F Minus
F Minus | |
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Author(s) | Tony Carrillo |
Website | http://www.fminus.net/ |
Current status/schedule | running |
Launch date | 2003; 21 years ago (2003)[1] |
Syndicate(s) | United Features Syndicate |
Publisher(s) | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
F Minus is a horizontally oriented single panel comic strip by Tony Carrillo, started when he was a sophomore at Arizona State University. It ran daily in The State Press, an independent newspaper at ASU, from early 2003 until late 2004, when Carrillo graduated.[1][2]
In an online mtvU strips contest with Scott Adams of Dilbert fame as member of the jury and with almost 200,000 people voting to find the best college comic strip, F Minus came in first place.[3]
Having won a development deal with United Features Syndicate through the contest, syndication of F Minus (in daily newspapers) began in April 2006 and reached 70 United States newspapers within a year.[4][5]
According to Tony Carrillo, most of the comics are about stupidity and losers. It does not feature any story lines and is often compared to one of his favorites, The Far Side by Gary Larson.[4]
In 2007, F Minus was nominated in the 2007 Reuben Awards for Best Newspaper Panel but lost to Rhymes with Orange by Hilary B. Price.[6]
The Phoenix New Times named F Minus as the best syndicated comic strip in its Best of Phoenix 2007 issue.[7]
Books
There are two collections of F Minus.
Title | Release Date | Publisher | ISBN |
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F Minus | September 1, 2007 | Andrews McMeel Publishing | ISBN 978-0-7407-6839-2 |
This Can't Be Legal: An F Minus Collection | March 17, 2009 | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Notes
- ^ a b Tony Carrillo (2013-01-09). "F Minus: The Blog". Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ Arizona Daily Star (2007-05-20). "Meet ASU grad, creator of 'F Minus' comic strip". Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ mtvU (December 2004). "The Best of F Minus". Retrieved 2007-02-15.
- ^ a b Michael Grady (2006-04-17). "Cartoonist graduates to the big time with an 'F Minus'". East Valley Tribune. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
- ^ Nikki Katz. "Cartoonist Makes the Grade with F Minus". Wisconsin State Journal.
- ^ "News from the NCS". The National Cartoonists Society. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
- ^ "Comic Genius Tony Carrillo". Phoenix New Times. 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
External links
- Author's web site
- F Minus on gocomics.com
- United Features Syndicate page on F Minus
- Dark Party Review Interview with Tony Carrillo
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