# Anyone else the the crossover comic strips this morning? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-the-the-crossover-comic-strips-this-morning/318322 "2005-08-23T20:41:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-the-the-crossover-comic-strips-this-morning/318322/1 "2005-08-23T20:41:17Z")
I normally only read _Get Fuzzy_ anymore, but for some reason my eyes glanced over the rest of the funny pages this morning. I was surprised to see Dagwood playing poker with Beetle Bailey in that strip. And over in Blondie it appeared that a couple of critters from Mutz were in Blondie’s laundry basket. Seems that the Dagwoods have a big anniversary (75th?) coming up. Those were the only two I noticed but I’m sure there are probably more. Anyone else see any? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-the-the-crossover-comic-strips-this-morning/318322/2 "2005-08-23T20:55:35Z")
Yesterday(?), a bunch of characters showed up at Dagwood & Blondie’s house in anticipation of the the anniversary party. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-the-the-crossover-comic-strips-this-morning/318322/3 "2005-08-23T21:07:45Z")
…and by “Dagwoods” I meant “Bumsteads” of course. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-the-the-crossover-comic-strips-this-morning/318322/4 "2005-08-23T21:17:57Z")
Rose Is Rose had Elmo delivering an invitation to Pasquale. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-the-the-crossover-comic-strips-this-morning/318322/5 "2005-08-23T21:29:15Z")
There are quite a few crossovers going on as part of the 75th Anniversary celebration of _Blondie_. Mark Evanier has been cataloguing them in his blog, along with all the other stuff he talks about there. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-the-the-crossover-comic-strips-this-morning/318322/6 "2005-08-23T22:16:58Z")
> [@Max Carnage](#): > > I normally only read _Get Fuzzy_ anymore, but for some reason my eyes glanced over the rest of the funny pages this morning. I was surprised to see Dagwood playing poker with Beetle Bailey in that strip. And over in Blondie it appeared that a couple of critters from Mutz were in Blondie’s laundry basket. Seems that the Dagwoods have a big anniversary (75th?) coming up. Those were the only two I noticed but I’m sure there are probably more. Anyone else see any? Hey, I’ve been a _Get Fuzzy_ addict for a long while…really funny and weird. As noted, the crossovers have been everywhere. It strikes me that Blondie has got to be the sexiest 95-year old woman in the Universe. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-the-the-crossover-comic-strips-this-morning/318322/7 "2005-08-24T00:52:39Z")
Blondie and Dagwood have been preparing for their 75th anniversary for the past month in the strip. The guests have just arrived, and Dagwood has been showing up in other comic strips handing out invitations. In September, they will celebrate their anniversary (and get a congratulatory phone call from G-Dubya himself!), then take a cruise to celebrate. (As Mark Evanier pointed out, it’s the strip’s 75th anniversary, not the Bumsteads’-they didn’t marry until 1933. But still, a marriage like that lasting that long…) > [@KlondikeGeoff](#): > > As noted, the crossovers have been everywhere. It strikes me that Blondie has got to be the sexiest 95-year old woman in the Universe. You’ve added 20 years to her age there. But comics characters seem to stay young, that’s the glory of the medium. Nancy’s aunt Fritzi is 83, and she’s not that bad-looking either. But I will admit that Blondie is still attractive, and Dagwood is still in good shape, despite all those sandwiches he eats (although I think he should get his throat checked out- I think you’re supposed to say “z” when you snore, not “snxx-xx”). ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-the-the-crossover-comic-strips-this-morning/318322/8 "2005-08-24T01:00:41Z")
[This link](http://www.blondie.com/dailies/index.asp) should take you to today’s _Blondie_ and change each day, if you want to follow what the Bumsteads are doing to prepare (since Mark isn’t providing a link to each day’s _Blondie_). ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-the-the-crossover-comic-strips-this-morning/318322/9 "2005-08-24T02:16:30Z")
Thanks, mobo85! 🙂 It’s really frustrating since we get all the strips _except_ ‘Blondie’ in the papers around here. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-the-the-crossover-comic-strips-this-morning/318322/10 "2005-08-24T02:51:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Nancy’s aunt Fritzi is 83, and she’s not that bad-looking either. But I will admit that Blondie is still attractive Alice Mitchell also looks pretty good for her age. She must be past 70; she’s been appearing as Dennis’ mother since 1951. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-the-the-crossover-comic-strips-this-morning/318322/11 "2005-08-24T04:36:01Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Alice Mitchell also looks pretty good for her age. She must be past 70; she’s been appearing as Dennis’ mother since 1951. I never thought about the actual age of the characters, I was just going by the age of the strip. Now that I think about it, other than Skeezix and some _Peanuts_ characters, most comic characters didn’t start out as babies. (Garfield ages every year at the same age of the strip, even though he doesn’t look like a baby in his early strips- in fact, he’s much fatter.) Blondie could be well in her 90s, and Aunt Fritzi is probably well over 100. The Katzenjammer Kids is the longest-running comic strip in history, which premiered in 1897 and still runs each Sunday in some papers. They are still kids even though they probably should get a Guiness record for world’s oldest persons. The wonders of comic strips! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-the-the-crossover-comic-strips-this-morning/318322/12 "2005-08-24T04:47:04Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > Now that I think about it, other than Skeezix and some _Peanuts_ characters, most comic characters didn’t start out as babies. How could I have forgotten the Bumstead’s own kid, Alexander (a.k.a. Baby Dumpling)? ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-the-the-crossover-comic-strips-this-morning/318322/13 "2005-08-24T11:06:23Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > How could I have forgotten the Bumstead’s own kid, Alexander (a.k.a. Baby Dumpling)? And The For Better or Worse kids, who have been aging in pretty good step with real time. Which makes me feel old (and a little nutty) when I think things like, “It seems like only yesterday that Elizabeth was still wearing diapers.”