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After 11 months of daily posting to comics@lemmy.ml I have been banned so they are now fully without Heathcliff.

I'm not bitter about it. The mods in each group are free to decide what is in their community.

If you aren't familiar with this project here are the basics:

I remove Heathcliff from each day's Heathcliff comic. In most cases this preserves their absurdist, dada, anti-joke vibe because his presence is frequently irrelevant to the joke even though he is the titular character.

Every day except Sunday. On those days I add him to something he wasn't in.

I will post the original in the comments each day so you have a comparison available.

This isn't Garfield Minus Garfield. Those edits become introspective instead of more or the same level of surreal. Those where done selectively versus this project being daily.

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[–] mormund@feddit.de 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just wanted to say that I enjoy your edits. I had never seen the comic before but predicting how Heathcliff fits into it is a fun game, before I look at the original. Do you have them collected somewhere? The old posts aren't accessible anymore I guess

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

They removed all my posts.

Previous posts are available on both Bluesky and Twitter at HeathcliffNull. Twitter goes back slightly further. Edits are also available on Facebook at NightTime Garbage Ape Ft. Heathcliff And The Catillac Cats Corner is Lit and I just recently started making them public on my own Facebook profile at Piller Gregerson.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago
[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)
[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Don't know and am not bothered by the ban. Each group gets to decide what's in it and I'm okay with that. Though it does suck that they removed all posts and comments so there is no record.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it's their fault if they don't know what's good.

One day I want to buy your book.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That would be an awkward conversation with NAPG and his lawyer.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how Garfield without Garfield put out books then

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Jim Davis will allow anything if the cut is big enough.

But NAPG does react to my stuff on Facebook and Twitter so he might not be opposed to it.

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

These have become a favorite part of my day. Will you be posting them somewhere else on Lemmy?

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'll be posting them in this group.

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Good to know! I just un-subbed from the .ml one.

[–] Mandarbmax@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

I'm sorry they decided to ban you. I really enjoy your edits and look forward to reading them. It is a fun game. Glad you are gonna keep posting here.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This is definitely another case where the comic was improved without the 'cliff.

Usually he just makes no difference.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It's fairly depressing in this case.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Thank you for continuing elsewhere! Cause I love these very silly comics!

[–] Player2@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

These are awesome!