An ode is a poem meant to be sung, but we'll spare you the tune.

Our hearts, though, sing for the Sunday funnies. The BEST day for comics. Sunday Funday, truly.

The comics are in color. 

Brevity by Dan Thompson

Much better than black and white!

They broke the rules.

Origins of the Sunday Comics by Peter Maresca

Break that fourth wall!

They piqued our imagination.

Lio by Mark Tatulli

Sunday funnies leave much to the reader's imagination.

Sure, the paper was thick and full of things you didn't REALLY care about - but it had the funnies, and that's all that mattered. You just had to search a bit. 

Ziggy by Tom Wilson & Tom II

And now for a haiku:

Oh Sunday funnies

You make Sunday the best day

Six days are jealous

That's all the "ODE" we have in us.

Comment below with your favorite Sunday funnies strip (or your own haiku)!