The best example of this technique of expression is Calvin and Hobbes. Written and illustrated by Bill Watterson, the imaginative six-year old boy, and Hobbes, his energetic and sardonic stuffed tiger make some interesting observation and analysis on various more serious and mundane aspects of life, society, education and discipline.
The pair is named after John Calvin, a 16th century French Reformation theologian, and Thomas Hobbes, a 17th century English political philosopher. Strips regarding the polls for Calvin father, loop holes in education and all take a very different meaning when we compare the Calvin and Hobbes with their real world counter parts.
Few of my favorite ones:
