 "</ref> a feature some of these have in common is to have characters who actually age during the course of the series, which is uncommon for characters in ongoing comics.In early 2003, Byrne spent ten weeks as guest penciler on the syndicated newspaper strip "Funky Winkerbean".Byrne did this as a favor for "Winkerbean"'s creator, Tom Batiuk, who was recovering from foot surgery.<ref>Batiuk, Tom, statement in </ref>

Most of his work in the first decade of the new millennium was for DC Comics