Comic Strips

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Comic Strips is a general term used to describe drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions.

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Peanuts

Peanuts is an American newspaper comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, which centers on a social circle of young children, where adults exist but are rarely seen or heard. The main character, Charlie Brown, is meek, nervous, and lacks self-confidence. He is unable to fly a kite, win a baseball game, or kick a football held by his cruel friend Lucy, who always pulls it away at the last instant.

Garfield

Garfield is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis that has been running since June 19th, 1978. It is currently the most widely syndicated comic strip in the world, with 300 million readers each day catching up with the strip in 2,580 newspapers.

Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes is an American newspaper comic strip by Bill Watterson, which centers around the adventures of the mischievous 6-year-old Calvin and stuffed tiger Hobbes, whom Calvin sees as his talking, anthropomorphic friend.

Popeye The Sailor Man

Popeye The Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. Popeye is portrayed as a sailor with his signature squint right eye, corncob pipe, and large forearms. Popeye is also known for his signature power boost when consuming spinach. Since his appearance in 1929, the character has become a cultural icon, appearing in many forms of media.

Mad

"Mad" (often called as MAD) is an American animated sketch comedy produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The series was based on Mad magazine, where each episode is a collection of short animated parodies of television shows, movies, games, celebrities, and other media using various types of animation (CGI, claymation, stopmotion, etc.) instead of the usual animation style that Warner Bros. Animation is known for. The series premiered on the evening of September 6, 2010 on Cartoon Network. The series ended its 3-year run on December 2, 2013.

DC Comics

DC Comics is the comic book publishing division DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., known for several comic series and characters, including Justice League, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American entertainment company which produces comic books and films based on comic books. It has been behind recent action blockbusters The Avengers, Spider-Man, Thor, and Iron Man.

Over the Hedge

Over the Hedge is a syndicated comic strip and computer-animated film about several animals coming to terms with the encroaching development of suburbia on their woodland home.

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