The Union of Concerned Scientists has announced the top 12 finalists for their Science Idol editorial cartoon contest, and voting has begun to determine the winner of the grand prize.

Direct voting page is here. The names of all the entrants are not given, so I don't know if there's any other showing from the webcomics community, but my own entry is number 6 and Bryant Paul Johnson's (of Teaching Baby Paranoia) is number 5.

The 12 finalists will all be printed in the 2007 Defending Science calendar. The winner of the grand prize receives $500 and an expenses-paid trip to meet a celebrity judge of their choice.