# Weirdest comic strip crossover ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 4, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-comic-strip-crossover-ever/736594 "2015-11-04T06:41:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-comic-strip-crossover-ever/736594/41 "2015-11-05T07:07:50Z")
I remember from the final days of the original Bloom County there were some strips of the characters looking for work in other strips. Oliver Wendell Jones Jr was depicted as Bill Keane would draw him for Family Circus and Steve Dallas was up for a gig as a boyfriend for Cathy. I don’t remember if there were any more. Would Hobbes and Snoopy be good friends? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-comic-strip-crossover-ever/736594/42 "2015-11-05T13:15:57Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > I love [this recent B.C. strip](http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/drawing.gif) What date did that strip appear? I can’t seem to find it in either the B.C. or Wizard Of ID archives. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-comic-strip-crossover-ever/736594/43 "2015-11-05T14:12:30Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What date did that strip appear? I can’t seem to find it in either the B.C. or Wizard Of ID archives. If it helps, there’s a small “10-30” in one of the panels suggesting October 30th, though you’d have to trial-and-error the year. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-comic-strip-crossover-ever/736594/44 "2015-11-05T15:08:27Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > If it helps, there’s a small “10-30” in one of the panels suggesting October 30th, though you’d have to trial-and-error the year. [Last year.](http://www.gocomics.com/bc/2014/10/30) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-comic-strip-crossover-ever/736594/45 "2015-11-05T15:13:43Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Last year.](http://www.gocomics.com/bc/2014/10/30) Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-comic-strip-crossover-ever/736594/46 "2015-11-05T15:56:37Z")
On the occasion of Charles Schultz’s death, almost every strip in the paper did a salute to the dead cartoonist with visits to his grave site or pats on Charlie’s shoulder and the like. I was impressed. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-comic-strip-crossover-ever/736594/47 "2015-11-05T18:59:46Z")
My personal favorite was from when Steve Canyon and Lil’ Abner were still running. Lil’ Abner loses his job as cartoon character and goes to work in the Steve Canyon strip… The best part was the whole thing was drawn in the style of Steve Canyon. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-comic-strip-crossover-ever/736594/48 "2015-11-05T20:00:52Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > My personal favorite was from when Steve Canyon and Lil’ Abner were still running. Lil’ Abner loses his job as cartoon character and goes to work in the Steve Canyon strip… The best part was the whole thing was drawn in the style of Steve Canyon. [Not that](http://james-vance.com/jvblog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Cantor1.jpg)I doubted you. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-comic-strip-crossover-ever/736594/49 "2015-11-09T04:18:38Z")
I don’t know if it counts as crossover or parody, but Francesco Marciuliano, writer of the _Sally Forth_ comic strip, publishes a blog where he sometimes posts wicked tributes to Charles Schulz’ _Peanuts_. [Here’s his latest comic](https://mediumlarge.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/snoopy-santa-linus-small.jpg). Here’s the rest of his [Peanuts Gallery](https://mediumlarge.wordpress.com/for-the-love-of-peanuts/). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-comic-strip-crossover-ever/736594/50 "2015-11-09T17:29:53Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I don’t know if it counts as crossover or parody, but Francesco Marciuliano, writer of the _Sally Forth_ comic strip, publishes a blog where he sometimes posts wicked tributes to Charles Schulz’ _Peanuts_. > > [Here’s his latest comic](https://mediumlarge.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/snoopy-santa-linus-small.jpg). > > Here’s the rest of his [Peanuts Gallery](https://mediumlarge.wordpress.com/for-the-love-of-peanuts/). In the immortal words of Sam Rockwell: That’s just wrong. Funny, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-comic-strip-crossover-ever/736594.md?page=2)