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@qooqie@lemmy.world
That's often my line, but I think I disagree on this one. For one-- as a Heathcliff reader, it's perfectly obvious what just happened. Second, the star on top makes it very clear what Iggy's talking about. Heathcliff adding ball ornaments is somewhat redundant to all that-- important to show for new readers perhaps, but not essential for regulars IMO.
I love that commentary, but that does in fact capture what traditional Heathcliff is all about-- i.e., the absolute VIP and boss of the suburban animal world.
The Heathcliff of my youth was the town bully. That is seldom shown in the modern stuff.
I'm not quite sure which period you're referring to (maybe when he and Spike were frequently getting in to slugfests?), but I think there's an argument that the way Heathcliff's borderline-automatically respected nowadays is much the result of him being a 'tough' when the strip was younger.
All the birds, people, animals and others sitting around commenting on his daily activities seem pretty in line with that.
Back during the 1980s cartoon era.
Mid-Gately, then.
I hate to say it, but Garfield was arguably more interesting, those days.
It didn't require nearly as many brain cycles back then. Now it makes you think.