# Which Two Comic Strips Would You Merge **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239 "2010-01-16T21:30:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/1 "2010-01-16T21:30:31Z")
I know from time to time we have seen a character from one comic strip appear on another comic strip. But let’s say you had the power to merge two comic strips. So where there were two comic strips there are now one. And this merger would involve no loss of characters. Which two strips would you like to see merged and why? And they can be defunct strips too, as long as their comic strips that run or ran in regular newspapers. I would like to see Cathy and Dilbert merge. Cathy has a lot of office life and Dilbert is wild and crazy. I would like to see Dilbert and Cathy have an affair. 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 16, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/2 "2010-01-16T21:37:18Z")
_Marmaduke_ and _Howard Huge_. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/3 "2010-01-16T21:37:41Z")
Blondie, Hagar the Horrible, Beetle Bailey, and a bunch of others. Then we could recycle all the old, tired gags in one place without taking up so much space on the page.🙂 ---
**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:** [January 16, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/4 "2010-01-16T21:40:34Z")
_Peanuts_ and _Boondocks_. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/5 "2010-01-16T21:59:00Z")
_Lio_ and _Pearls Before Swine_ ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/6 "2010-01-16T22:06:02Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Blondie, Hagar the Horrible, Beetle Bailey, and a bunch of others. Then we could recycle all the old, tired gags in one place without taking up so much space on the page.🙂 Actually, I’d especially like to see Dagwood, Hagar, and Sarge in an eating contest. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/7 "2010-01-16T22:08:02Z")
_Andy Capp_ and _The Lockhorns_ as next door neighbors would be all kinds of wrong. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Medlo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hi\_Medlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Medlo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/8 "2010-01-16T22:12:14Z")
IDilbert and Calvin and Hobbes. Calvin would give Cubeville a big shakeup. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/9 "2010-01-16T22:13:11Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > _Peanuts_ and _Boondocks_. Two of my favorites. I would love to see Linus and Huey philosophize. ETA: Czarcasm beat me to Andy Capp. I was gonna cross them with Family Circus. ---
**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/10 "2010-01-16T22:17:48Z")
I love it when Stephan Pastis spoofs The Family Circus in Pearls Before Swine. I wish it were forever. Also The Far Side with Mark Trail. I’m still working on what that would be like. Ah, shit, I just realized I didn’t come up with that one either, because I have a vague memory of a Far Side panel concerning the secret adventures of Mark Trail which involved poaching. O.k., how about The Far Side merged with Nancy? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/11 "2010-01-16T22:21:31Z")
I think _Mark Trail_ would work better with _The Phantom_-same class of baddies, twice as many fight scenes. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/12 "2010-01-16T22:35:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I think _Mark Trail_ would work better with _The Phantom_-same class of baddies, twice as many fight scenes. I can’t remember if the bad guys in _The Phantom_ always have facial hair… I second _Pearls_ and _The Family Circus._ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/13 "2010-01-16T22:37:51Z")
How about a comic strip Pet Swap? Maybe between _Garfield_ and _Get Fuzzy_. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/14 "2010-01-17T00:01:44Z")
^ And that way Satchel and Odie can form a support group. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/15 "2010-01-17T00:36:06Z")
Concerning Bucky, I fear for John’s life. Well, not really, but I’d sure as hell put John on my Death Pool list. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/16 "2010-01-17T03:52:13Z")
I’d like to see Bucky Kat and Rat in the same strip.Pig and Satchel for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blut_Aus_Nord)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/17 "2010-01-17T03:59:35Z")
Calvin and Hobbes and Bloom County What possibilities. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/18 "2010-01-17T04:08:07Z")
I think that BC, the Wizard of Id and Shoe have compatible sensibilities. And they are all way past their prime. So a merger might help, preferably involving a rip in the time-space continuum. Hagar the Horrible, Blondie and Beetle Baily are another possible team-up. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/19 "2010-01-17T04:12:44Z")
_Blondie_ and _Dilbert._ Mr. Dithers could kick the tar out of Wally for being lazy. Bob the Dinosaur could devour Elmo and Mr. Beasley the mailman when they come to the door. Dogbert and Daisy could have a litter. _The Phantom_ and _Tarzan_ could merge pretty seamlessly. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239/20 "2010-01-17T04:24:46Z")
Calvin & Hobbes with Lio. With the proviso that Calvin and Lio hate each other. And Hobbes and Lio’s dad don’t understand why. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-two-comic-strips-would-you-merge/525239.md?page=2)