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June 17, 2025

We all want to be Heathcliff, but there can be only one Heathcliff

Heathcliff, 6/17/25

There are few characters in the comics whose energies are so distinct from one another as Heathcliff and Wilbur Weston, despite the fact that they have remarkably similar body plans. Contrast today's panel with Wilbur's drawn-out, over-the-top fish funeral. Sure, Heathcliff mourns. You think he doesn't mourn for that hot dog, lost forever to the bosom of the sea? But he does it with the sort of quiet dignity that Wilbur has never gotten within a mile of.

Crankshaft, 6/17/25

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