TL;DR (for me) is that Heathcliff can be ready as surrealist anti-humour, which makes it more interesting than wondering like Garfield which I find to be bad humour, or maybe un-humour. I first started appreciating Heathcliff when I read the SOLRAD pieces on it solrad.co/unrepentant-...
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Unrepentant, Or: How To Read Heathcliff - SOLRAD
We're kicking off Heathcliff week with an essay/feature/interview with SOLRAD contributor and cartoonist Andrew Neal - enjoy!