No Pants Day: US comic strip artists band together for a silly and good cause

This publicity image shows a frame from the Dennis The Menace comic strip promoting No Pants Day. More than 25 cartoonists are celebrating the quirky holiday to help charities get clothing to those in need. Photo: AP/Kings Features

Fans of newspaper comics will instantly notice something missing in many of the strips this Friday - pants.

More than 25 cartoonists behind strips from Blondie to Zippy The Pinhead are celebrating the quirky holiday No Pants Day in a way that helps charities get clothing to those in need.