<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post111520140639172481..comments</id><updated>2007-04-16T19:58:11.145Z</updated><category term='Place of Interest'/><category term='Obituaries'/><category term='Commentary'/><category term='Tourist Trap'/><category term='Print'/><category term='Ping in RL'/><category term='Golden'/><category term='Review'/><category term='Tutorial'/><category term='What A Find'/><category term='Under Development'/><category term='Idea'/><category term='North of The Equator'/><category term='Pinging Art'/><category term='Plug'/><category term='Theory'/><category term='Lost in Transit'/><category term='Hotspots'/><category term='Postcard'/><category term='Journey Leg'/><category term='Stopover'/><category term='Travel'/><category term='Weekend Day Trip'/><category term='Crossover'/><category term='Writing'/><category term='Rant'/><category term='Diving'/><category term='Anti-Review'/><category term='News'/><title type='text'>Comments on Lonely Panel: Exploring Comics and Beyond (Formerly Webcomic Finds): Hotspot #9: Crossovers, Contrivances and OOC</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/feeds/111520140639172481/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html'/><author><name>Ping @ Phalanx</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZxBxR1OXRko/SL1eUdfgngI/AAAAAAAAACw/u1_2P8tWpG0/S220/PingArc.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-111748900143714896</id><published>2005-05-30T21:36:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-05-30T21:36:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>I did a crossover of two of my own comics once, a ...</title><summary type='text'>I did a crossover of two of my own comics once, a girl who normally kills chavs and a guy who normally kills enemy soldiers join up and kill zombies. It sucked. Plus the girl should have been in her 50's by the time of the "omg mega zombie attack on london" in my overall continuity</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default/111748900143714896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default/111748900143714896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html?showComment=1117488960000#c111748900143714896' title=''/><author><name>Felneymike</name><uri>http://www.fagshategod.co.uk/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-111520140639172481' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/posts/default/111520140639172481' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-214229654'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-111574104854481937</id><published>2005-05-10T16:04:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-05-10T16:04:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>pheonix_seraph: That's a very good point, really. ...</title><summary type='text'>pheonix_seraph: That's a very good point, really. Respect for the genre of the other comic&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Personally, I've never read Archie meets the Punisher, but from your description of it, the premise makes sense. You could see it working if they replaced Archie with an ordinary teenager from a small-time town or the Punisher with generic tortured dark hero. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;gwalla: Personally, the Fans </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default/111574104854481937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default/111574104854481937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html?showComment=1115741040000#c111574104854481937' title=''/><author><name>Ping @ Phalanx</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02134981708215016904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-111520140639172481' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/posts/default/111520140639172481' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-372181240'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-111568447207588055</id><published>2005-05-10T00:21:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-05-10T00:21:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>The Fans/It's Walky tried to play around with the ...</title><summary type='text'>The Fans/It's Walky tried to play around with the conventional crossover plot by reversing it: the teams recognize each other as "the good guys" pretty quickly, and only later in the big fight against the bad guy do they find themselves in a situation where they're not on the same side.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Whether it worked or not is debatable. Most people seemed kind of confused.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default/111568447207588055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default/111568447207588055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html?showComment=1115684460000#c111568447207588055' title=''/><author><name>gwalla</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03476405018664663431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-111520140639172481' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/posts/default/111520140639172481' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1590837019'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-111567863126455596</id><published>2005-05-09T22:43:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-05-09T22:43:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>I know this might sound strange at first, but in m...</title><summary type='text'>I know this might sound strange at first, but in my opinion, one of the best of the mainstream cross-overs of the past decade has been . . . erm, now hear me out now! . . . *Archie Meets The Punisher*.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Honest.  Let me explain.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;First, I'll wait until you finish cringing and rolling your eyes.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A personal pet peeve I have with cross-overs involving fantastical fiction is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default/111567863126455596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default/111567863126455596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html?showComment=1115678580000#c111567863126455596' title=''/><author><name>phoenix_seraph</name><uri>http://www.livejournal.com/users/phoenix_seraph/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-111520140639172481' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/posts/default/111520140639172481' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1214161818'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-111564951114265161</id><published>2005-05-09T14:38:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-05-09T14:38:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>We'll do our best to please m'lady.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tim</title><summary type='text'>We'll do our best to please m'lady.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Tim</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default/111564951114265161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default/111564951114265161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html?showComment=1115649480000#c111564951114265161' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-111520140639172481' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/posts/default/111520140639172481' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1808159252'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-111537031256845331</id><published>2005-05-06T09:05:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-05-06T09:05:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Back in the day, Goats and Bobbins did a very succ...</title><summary type='text'>Back in the day, Goats and Bobbins did a very successful crossover that managed to tie into the continuity (such as it is) of both strips ... but that was a long time ago, when webcomics were fresh and flowers smelt like peanut butter.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I may be drunk.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default/111537031256845331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default/111537031256845331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html?showComment=1115370300000#c111537031256845331' title=''/><author><name>tynic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08163449913386631634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-111520140639172481' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/posts/default/111520140639172481' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-493942711'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-111524642075449792</id><published>2005-05-04T22:40:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-05-04T22:40:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Nobody ever liked my comic enough to suggest a cro...</title><summary type='text'>Nobody ever liked my comic enough to suggest a crossover...It would be rather difficult, though.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If I ever do a crossover, I'll keep those tips in mind...definitely.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default/111524642075449792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default/111524642075449792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html?showComment=1115246400000#c111524642075449792' title=''/><author><name>Flatwood</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01012370437611758579</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-111520140639172481' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/posts/default/111520140639172481' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1774731597'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-111521939745573687</id><published>2005-05-04T15:09:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-05-04T15:09:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Yeah, most crossovers are a little too contrived f...</title><summary type='text'>Yeah, most crossovers are a little too contrived for my tastes, and not just in webcomics (I mean, DC/Marvel crossovers?  Way overhyped).  Now, &lt;A HREF="http://dimbulbcomics.keenspace.com/CrookedHalo/chapterall/page/20040107.html" REL="nofollow"&gt;bizarre&lt;/A&gt; &lt;A HREF="http://dimbulbcomics.keenspace.com/d/20041013.html" REL="nofollow"&gt;cameos&lt;/A&gt;...those're fun.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default/111521939745573687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/111520140639172481/comments/default/111521939745573687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html?showComment=1115219340000#c111521939745573687' title=''/><author><name>chaos cricket</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03274730761093035372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2005/05/hotspot-9-crossovers-contrivances-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-111520140639172481' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/posts/default/111520140639172481' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-802876869'/></entry></feed>
