1.   Bosses used to know everything that went on, said Scott Adams, who draws the popular Dilbert cartoon about the workplace.

2.   Adams, whose popular cartoon strip lambastes management and lampoons the idiosyncrasies of the work world, said deciding on a winner was tough, considering the competition.

3.   All three became famous -- and quite wealthy -- thanks to their extremely popular cartoon strips.

4.   Haim Saban, another big Democratic donor who produces the popular cartoon show featuring the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, recently also hired a veteran Democratic fund-raiser.

5.   His popular cartoons lampoon Mao Zedong, likening him to Hitler.

6.   In early November, the film studio Warner Bros. had to recall thousands of copies of a DVD video featuring the popular cartoon characters The Powerpuff Girls.

7.   Popular cartoons and pure entertainment shows frequently pull in almost twice that.

8.   Straight from the popular cartoon series, the Powerpuff Girls fight baddies with fem ferocity in this third installment.

9.   Talking dogs, most notably Astro in The Jetsons, figured into other popular cartoons.

10.   They were affected by watching a television program featuring popular cartoon figures called Pokemon, or Pocket Monsters.