Not really -- the format of the Sunday strips became a lot looser and more varied after the throwaway panels stopped being a thing. Compare, for example, these

Not really -- the format of the Sunday strips became a lot looser and more varied after the throwaway panels stopped being a thing. Compare, for example, these two Calvin-as-a-dinosaur strips, from 1988 and 1994: https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1988/08/14 https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1988/08/14 https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1994/01/30 https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1994/01/30