At first I used characters from the source strips as "themselves." In my first comic, I reveal the startling secret behind Neal and Roger from When I Grow Up...
[Click to view comic: 'Neal and Roger, Sitting in a tree...']
BONUS: My first Tobor strip. It was my 7th strip. Apparently I was assimilated into the collective quickly. This seems to be from an early CC concerning agriculture.
[Click to view comic: 'Creamed Corn']
Okay, not much a bonus.
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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.