Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for April 05, 2013

OMG!

People from yesterday were right! But I thought “Pickles” took place in Nevada.

Crossover time!

Pickles?!

Ha! I love crossovers

Love how they are breaking the 4th wall

Ah well … they’re getting on the plane to Paris in the morning; Earl can’t mess with them too much in that time … maybe … lol!

Golly! that is a nice touch!!

So Effectively Joan went from being in a Soup to being in a Pickle.

I think they’ll miss the flight, but they’ll have fun in peoria

Aw, this is gonna be good!!!!

What a WONDERFUL surprise! :D

They look… different.

Hahaaaa, I claimed it :D

— don’t you all just LOVE the picture of the dog on the wall in panel three?? They will talk, enjoy themselves immensly, then sleep in, miss the plane and have a great time relaxing and refreshing their energies. Leave Paris a dream and don’t let it become a nightmare because they are not cut out for it.

It is often said that everyone has a double somewhere!!! LOL

This is good! The first time I remember seeing crossover comics was on April Fool’s Day many years ago. Thanks, Jan!

Nicely done Jan, nicely done.

I’m expecting a Pearls Before Swine crossover at some point (given how many strips Pastis spoofs).

I am beginning to think we are writing the strip, but what the heck!

love it, if they have to be stranded for the night what a better place to be.

I miss the book club ladies! :D

Two of my favorite strips in one! And I was just thinking about the book club episode a few days ago.

So cool!! Love it!

I had a feeling when she said her name was Opal. Funny! I enjoy the cross-comics. It reminds me of the Book Club they used to have.

Today’s Pickles didn’t indicate house guests! maybe tomorrow. Now this is gonna get good.

Love it!

awww, fun!

love it

Funny, I also thought “Pickles” although that was never one of my regular reads (just been around so long).

Jan, you nailed them!

And the cake? Yesterday Evie clearly said “be sure to bring cake”. (I guess it’s a Pickles reference, but still.)

In a way, that’s Wally and Joan in how-many-years(?) down the road…

Aw but SS is not on Pickles.

don’t let them see your elbows Opal!!

Wonderful crossover! Just bloody brilliant!

Macushlalondra was on the money!

I bet that they never make it to Paris……..

Check it out – Earl lost weight!

In that last panel, is that a picture of a little boy wearing some kind of futuristic hair-do?

One of my favorite comic strips, Pcikles, with another one of my favorites, Stone Soup. W00T.

This is too funny

Opal is NOT the sister of the Grandmother in SS, just too different in every way.

I guess since the strip is drawn ahead of time & shown to us a day at a time, it is perfectly possible for us fans to guess the punch line because we follow it so closely here. Too bad- it makes it less punchy.

Oh I love it, this should bring some good laughs!

Hats off to the PreCogs in the crowd. You called it, and I scoffed.

ROFL :-))

Havent seen Stone Soup do a crossover. Doesnt Val have a bookclub with Jeremy’s mom (Zits), Alice (Dilbert), the mom from “From Better or Worst” and others

Back in 2002, Jan did a fun sequence of a ladies’ afternoon get-together with a bunch of female characters. As I remember, Elly (For Better or For Worse), Rose (Rose is Rose), Cathy (Cathy), Connie Duncan (ZITS) and Alice the Tech Writer (Dilbert) were there, with possibly one or two I can’t remember.

At one point Rose turned into her biker-babe persona, and someone chided her that she could have at least warned them.

I still have the email I sent Jan when I realized what was happening, as well as her response detailing the two characters I didn’t recognize. Here’s part of it:

“Thanks so very much for taking the time to write. I’m so glad thatyou’ve enjoyed this series. It was a “blast” to put it together. I verymuch admire the work of these other cartoonists, so I put a lot ofeffort into doing their characters justice. It has been very wellreceived.

Oh, I love it! Burst out laughing.

The Pickles live in Reno – how’d they get to Peoria? For that matter, how does anyone get to Peoria? And why?

@BobBlumenfeld I remember that series! I also emailed her about how Alice looks so out-of-place (I don’t have a lot of respect for the drawing in Dilbert). She said she was fun to draw.

Eve’s related to Pearl? Awesome! I love PIckles! :)

that’s really clever!!!!

Here’s the crossover from 2002 everyone has been talking about:

Jan, I think Nelson’s nose might be a bit large (& I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Earl smile, it looks good on him), but you got Roscoe & Opal spot on! Good job.

One more:

Thanks so much for posting these!!

Never heard of Pickles. Now I must subscribe!

Cool!

So does that mean some of the Stone Soup cast happen to be Mormon now?[](For those who don’t know, not only is Brian Crane a Mormon, he routinely scatters hints throughout the strip to the effect that the characters are Mormon as well.)

A wonderful idea! Pickles is a great family comic also.

Don’t cha get it? THEY’RE IN A PICKLE!!!

What a pleasant surprise. You guys called correctly!

You were expecting maybe Val’s book club?

I don’t think I have ever seen so many comments here in quite a while! THIS WAS GREAT! LOVED THE CROSSOVER, AND THANKS THOSE WHO POSTED THE OLD CROSSOVERS!

LOL! WONDERFUL!

The Pickles! Opal and Earl!

And I had forgotten Rose’s suggestions; like her, I think I must have an alter-ego (mostly brought on by my man who is even more romantic than Jimbo). And naturally have read all of those ;-DAnd Elly has almost the same repressed personality while trying to be “normal” most of the time.

WOW… I never expected Opal or Earl to be related!!! This is awesome!!

This is ossim – plus, Pickles is directly underneath Stone Soup in my comics feed :)

CUTE!!