Do you use illustrated checks?

My wife likes using checks that are decorated with Betty Boop, Tinkerbell, Superman, and that kind of thing. It used to be kind of cute, since we were writing checks to the supermarket, or the shoe store, or Costco. Now days, we use a check card at those places, so the only people who see our checks are the banks or bill paying places we mail them to. What is the point of decorated checks, now? Do you use them? What character is on your check?