The weirdest thing about these is that even with a random orange cat, these comics are very much an unhinged fever dream.
I would like to see Heathcliff with only Heathcliff. He seems to generally be the only character that never adds anything whatsoever.
You’d have to go back to pre-2001 Heathcliff to see that kind of thing.
See, this one is sane, a mediocre joke but it has every element of a punchline. Obviously the creator checked the fuck out. I would be surprised if they even start to think of what the comic will be before they put pen to paper.
Different author. Non Actor Peter Gallagher [NAPG] took over from his uncle near the turn of the century. He has actually been doing Heathcliff longer than the creator did. He decided to go anti-comic absurdist with it. It took two decades for the “joke” to really work but Heathcliff has more fans now than when his uncle retired. He has carved out a niche that no one else is occupied. Absurdist humor isn’t for everyone.
Then there is the issue of some idiot taking something that hardly makes sense and removing the only anchor point most people would have and making it even harder to “get”. So I get your frustration. It’s like watching Monty Python but four actors have been removed. You’re left with a dead parrot and wonder where the funny is.
