![]() This type of fan art can be found on Tumblr, Pinterest and deviantART, which hosts more than 232,000 crossover works. In 20 respectively, collections of crossover art were featured on IO09 and Buzzfeed. In May 2011, the deviantART community #Crossover-Kingdom launched, gaining more than 67,000 views and 2,400 members in slightly less than two years. Xena: Warrior Princess x Power Puff GirlsĬrossovers are also commonly found in fan art.TV Tropes also lists a large number of crossover works, both in mass media as well as notable fan works. Fanlore lists a number of well-known crossover fan works. As of April 2013, has nearly 50,000 search results for "crossover" while Archive of Our Own has an additional 21,000 search results. In 2006, an LJ recommendation community for crossover work was established, but it ceased updating in 2008. In approximately 10 years, the journal has made more than 5,800 posts and maintains more than 1,400 viewers. One of the earliest LiveJournal communities dedicated to crossover work was created on September 22nd, 2003 and is still active as of April 2013. In September 2004, launched a group dedicated to Crossovers, which has archived more than 700 stories as of April 2013. Throughout the 1990s, works of crossover fiction were discussed on alt.startrek, alt.tv.dawsons-creek and alt.tv.x-files among many others. Another sci-fi crossover archive was established in 1997, but has also since been removed. īy April 1995, a .fandom poster known by the handle Krikket began compiling an archive of crossover science fiction stories posted online, but it no longer exists. This zine work bled into Usenet groups, where crossover work was discussed as early as October 1994. The trope became incredibly popular in zines throughout the 1980s, with no constraints on the fandoms that would mix together. Fandoms have used crossovers in their fiction since as early as 1979 when a story featuring characters from Star Trek and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. When Doyle found out about the use of his character, he requested that the name in the story be changed to Herlock Sholmes in future publications to avoid a legal situation.Ĭrossovers that are either artist-sanctioned or unofficial have continued to be found in mass media, including works of literature, movies, comics, television series and video games. Penned by French author Maurice Leblanc "Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late," was an unofficial crossover, pitting Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective against Leblanc's well-known character Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief. Crossovers have been present in fiction work for decades, with one of the earliest known examples published in the French magazine Je Sais Tout in June 1906. ![]()
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