Heathcliff struck out.

>>85930954
>A FUCKING SQUID

>>85932271
At least this one is semi-coherent unlike >>85930954

>>85930954
Is there a pun I'm missing

I'm not intelligent enough for Heathcliff

>>85930954
>rags

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>>85932684

>>85930954
SQUID

On a side note, are the last few strips more absurd than usual to anyone else?

>>85933259
this is way too coherent
must be a shoop

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>>85932931
>>85933243
>>85932376
>>85930954
oh lord it just gets worse

>>85930954
>>85932280
YOU'RE A KID NOW
YOU'RE A SQUID NOW

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>>85932376

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>>85933259

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>>85933836

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>>85933220

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>>85932931

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>>85930954
I know the joke is to not get it, or it to be so bad that thats the joke, but what is the deal here?

I really can't figure out what's supposed to be the joke. He's batting with a squid? Bat squid, squidbat? Is this high brow humor?

>>85933890
daba dee daba dah

>>85933862
dead game

>>85933885
>>85933880
>>85933873
>>85933876
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>>85933890
Did anyone ever tell you that you are doing God's work?

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>>85933930

>>85933905
It's not just high brow. It's hyper brow.

Like a lot of Heathcliff's comics, this one is supposed to recall to an earlier strip, where there existed a context for the joke. Without knowing this the strip becomes completely pointless, though it's pretty pointless even if you know it

>>85933243
Really, what do the Okapi have to do with anything? Did I miss something about them that makes them relevant to the punchline?

>>85933950
Ohhhh. Ok that makes a little more sense.

>>85932376
What?
>>85933229
What?
>>85933243
What?

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>>85933990
I'm not sure any more either. Whilst >>85933950
definitely has a point, these days I wonder if "what?" is the reaction Heathcliff threads are supposed to invoke.
As such, please accept my 2 Heathcliff bait strips, useful for all baiting and bait responding purposes.

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>>85934121
This one makes for an excellent reaction image

>>85933885
SHOULDA KEPT AN EYE ON PIRATE'S COVE NIGGA

>>85933962
I think the better question is why are the birds canaries instead of bluejays.

>>85932376
Is that supposed to be a fencing costume?

The old tv show could not have possibly prepared me for this comic.

>>85932376
Man, that complete logical dissconect.
It's like the cartoonist can do whatever the fuck he wants and still get published. If only I could land such a sweet gig.

>>85940336
How does he move the Ziggurat? Because he's had it in different locations.

>>85938989
>It's like the cartoonist can do whatever the fuck he wants and still get published
He regularly includes characters that he doesn't have the rights do. Not just obscure characters either, he'll straight up use Mickey Mouse and Big Bird and get away with it.

>>85937182
I think its a variant on his beekeeping uniform with a different helmet. Heathcliff works as a beekeeper in his off-time and will regularly hit hot ramps with his bike over the bees.

>>85940336
Isn't there also a snow version?

>>85932376
The theological implications are interesting

>>85941483
The majestic pinnacle of Heathcliff

>>85941330
Yeah, that's his Winter Ziggurat.

>>85941483
This remains my absolute favorite Heathcliff comic.

>>85932376
Oh I get it, he's doing a stunt so he's a "dare devil". And a devil going to church is very odd

>>85941617
Oh, Heathcliff!

>>85932376
>>85933990
>>85937182
>>85938989
>>85941449
>>85941606

He is the Stig from top gear.

The joke is he is racing to church on a motorcyle fast like the stig from top gear who drives fast cars

>>85940336
Thats not even a joke

You think Gallagher ever draws porn? Not just nudity but honest to goodness smut

>>85941483
There are just so many layers of meaning here, there's so much going on. It's incredibly dense

>>85941761
How would you tell?

>>85941483
Is there any comic character that could stop Garbage Ape?

>>85941845
And I'm not just talking about conga line Garbage ape

>>85941308
Fair use because parody, perhaps?

>>85942145
I'm sure that's the excuse he would use, but the thing is that there's nothing you could call parody in any of the strips. They're just... there. I mean, it's still Heathcliff, so there's barely a recognizable joke let alone something you could consider parody.

It's like he just uses copyrighted characters just to prove he can even if they don't actually add anything to the strips themselves.

I think because of the way that the strips are syndicated, the copyright holders would have to sue each individual newspaper that publishes the strip rather than the Creators Syndicate or Gallagher himself, making it too cost prohibitive to go after him for it.

What the fuck is happening in these comics

>>85942211
Maybe his goal is to so utterly confuse any possible judge or jury that nobody would ever dare to take him to court

>>85942350
the TRUTH

>>85942244
Ah I see, foreshadowing for SU's season 4 finale

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>>85942350

>>85942385
>people accept the "it's parody" argument because they don't want to look dumb for not understanding a Heathcliff comic
Gallagher is a madman.

>>85942350
Most of them are pretty self-explanatory. The OP usually tries to give further insight and explanation for those that have trouble getting the joke.

>>85944100
I think it's actually sort of the opposite.

Much of Heathcliff is self-referential, so you need to know which comics it's referencing to get the joke.

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>>85940336

>>85941483
>Gallagher played or saw gameplay of battlefront 1 and/or 2
Incredible

>>85944175
Is Gallagher the Morrison of newspaper funnies?

>>85944517
Heathcliff becomes the ultimate life form

>>85944714
In many ways, yes.

>>85933229
this is it

this is art

>>85932375
No, you are not stupid enough for Heathcliff. No one is.

Is there a more intellectual newspaper comic than Heathcliff?