Tuesday, April 02, 2024
Jeffrey Lindenblatt's Paper Trends: The 300 for 1999 -- Biggest Winners and Losers
After its big debut last year with 60 papers, Zits continued its growth by adding another 21, which is the biggest gainer of the year. Dilbert continues its growth adding another 13 papers. Baby Blues added 8 papers from last year, perhaps piggybacking on the success of Zits. Here is the list of the strips that gained 5 or more papers.
Zits - 21
Dilbert – 13
Baby Blues – 8
Herman – 8
Fox Trot – 7
Rose is Rose – 5
Only one strip lost 5 or more papers this year and that was Heathcliff with 5.
Adventure and Soap strips continue their slow downfall. Adventure lost 6 spots falling from 92 to 86 spots. Soaps lost 2 spots going from 114 to 112.
Spiderman dropped 2 papers this year. It falls below the 10-paper mark and has gone a long way down since it debuted in the 1978 survey with 50 papers.
Adventure (-6)
Alley Oop – 28 (-2)
Mark Trail – 12 (0)
Phantom – 11 (-2)
Amazing Spider-Man – 9 (-2)
Dick Tracy – 8 (0)
Brenda Starr – 7 (0)
Mandrake The Magician – 2 (+1)
Mickey Mouse – 2 (0)
Rip Kirby – 2 (0)
Steve Roper and Mike Nomad – 2 (-1)
Little Orphan Annie – 1 (0)
Modesty Blaise – 1 (0)
Tarzan – 1 (0)
Soap (-2)
Mary Worth – 42 (-2)
Rex Morgan – 37 (0)
Judge Parker – 19 (+1)
Apartment 3-G – 8 (-1)
Gil Thorp – 8 (0)
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