Heathcliff, 2/1/26

Before the heavy crown of Heathcliff stewardship descended upon Peter Gallagher from his uncle, he contributed comics panels to Weird NJ magazine, which included a character named "The Jersey Tomato." It's difficult to find images of The Jersey Tomato online, but her whole deal appears to be that she's a tomato who's a sexy lady, or possibly a sexy lady whose head is a giant tomato. Anyway, since taking over Heathcliff, Gallagher has rewritten much of its DNA, and it's impossible not to see a bit of the Jersey Tomato in this incredible new character, "The Hot Ham," a ham who's a hot, sexy lady, or possibly a hot, sexy lady who's mostly a giant ham. I'm excited for this strip's burgeoning audience of Zoomer fans to add "aromantic (except for hams)" to the long list of sexual-emotional orientations that I as a middle-aged person do not have to worry about.

Rex Morgan, M.D., 2/1/26