One of North America's foremost snack foods -- or meals, if you're feeling bold -- is surprisingly modern. If you were born any time after 1943, then National Nachos Day should feel as culinarily significant as, say, Apple Day. Nachos have just plain always been around, haven't they? Not so! It took the ingenuity of one Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya (nicknamed due to his shorter stature), a restuarant worker in the Mexico/United States border town of Piedra Negras, to craft the tortilla chip + melted cheese concoction. And the people of the world thank him, today and every day they crave salty, crunchy, fatty, spicy nacho goodness.

We salute Anaya this National Nachos Day, with this gallery of 11 comics where his nacho creation is king! 

FoxTrot By Bill Amend Feb 8, 2009

Thatababy By Paul Trap Feb 29, 2012

Pearls Before Swine By Stephan Pastis May 8, 2015

Cleats By Bill Hinds Mar 27, 2002

Cleats By Bill Hinds Mar 28, 2002

Marmaduke By Brad Anderson Mar 25, 2011

Click "Next" for five more National Nachos Day comics!