Comic strip

:This article is about the sequential art form. For the British comedy group, see The Comic Strip.

Conventions and genres

Most comic strip characters stay the same age throughout the strip's life, but in strips like Lynn Johnston's award-winning For Better or For Worse characters age. The first strip to feature aging characters was Gasoline Alley.

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Lynn Johnston - For Better or For Worse - Gasoline Alley

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The history of comic strips also includes series that are not humorous, but tell an ongoing dramatic story. Examples include Prince Valiant, Dick Tracy, Mary Worth, Modesty Blaise and Tarzan. Sometimes these are spin-offs from comic books, for example Superman, Batman, and The Amazing Spider-Man.

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Drama - Prince Valiant - Dick Tracy - Mary Worth - Modesty Blaise - Tarzan - Comic book - Superman - Batman - The Amazing Spider-Man

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All the comic strips mentioned so far in this article are centered on human beings, but a number of strips have also included animals as main characters. Some are non-verbal (Marmaduke), some have verbal thoughts but aren't understood by humans, (Garfield, Snoopy in Peanuts), and some can converse with humans (Get Fuzzy). Other strips have centered entirely on animals, as in Pogo or Donald Duck. Gary Larson's The Far Side was unique, as there were no central characters. Instead The Far Side used a wide variety of characters such as humans, monsters, aliens, chickens, cows, worms, amoebas and more. Wiley Miller not only mixes human, animal and fantasy characters, he does several different comic strip continuities under one umbrella title, Non Sequitur.

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Marmaduke - Garfield - Snoopy - Peanuts - Get Fuzzy - Pogo - Donald Duck - Gary Larson - The Far Side - Aliens - Worms - Amoebas - Wiley Miller - Non Sequitur

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Newspaper comic strips come in two formats, daily strips and Sunday strips. Daily strips usually run Monday through Saturday, and are usually in black and white. Sunday strips are much larger and are usually in color.

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Newspaper comic strips - Daily strip - Sunday strip

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