Interchangability

I'm not suggesting that this is any more than a coincidence, because it's just the time of year that these types of strips appear (just like the Calvin & Hobbes water balloon strips). I just find it kinda nifty when strips that usually don't have a lot in common find a common vibe.

Speaking of a common vibe, I was reading a strip last week and something about the dialogue struck a chord with me, so I did some editing to illustrate what I thought about it.



Okay, so my crappy editing skills make it obvious that the dialogue doesn't come from the strip pictured, but it does seem like a normal Calvin & Hobbes conversation, right? Actually, the dialogue is from this Peanuts strip, originally published July 30, 1959. Further evidence that Mr. Schulz was way ahead of his time.