This 1981 comic from “Heathcliff First Prize!” is the earliest appearance of a clown puppet in the strip of which I’m currently aware.
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15/x
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5/x
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And so this thread comes to a close 2.5+ years after it started (on Twitter).
And yes, I absolutely saved this one for last so that I could close the thread by saying…
FIN
55/55
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“In the your fish store” got past the proofreader.
49/x
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Typical everyday hazard for the Westfinster Tuna Fleet.
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17/x
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For most of these reviews, I intend to just post commentary and highlights, but in this case I’m going to post it all because it’s short and very charming. It’s printed on laminated card stock so you can’t just bootleg it on a home printer.
3/x
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Heathcliff #1, April 1985. Front and Back Covers.
This issue has three stories (as do most, I believe, but I haven’t read them yet). I’ll only post highlights of the longer stories.
2/x
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7/x
August 1982
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Food fight on the beach, relaxation in a tree.
9/x
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5/x
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You can’t say the fish from the Elite Fish Market aren’t fresh.
25/x
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Merry Christmas, everybody!
13/13
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No translation necessary except for a “C” added to “Fish” and an “E” subtracted from “Market”.
24/x