Cartoon Shows Based on Sunday Funny Comic Strips
In the past, the Funnies–the comic strips which appear in your daily newspaper and in color on Sundays–were a great form of entertainment for the whole family. With the decline of the newspaper, they would appear to be waning. However, many of these strips have made their way on to television and thanks to You Tube and other sites, they will live forever.
Perhaps the most popular comic strip to make it to television was Peanuts. The late Charles Schulz’s characters live forever in the many specials that were broadcast for decades in prime time.
There have been others, such as Heathcliff and Garfield, cartoons based on the lives of fictional cats. Indeed, comic strip animals have been a staple of animated programs, even going so far as to base a special on Opus the Penguin and Bill the Cat from the political strips Bloom County and Outland in the Christmas special A Wish for Wings that Work.
Comic book characters which have also appeared in comic strips, such as Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, the Hulk and many others have long enjoyed animated exploits. This is largely due to the rich source material, and there have been countless hours of programs featuring their adventures.