.
|
Title |
Place |
Movement |
Plus or Minus |
Total Papers |
|
Peanuts |
1 |
Same |
1 |
219 |
|
Garfield |
2 |
Up 1 |
4 |
215 |
|
Blondie |
3 |
Down 1 |
-4 |
208 |
|
Calvin and Hobbes |
4 |
Same |
6 |
204 |
|
Beetle Bailey |
5 |
Same |
-4 |
185 |
|
Far Side |
6 |
Same |
5 |
181 |
|
Hagar The Horrible |
7 |
Same |
-2 |
165 |
|
Doonesbury |
8 |
Same |
1 |
150 |
|
For Better or For Worse |
8 |
Up 2 |
13 |
150 |
|
Family Circus |
10 |
Down 1 |
0 |
144 |
|
Cathy |
11 |
Up 1 |
13 |
134 |
|
Wizard of Id |
12 |
Down 1 |
1 |
125 |
|
Shoe |
13 |
Same |
-1 |
113 |
|
B.C. |
14 |
Same |
2 |
110 |
|
Frank and Ernest |
15 |
Same |
2 |
109 |
|
Hi and Lois |
15 |
Same |
2 |
109 |
|
Born Loser |
17 |
Same |
1 |
96 |
|
Dennis The Menace |
18 |
Same |
-4 |
82 |
|
Marmaduke |
19 |
Up 1 |
-5 |
62 |
|
Andy Capp |
20 |
Down 1 |
-8 |
61 |
|
Ziggy |
21 |
Up 3 |
2 |
57 |
|
Mary Worth |
22 |
Down 1 |
-2 |
55 |
|
Mother Goose and Grimm |
22 |
Up 1 |
-1 |
55 |
|
Herman |
24 |
Down 3 |
-5 |
52 |
|
Sally Forth |
25 |
Up 1 |
1 |
49 |
|
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith |
26 |
Down 1 |
-4 |
47 |
|
Rex Morgan |
27 |
Same |
-1 |
45 |
|
Fox Trot |
28 |
Entering |
8 |
44 |
|
Marvin |
29 |
Down 1 |
-1 |
42 |
|
Arlo and Janis |
30 |
Down 1 |
-3 |
38 |
|
Funky Winkerbean (Drop Out) |
|
|
|
|
Since Garfield moved into 2nd place the universal comic section had it biggest gainer in the top 2 strip position.
Top 2 – 197 (Up 12)
Top 3 – 167 (Up 3)
Top 4 – 153 (Up 5)
Top 5 – 125 (Up 1)
Top 6 – 102 (Up 2)
Top 7 – 80 (Up 2)
Top 8 – 63 (Up 1)
Top 9 – 48 (Same)
Top 10 – 36 (Down 1)
Top 11 – 30 (Up 4)
Top 12 – 25 (Up 4)
Top 13 – 20 (Up 3)
Top 14 – 18 (Up 3)
Top 15 – 5 (Down 7)
Top 15 – 3 (Up 2)
Top 17 – 1 (Up 1)
The Galveston Daily News (TX) won this year’s universal comic section newspaper.
Here is how the remaining strips did in 1992:
|
# of Papers |
Feature (+/- from last year) |
|
37 |
Funky Winkerbean (-3), Gasoline Alley (-2) |
|
34 |
Winthrop (-5) |
|
33 |
Lockhorns (0) |
|
32 |
Tank McNamara (0) |
|
31 |
Alley Oop (-4) |
|
30 |
Grizzwells (-2), Heathcliff (-3) |
|
29 |
Eek and Meek (-3), Geech (1) |
|
28 |
Rose is Rose (+2) |
|
27 |
Kit N Carlyle (+4) |
|
25 |
In The Bleachers (+4), Judge Parker (-3) |
|
23 |
Snafu (+1) |
|
21 |
Crankshaft (0) |
|
20 |
Nancy (-3) |
|
18 |
Curtis (-1), Jump Start (+5), Luann (+1) |
|
17 |
Amazing Spider-Man (-1), Robotman (-4) |
|
16 |
Berry’s World (-7) |
|
15 |
Fred Bassett (0), Mark Trail (0), Phantom (-1), Tiger (-1) |
|
14 |
Apartment 3-G (-2), Dick Tracy (-12), Pogo (-5), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (-12), Tumbleweeds (-2) |
|
13 |
Archie (+1) |
|
12 |
Adam (0), Bizarro (+2), Buckets (R), Drabble (0), Ernie (0), Walnut Cove (R) |
|
11 |
Dunagin’s People (-1), Mr. Boffo (0) |
|
10 |
Baby Blues (+2), Broom Hilda (-5) |
|
9 |
Gil Thorp (-1), Overboard (+4), Safe Havens (-2), Willy N’ Ethel (-2) |
|
8 |
Brenda Starr (-2), Donald Duck (-3), Herb and Jamaal (-1), Kuduz (-5), Middletons (+1), Momma (0), Rubes (-2), They’ll Do It Every Time (+1) |
|
7 |
Crock (-3), Hazel (-2), Hocus-Focus (-1), Mickey Mouse (-2), One Big Happy (+1), Steve Roper and Mike Nomad (-3), Sylvia (+1), Zippy (-1) |
|
6 |
Animal Crackers (0), Big Nate (R), Dilbert (+1), Farcus (R), Fusco Brothers (0), Horrorscope (0), Lyttle Woman (R), New Breed (+1), Phipps (0), Real Life Adventures (R), That’s Jake (+1) |
|
5 |
Little Orphan Annie (-1), Motley’s Crew (0), Off The Leach (0), On The Fastrack (0), Redeye (-1), Suburban Cowgirls (-2), When I Was Short (-8), Word for Word (0) |
|
4 |
Bent Offering, Betty, Duffy, Our Fascinating Earth, Single Slices, Small Society |
|
3 |
Agatha Crumm, Amy, Better Half, Chubb & Chauncey, Francie, Heart of Juliet Jones, Love Is, Moose Miller, Rip Kirby, Sherman’s Lagoon, Trudy, Winnie Winkle |
|
2 |
Belvedere, Catfish, Ferd’Nand, Flintstones, Laff-A-Day, Miss Peach, Nooz, Outcasts, Out of Bounds, Pickles, Ryatts, Smith Family, Sports Hall of Shame, Wit of the World |
|
1 |
Ballard Street, Ben Wicks, Boners Ark, Bringing Up Father, Cross The Line, Dad’s Eye View, Dillion, Family Business, Flash Gordon, Gunion, Jasper, Kaleb, Laff Break, Modesty Blaise, Mr. Luckey, Pavlov, Popeye, Pop’s Place, Potluck, Pot-Shots, Queen of the Universe, Quigmans, Sam and Silo, Sibling Revelry, Southpaw, Spellbound, Tom and Jerry, What A Guy, Wild Life |
Labels: Paper Trends
