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"I guess if anything I've ever written could cause them to one day remove the fluorescent lights from the swimwear department, then I've lived a full life." —Cathy Guisewite in

Inherit the Mirth is where faith meets funny. Showcased among its off-the-wall panels are well-known Bible personalities like Adam and Eve, Noah, Moses, David and Goliath, Jesus and the disciples.

In Dan Reynolds's world, nerds play birthday party games like Pin the Tail on the Jackass, and women at the Maximum Insecurity Prison wonder if uniform stripes make them look fat.

The Boondocks is a rich, multilayered comic strip that offers a frank yet often funny look at race in America.

In Dating Disasters 101, this eBook original gathers strips from the popular cartoon strip Luann.

Leave it to Cathy to get us in touch with those life-affirming interactions and activities that we all need to reach our perfect selfdom.

From the depressing visits to the doctor’s office to the darkly comedic truths of approaching retirement, Wiley Miller’s eBook original The Non Sequitur Guide to Aging compiles strips that touch on

Cul de Sac chronicles the absurdly wonderful adventures of the Otterloop family. Alice, Petey, Mom and Dad live in the cookie-cutter suburbs not far from the interstate.

Bad hair days, caffeine addiction and the perils of cubicle-land are all a daily part of life in this e-only collection of cartoons from the comic strip Real Life Adventures by Lance Aldrich and Ga

This strip offers a fresh outlook and appeals to everyone. . .

One of the last places you'd expect to find fun is in an elementary-school janitor's cleaning closet.

Ten abandoned cats live in an old warehouse where they are looked after by a young girl named Annie. They include Chesney, the ringleader, Jack, his sidekick and Oliver — a wide-eyed kitten.

With more than one million greeting cards sold, Scott Hilburn's The Argyle Sweater dresses up the funny page with an argyle-wearing assortment of cavemen, bears, moths and pompadour-styled hum

Some call it weird. Others, eclectic, creative, hilarious, laugh-out-loud funny and good old-fashioned snort-milk-out-your-nose humor.

It is a rare cartoonist who can introduce new characters into a successful strip without upsetting readers.