2007 Today's Toons Favorites: Results

various | 1/14/08 | various

[pookie18]

After starting with >13,000 possibilities, the 3rd annual Best Of Today's Toons is over & all the votes have been tallied. Neither hanging nor pregnant chads were encountered & Diebold equipment was not used. First, a few stats. This was the closest voting to date. 29 of the 40 finalists received 1st-place votes. There were 82 valid entries received & thanks to all of you who took the time to vote!! Votes were cast, in order of preference, for between 1 & 10 of the finalists. Cartoonists Michael Ramirez(12), Sam Ryskind(3), Glenn McCoy(3), Eric Allie(2), Mark Thornhill(2) & Chris Muir(2) all had the multiple items in the finals. FReepers reagan_fanatic & ThePeoplesCube had one item apiece. The method of scoring was as follows: A 1st-place vote received 10 pts., a 2nd-place vote earned 9 pts., ..., down to a 10th-place vote which got 1 pt.

If you'd like to inquire about possibly helping (as one FReeper has already done) with the Best Of 2008, FReepmail me by the end of this month at the latest (shortly after which the Best Of January 2008 will be determined) & I'll tell you what would be involved. And now, the results:

#40 (51 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 22nd in the preliminary round):

#39 (52 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 17th in the preliminary round):

#38 (56 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished tied for 27th in the preliminary round):

#37 (56.5 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 27th in the preliminary round):

#36 (59 pts./0 1st-place vote; finished tied for 27th in the preliminary round):

#35 (60 pts./2 1st-place vote; finished tied for 27th in the preliminary round):

#34 (62 pts./1 1st-place votes; finished tied for 27th in the preliminary round):

#33 (63 pts./0 1st-place vote; finished tied for 22nd in the preliminary round):

#32 (64 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 27th in the preliminary round):

#31 (66.5 pts./3 1st-place votes; removed from preliminary round by moderator):
Click here to see #31

#30 (67 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 27th in the preliminary round):

#29 (68 pts./1 1st-place votes; finished tied for 17th in the preliminary round):

#28 (71 pts./1 1st-place votes; finished tied for 13th in the preliminary round):

#27 (71.5 pts./0 1st-place vote; finished tied for 17th in the preliminary round):

#26 (72 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 27th in the preliminary round):

#25 (74 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished 8th in the preliminary round):

#24 (79 pts./1 1st-place votes; finished tied for 17th in the preliminary round):

#23 (85 pts./0 1st-place votes; finished tied for 27th in the preliminary round):

#22 (85.5 pts./0 1st-place vote; finished tied for 13th in the preliminary round):

#21 (87.5 pts./1 1st-place votes; finished tied for 22nd in the preliminary round):

#20 (88 pts./1 1st-place votes; finished tied for 27th in the preliminary round):

#19 (93 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished tied for 10th in the preliminary round):

#17T (100 pts./2 1st-place votes; finished tied for 27th in the preliminary round):

#17T (100 pts./3 1st-place vote; finished tied for 13th in the preliminary round):
Click below for audio:

#16 (105 pts./1 1st-place votes; finished tied for 22nd in the preliminary round):

#15 (117 pts./3 1st-place votes; finished tied for 13th in the preliminary round):

#14 (123 pts./2 1st-place votes; finished tied for 10th in the preliminary round):

#13 (129 pts./3 1st-place vote; finished tied for 22nd in the preliminary round):
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#12 (132 pts./4 1st-place votes; finished tied for 17th in the preliminary round):

#11 (133.5 pts./2 1st-place vote; finished tied for 27th in the preliminary round):

#10 (138 pts./1 1st-place vote; finished tied for 4th in the preliminary round):

#9 (142 pts./1 1st-place votes; finished 9th in the preliminary round):

#8 (145.5 pts./7 1st-place votes; finished 6th in the preliminary round):

#7 (150.5 pts./1 1st-place votes; finished tied for 27th in the preliminary round):

#6 (176 pts./5 1st-place votes; finished 3rd in the preliminary round):

#5 (180 pts./3 1st-place vote; finished 2nd in the preliminary round):

#4 (184 pts./6 1st-place vote; finished 7th in the preliminary round):

#3 (196.5 pts./7 1st-place votes; finished tied for 4th in the preliminary round):

#2 (208.5 pts./7 1st-place votes; finished 1st in the preliminary round):

#1 (217 pts./9 1st-place votes; finished tied for 10th in the preliminary round):

2006 Winner:

2005 Winner:

[Brasil]

Great line up. Noticed a lot of Ramirez there.

[G8 Diplomat]

I thought it was the results of the preliminary round and now we were supposed to pick our next top 10...sort of an elimination round type thing....my bad! LOL...been a long day.

[pookie18]

No. You voted in both the preliminary & the final rounds already (must've been a long couple of weeks ;-) & this thread gave the final results of the voting. (reread the intro when/if you get a chance).

[pookie18]

Thanks to the FReepin' voters ;-) Yes, as mentioned in the intro (kinda ;-), Ramirez had 30% of those which made the final round.

[KevinLauer]

Excellent cartoons. #1 definitely deserved to win. Congratulations to all the winners (and that includes us for getting the opportunity to see them).

[pookie18]

Thanks, Kevin! Also thanks for your help (& speaking of help, are the blue ribbons almost ready?).

[pilipo]

I nominate you for FOY!!

Well done, and thank you!

[pookie18]

My pleasure, pilipo!

I nominate you for FOY!!

Thank you. However, if nominated, I will not run (except when I'm playing baseball); if elected, I will not serve (other than when I prepare dinner for my girlfriend)!!

[pookie18]

Following the results of our voting, sent virtual trophies to those who finished in the top 10. Where did I get these trophies? They were designed & provided to me by FReeper/cartoonist KevinLauer. Here's a smaller version of what one looked like:

Thanks again, Kevin!!

Also received some comments from the winners:

I posted a story about our win on the Cube -

Click Here For Story

Thanks again,

Oleg (The People's Cube-10th Place)

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I made the top ten! Cool.

I'm glad that Chris Muir toon won.

Thanks for helping me have a great first year online.

Yogi (Yogi Love, Red Planet Cartoons-9th Place)

Click Here For Site Story

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That's magnificent! (I can hardly believe that picture is still making its way around the web.) Thank you.

All the best,

D (D.T. Devareaux-8th Place)

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Thank you. I’m honored.

Keep up the good work.

Best wishes,

-m (Michael Ramirez-2nd & 5th Place)

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My thanks for all your effort on this!

Much appreciated!

Chris (Chris Muir, Day By Day-Grand Prize & 4th Place)

[BufordP]

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

Congratulations Pookie.

[DollyCali]

wonderful pookie18 & thanks to Kevin for the neat trophies.

We appreciate so much all your hard work even if we dont post regularly to state this.

Bravo~

[pookie18]

No applause please--save for de end! Oh, this is the end...thank you very much! (was supposed to be a combination of Dom DeLuise & Andy Kaufman ;-)

[pookie18]

Thanks, Bee & to all who took part!

[pookie18]

wonderful pookie18 & thanks to Kevin for the neat trophies. We appreciate so much all your hard work even if we dont post regularly to state this. Bravo~

My pleasure, as ever, DollyCali!

[BufordP]

First Dominic the Great then you finish with Latka Gravas on the “Thank you beddy much”. Got it!

[alwaysconservative]

Thanks, Pookie, for updating us on the responses! And for letting our brilliant conservative cartoonists know that they are appreciated. Talent like that deserves recognition!

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

BTTT!

[bigjoesaddle]

# 6 would make a great bumper sticker! Thanks for the hard work pookie!

[bigjoesaddle]

Actually a window sticker, because of the vertical layout.