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The first such vote occurred in 1995 with Vic Volcano emerging as the winner.

In the 1997 competition, two new strips were added permanently, with Tim Traveller winning and Crazy for Daisy the runner-up.

By the early 2000s, these competitions were named Comic Idol ( in reference to Pop Idol.

In the 2004 competition, the margin between winner Joe Jitsu and runner-up Colin the Vet was 1 %, so both strips were added to the comic.