Edited sentence: As very British cartoon strips, they break the normal strip rules by sometimes not having a traditional ending, a punchline or even a distinct purpose, distinguishing them from the more direct, American-style Garfield or Peanuts strips.Read singly, the strips can seem too abstract by themselves.Some strips are merely a surreal or whimsical description of a moment of life as seen from a dog's point of view.The comments made about Fred Basset cartoons on various media indicate that Fred is not always understood.The nature and intention of the Fred Basset strip can best be understood by reading several strips together, as in the Annuals