Heathcliff (comic strip)

Heathcliff is a comic strip created by George Gately in 1973 featuring an eponymous cat. It is distributed to over 1000 newspapers by Creators Syndicate, according to whom it was "the first ever newspaper comic to feature a cat as the main character" http://www.creators.com/comics_Shell.cfm?pg=biography.html&comicname=hth, which of course is not true (for example, Krazy Kat).

Related Topics:
Comic strip - George Gately - 1973 - Cat - Newspaper - Creators Syndicate - Krazy Kat

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Heathcliff has some similarities to the more popular comic strip Garfield, which it predated. Both title cats are orange with black stripes, and noted for their bad temper; a "Beware of Cat" sign has been applied to both.

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Heathcliff as seen in the strip is predisposed to annoying the manager of the fish store, tipping over garbage cans, and pursuing female cats. Heathcliff is also involved in a difficult relationship with the goateed owner of the house he lives in. He is, overall, an adventurous and fun-loving cartoon character. He is not predisposed towards apologizing for the endless situations he finds himself in in the cartoon.

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Two animated TV series with the same name were based on the strip; one by Ruby-Spears, another by DiC Entertainment. In 1986, a best-of compilation of the DiC episodes was released into theathers (as Heathcliff: The Movie).

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Animated TV series - Ruby-Spears - DiC Entertainment

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