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Heathcliff without Heathcliff 5/9/2024 (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by FauxPseudo@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Maybe this will help

https://solrad.co/unrepentant-or-how-to-read-heathcliff

[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 7 points 6 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@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.world 1 points 6 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.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 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.