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Frank and Ernest daily strip sample

F Minus , by Tony Carrillo, is a profoundly funny strip that begs the question, "Why are we here?" "What is life all about?" and "Can I take only one shower per week if it's seven times the normal length?" Distributed by United Feature Syndicate, this very funny, very quirky comic strip was chosen by more than 200.000 college students as the winner of the "mtvU Strips" contest.

Providing daily hilarity on comics.com since May 2005, F Minus is a strip short on life lessons, precious moments, and pearls of wisdom. Instead, it tackles life's serious issues, pins them to the ground and steals their lunch money. Then it feels a little bit guilty and gives some of it back.

Carrillo began his drawing career while a student at Arizona State University. F Minus appeared in the college newspaper, The State Press, for two years, and would eventually gain national recognition. In December 2004, the strip was named the winner of the 2004 mtvU Strips Contest, chosen by judges Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, and David Rees, creator of Get Your War On, as well as more than 200.000 online voters.

"I draw my material from my experiences at a wide array of failed careers," says Carrillo. "Over time, I have worked as a pizza cook, website designer, dancing costumed character, portrait artist, insurance drone, waiter, custom framer, camel ride attendant at the zoo, and the guy at the airport that waves orange wands at the airplanes. As varied as these jobs were, eventually I had the profound realization that they all had two important things in common: each offered a wealth of comedic inspiration and there was always a creepy guy named Larry".

F Minus Sunday page sample

Plus Licens represents United Feature Syndicate and Newspaper Enterprise Association for syndication rights to F Minus in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.