Funny Pages Go Green For Second Annual Earth Day Event

Photo credit: Sherman's Lagoon/King Features Syndicate

Does Mother Earth have a sense of humor? Thirty-seven of King Features' cartoonists are tickling the planet's funny bone by dedicating their strips to the environment on Earth Day.

Participating strips span the gamut, from America's most popular dailies, such as Blondie, Hagar the Horrible, Mutts, and Dennis the Menace, to up-and-comers like Arctic Circle, Pajama Diaries, Ollie and Quentin, and Sherman's Lagoon. Click below the fold for some of our favorites. Photo credit: Mother Goose & Grimm/King Features SyndicatePhoto credit: Ollie & Quentin/King Features SyndicatePhoto credit: Mutts/King Features SyndicatePhoto credit: Arctic Circle/King Features SyndicateAll of King Features' Earth Day-themed strips will be available online at www.comicskingdom.com on April 22, 2009. The comics will be continuously updated each day and will remain accessible via a 30-day archive.More on eco-friendly comic stripsFunny Pages Go Green for Earth DayYesh, "Mutts" Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell Makes Every Day Earth DayRustle The Leaf: Eco-ComicArctic Circle Comic Strip is Environmentally Conscious, FunnyPhilip Street's Fisher: a Comic with a Conscience