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" It&amp;#039;s hard to imagine Sunday mornings without the comics section of the newspaper. Though strips date as far back as the late 19th century, it wasn&amp;#039;t until the 1900s that the format we&amp;#039;re familiar with today\u2014using artistic devices like word balloons for speech and dramatic character expressions\u2014was developed. Unfortunately, budget cuts have caused many papers to reduce the number of strips printed, or remove them altogether. We&amp;#039;ve rounded up some of our favorite funnies, so you can take a trip down memory lane\u2014and maybe even learn something new.  Calvin and Hobbes, 1985\u20131995  In 1985 the famously reclusive cartoonist Bill Watterson created a comic strip about Calvin, a rambunctious, selfish and surprisingly bright 6-year-old, and his stuffed tiger Hobbes. Most of their adventures took place in fantasyland, and major themes of the strip included opinions on cultural and political events as well as Calvin&amp;#039;s relationship with his parents. In 1986 and 1988, Watterson won the Reuben award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society. Photo courtesy of Amazon.com.  Peanuts, 1950\u20132000  Peanuts creator Charles Schulz wrote and drew every panel of this immensely popular comichimself. The strip tells the story of Charlie Brown, a notoriously bad baseball player, his pet dog Snoopy, and his friends, including Linus and Peppermint Patty. In the comic, Schultz explored topical events like the Vietnam War as well as religion and gender issues. He won the coveted Reuben from the National Cartoonist Society in both 1955 and 1964. Photo courtesy of Amazon.com. Garfield, 1978\u2013present   Creator Jim Davis likes to say that people relate to Garfield because he&amp;#039;s a human in a cat suit. The lazy lasagna-loving kitty really is just like us: He hates exercising, loves watching TV and can&amp;#039;t start his mornings without coffee. So it&amp;#039;s no surprise that Garfield is read in more than 2,600 newspapers by 263 million readers and was named &amp;quot;The Most Widely Syndicated Comic Strip in the World&amp;quot; by Guinness World Records. Photo courtesy of fpnyc.com.  Doonesbury, 1970\u2013present  Garry Trudeau&amp;#039;s Doonesbury is known for its satirical, ironic and always topical humor. His strips usually take place in real-life settings and often skewer politicians, from the Bush family to Bill Clinton to Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 1975, Trudeau was the first comic strip artist ever to win a Pulitzer Prize in the Editorial Cartooning category. Photo courtesy of Amazon.com.  Dilbert, 1989\u2013present   Dilbert, the title character of this comic strip, is a composite of creator Scott Adams&amp;#039; various coworkers over the years. Originally about Dilbert and his pet Dogbert&amp;#039;s adventures at home, the strip eventually moved into an office setting to provide a satirical look at white-collar workplace culture. Through Dilbert, Adams pokes fun at technology and corporate culture. The strip appears in 2,000 newspapers in 70 countries, and in 1997 Adams earned the Reuben award. Photo courtesy of Amazon.com.  Archie, 1941\u2013present   The star of Bob Montana, Vic Bloom and John L. Goldwater&amp;#039;s iconic comic strip is Archie Andrews, the 16-year-old from Riverdale, USA, who can&amp;#039;t decide between Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge. The strip, which follows the gang through high school, is the first comic ever created about teenage humor and is very popular in other regions of the world, notably Indonesia and the Middle East. Photo courtesy of Amazon.com.  The Far Side, 1980\u20131995  This one-panel comic created by cartoonist Gary Larson ran in more than 1,900 daily newspapers, was translated into 17 languages and was collected into 22 compilation books. Thanks to Larson&amp;#039;s background in biology, the subject matter primarily focused on the animal kingdom and explored themes like the meaning of life and strange impending disasters. Larson won four awards from the National Cartoonist Society throughout his tenure as the strip&amp;#039;s artist. Photo courtesy of AndrewsMcMeel.com.  Beetle Bailey, 1950\u2013present  Cartoonist Mort Walker&amp;#039;s comic strip, which follows the antics of a bunch of bumbling soldiers, takes place at Camp Swampy, which was inspired by Camp Crowder, where Walker was stationed in the Army. The characters wear green fatigues, and readers will never see lazy Beetle Bailey without a hat or helmet over his eyes. Today, Beetle Bailey has a readership of over 200 million and is among the oldest comic strips still produced by its original creator. Photo courtesy of Amazon.com.   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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