• wander1236
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    368 months ago

    Garfield Minus Garfield was interesting because of the silly situations that came from the otherwise unmodified comics.

    Maybe it’s just me, but changing the dialog so that it makes sense without Heathcliff being there feels like it kind of takes away from the whole gimmick.

    • @[email protected]
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      258 months ago

      I would say more than being funnier the one way or the other, the point is to show that Heathcliff is not necessary for his own comic.

      The comic shows a silly situation that does not change much with his presence. The cat is just there so people know this is a Heathcliff comic.

      To my understanding, what people enjoy in these comics are the reoccurring characters, objects, and plot lines

      • @ThrowawaySobriquet
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        48 months ago

        Heathcliff, Heathcliff
        No one should
        Exist solely to brand their goods

    • @BluesF
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      98 months ago

      I’ve been seeing these for ages and I have never understood what’s funny about either the version with or without Heathcliff. It’s quite bizarre to find something so far removed from my sense of humour that I don’t get it even once.

        • @BluesF
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          78 months ago

          I’d anything this just provided me with a well worded explanation for why I don’t like it:

          It’s zany but not fun, there’s no joke, just “Here’s a thing, and here’s another thing, these two things don’t normally go together, but here they are together, isn’t that funny?”

        • @Darkard
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          48 months ago

          His upbringing?

          His parents are in jail! I assume his mom is there on prostitution charges

          This was funnier than any heathcliff comic I’ve seen so far

          • FauxPseudo OP
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            18 months ago

            The fact that we have no idea why Iggy lives with his grandparents has caused a lot of speculation. And it’s not even a NAPG thing. It goes back to the beginning in the 70s. Back when a kid living with their grandparents usually meant prison or death took the parents out of the picture.

        • Yeeeeaah. His instructions are: indoctrinate yourself with standard brainwashing techniques. Read it, even though you don’t like it, and keep reading it, until you do.

          Well-written essay, though.

      • @[email protected]
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        28 months ago

        It’s nothing really. Heathcliff is a trash comic. The “jokes” are barely jokes. Maybe 1 in 20 get so much as an exhale out of me, let alone actual laughter.

    • FauxPseudo OP
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      38 months ago

      In order to remove Heathcliff I occasionally need to change the text that refers to him to completely remove him. Otherwise there is a ghost of Heathcliff and that won’t do.

        • FauxPseudo OP
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          18 months ago

          Then there is the issue that Yoda has a specific way of talking. It would be weird if the shopkeeper used it too.

        • FauxPseudo OP
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          18 months ago

          Understandable. Except that in the Heathcliff comics. If there is any kind of speech from a character, im this case the butcher swearing, the bottom text is never from the same person.

          No one ever speaks twice.

    • @Klear
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      268 months ago

      Fixed it for you:

        • swab148
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          78 months ago

          He’s using the Force to levitate the fish, it makes sense!

          • @SuckMyWang
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            8 months ago

            I like to imagine it like the scene where he levitates the spaceship when he’s training Luke. It’s all serious and focused until the shopkeep spots him then frantic hilarity ensues.

  • FauxPseudo OP
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    48 months ago

    Kinda surprised it wasn’t a hot dog. He was partial to them in Empire.

  • @Mighty
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    38 months ago

    for some reason, this is the first time, I had to think of “I’m Henry the eighth, I am”