A panel is a single-drawing cartoon published by a newspaper, by a magazine, or on the Internet. A panel consists of one drawing that depicts a single moment. Often, a character in the cartoon speaks a line, which is usually printed in a caption beneath the panel itself. Many panels are syndicated and published daily, on a newspaper page with other syndicated cartoons that are collectively known as comic strips. Major comic strips in panel format include The Far Side, Dennis the Menace, The Family Circus and Ripley's Believe It or Not. A cartoon is any of several forms of illustrations, with varied meanings that evolved from one to another. ... Print Syndication is a form of syndication in which news articles, columns, or comic strips are made available to newspapers and magazines. ... See also Comic strip and Sunday strip. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... The Far Side is a popular one-panel syndicated comic created by Gary Larson. ... Dennis the Menace is a daily comic strip (single panel on weekdays, full strip on Sundays) originally created, written and illustrated by Hank Ketcham, which made its début in 1,000 newspapers in 48 countries and 19 languages. ... The Family Circus (originally, The Family Circle) is a syndicated comic strip by cartoonist Bil Keane. ... Ripleys Believe It or Not! deals in the bizarre—events and items so strange and unusual that it is often hard to believe that they actually exist--but they do: believe it. ...

Panels are contrasted with the more common comic strip format, which consists of an actual "strip" of multiple drawings that tell a story in sequence.

A panel may also refer to an individual frame, or single drawing, in the multiple-panel sequence of a comic strip or comic book. The customary sequence in daily newspapers is four panels, as in Doonesbury or For Better or For Worse, or three panels, such as Garfield or Dilbert. In a comic book, multi-panel frames of many different sizes and shapes can be found. Examples of this are Batman, Spider-Man,Bone, Quackup, and many others. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Doonesbury was featured on the cover of the Feb. ... For Better or For Worse (FBorFW) is a comic strip by Lynn Johnston that began in September 1979. ... Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis, featuring the cat Garfield, the pet dog Odie, and their socially inept owner Jon Arbuckle. ... Dilbert (first published April 16, 1989) is an American comic strip written and drawn by Scott Adams. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... Grays Anatomy illustration of a human femur. ... The Raytoons hero Jonathin Quackup is a fictional character who first appeared on the Raytoons Website in 1997. ...