Imagine a world without Tom and Jerry, Mickey Mouse, Minions, Garfield, Powerpuff Girls, Popeye, Spiderman, Superman, Batman, Tintin, Shin Chan, Doraemon, Chacha Chowdhury, Mowgli......Yes, this space is not enough to name all of them, isn’t it? And the answer would probably be just one word - BORING! No matter how much we grow up, we can’t get enough of them. No one would probably turn their faces away if they came across the timeless ‘frenemies’ Tom and Jerry chasing each other in their own classic way or a copy of Archie Andrews wooing his perpetual girlfriends Betty and Veronica. The doodle of Google’s home page catches the fancy of this generation of netizens almost every day. They’ve even become a part of our lives through T-shirts, Coffee mugs, Laptop skins, Wall art and many other accessories. Now everything in this world has a history. Few are aware about the history and evolution of our favourite childhood. Oxford....

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