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Vintage Heathcliff Comics
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Real unedited Vintage Heathcliff comics by George Gatey, 1973-2001. Unofficial: not affiliated with Heathcliff, George Gately, or Peter Gallagher. See vintageheathcliff.com for more!
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1983-10-01 - the H is for Haughty
A black and white Heathcliff comic. Grandpa Nutmeg looks through the window, holding a pipe. Outside the window, Heathcliff has pulled up in a fancy car, and a driver is holding the door open for him. He's wearing fancy showbiz clothes. Grandpa says "He must have landed that cat food commercial"
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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1976-03-30 - the heathcliff pocket dimension
A two panel Heathcliff comic in black and white with no caption. In the first panel, Heathcliff climbs up on top of a bird bath with a devilish look in his eye. A bird appears to be floating on the surface and looks at him. In the second panel, the bird stands to full height, and is some kind of flamingo or stork, which stands about 3 times higher than Heathcliff. He looks up at it in surprise.
November 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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1981-11-19 - nah i'm good
Mr Shultz and another worker are standing on the roof of the Elite Fish Market, pointing up a flag pole. Heathcliff is holding a fish in his mouth and has a smug look on his face, and is sitting at the very top of the flag pole. Mr. Shultz says tot he other worker "We've got him trapped! ... Go up there and get him!!"
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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A little bit of yoga to get this #Caturday underway - have a great day everyone, love Nancy 🐈‍⬛💕
November 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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1995-09-27 - jesus that's a tall dog
A black and white single panel Heathcliff comic from 1995. Heathcliff is standing next to a dog catcher, who has a panicked face. The dog catcher has a large net over a dog, who is standing up like a humanoid, and is taller than the dog catcher. Heathcliff has a pensive look on his face as the dog catcher says "Now what?!"
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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1974-11-15 - well yeah, otherwise the cans will explode
A single panel, black and white, Heathcliff comic from 1974. Outside a house, Fire fighters are holding out one of those trampoline thingies that people jump out of a window onto. 3 fire fighters are holding it and looking up at a window, where Heathcliff is in a top-floor building throwing cans of cat food out. The fire fighter tells the fire chief, "So far, all we're getting is cans of cat food!"
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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1987-11-07 - might as well just call it mouse food
A single panel black and white Heathcliff comic. In the Nutmegs' living room, with the kitchen in the background. In the foreground, Heathcliff is holding a pool cue in front of his food bowl, which has a printed H on it. He's hitting pieces of food towards a mouse hole in the wall, where two mice are looking out excidedly. Grandma Nutmeg is in the kitchen in the background with an angry look on her face, holding a bag of "Kitty Lumps.". The mouse says, "I'm getting to like this dry cat food!"
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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1981-06-15 - Wait, isn't Pops usually the grizzled convict?
A single panel black and white Heathcliff comic. Inside a jail cell, a gruff looking convict is standing at the bars with his clothes shredded and scratches all over. He looks concerned and pleads with the prison guard. Pointing towards Heathcliff, who is lounging comfortably on the bottom bunk, he says "He insists on the lower bunk!"
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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1978-02-17 - the joke is that the pharmacist is actually a Harm-acist, and Heathcliff is going to get mercury poisoning
A black and white single panel Heathcliff comic. Heathcliff is in a pharmacy, where a pharmacist is leaning over a counter handing Heathcliff a bottle of pills. Heathcliff has a sour look on his face, and is sticking out his tongue. The pharmacist says "Grind up two of these in your tuna fish".
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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1981-04-30 - how much is 26.2 in cat miles?
Two panel black and white Heathcliff comic. In the first panel, Heathcliff and 3+ other cats are running through wet cement, while a worker, holding a trowel, looks on with surprise. In the second panel, Iggy and Willy walk up to the worker, who now looks very upset at all the footprints, and say "Did the Heathcliff marathon go by here?"
November 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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1974-07-20 - heathcliff you rascal
A black and white single-panel Heathcliff comic. A view of a window from outside a hospital room. A sign says "Hospital quiet". A man is in the room with his broken leg suspended from the ceiling in a cast. Part of the cast is unraveling and hanging out the window, where Heathcliff is playing it as if it's a ball of yarn. The man yells "HELP!"
October 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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1977-08-12 - Why are Heathcliff and Iggy looking at me? And why is Grandpa so happy that they're about to capsize? And where are the Epstein files?
A single-panel black and white Heathcliff comic. Grandpa, Heathcliff, and Iggy are on a small sailboat on the water, with a few other sailboats in the deep background. The boat appears to be right on the verge of capsizing, as it is heeled over about 50–52° to starboard. Heathcliff and Grandpa are pulling on the ropes in an attempt to bring the boat back, leaning over the edge of the boat. For some reason, Grandpa looks really happy as he does this, although he's inches from drowning. Iggy and Heathcliff both look at the reader. Heathcliff looks annoyed, and Iggy looks happy. Iggy says, "We'd capsize for sure, if it wasn't for Heathcliff!", implying that Heathcliff is fat
October 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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1982-10-14 - you probably need glasses bub
A 3 panel black and white Heathcliff comic. In the top one, Heathcliff is crouched on the floor, trying to look through a mouse hole in the baseboard. A mouse is behind him. In the second, the mouse reaches for the mouse hole, and in the third, he's pulled it off the wall. It's some kind of sticker. Heathcliff looks surprised.
October 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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1974-09-13 - that does look troublesome
Heathcliff black and white single-panel comic. The scene: The Nutmegs' house. A plumber is walking out of the bathroom holding a plunger with a full fish skeleton in it. Grandma nutmeg looks concerned, while Grandpa Nutmeg looks down in anger. His target: Heathcliff, sitting on all fours, looking nonchalant. The plumber says: "Here's your trouble."
October 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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1981-10-09 - such an important game requires bolded text
A black and white single-panel Heathcliff comic. Grandpa Nutmeg is relaxing in a hammock, and Heathcliff, Iggy, Marci, and Willy are jumping for joy and throwing a volleyball around. A little excessive. the caption says "VOLLEYBALL!!". It's unclear who is talking.
October 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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1980-10-20 - and then I'll show the shown told
Heathcliff and Iggy are in a classroom, standing in front of the class. Heathcliff holds up two mice and Iggy says "He'll show and I'll tell."
September 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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45 years of professionals pointing out fire hazards (1980-07-16, 2025-09-19)
A single-panel black and white Heathcliff comic. Heathcliff is standing next to an absolutely massive pile of "Beware of dog" signs, looking pleased with himself. In the foreground, a fire fighter says to Grandpa Nutmeg, "The chief says his collection constitutes a fire hazard." A single panel color Heathcliff comic. In the city, outside a Tailor's shop, two workers stand outside, admiring Heathcliff, who is walking away wearing a MEAT cape. One remarks to the other, "Fire."
September 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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you think this is the same bird? (1974-05-14, 2025-09-17)
September 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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His extermination methods have been refined over the years. (1976-02-18, 2025-09-16)
Iggy and Heathcliff come to the door, and a woman is standing there, taken aback. Heathcliff is wearing a gangster get-up, complete with tommy gun. Iggy says "You phoned for an exterminator?" Heathcliff is driving a stage coach full of mice, with a yak or bison or something pulling it. He's wearing a cowboy hat and holding a whip. Some people are standing outside looking at him and they say "The exterminator came highly recommended."
September 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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The beginning of a beautiful friendship. (1976-02-16, 2025-09-14)
A black and white two-panel Heathcliff comic. In the first, an alien in a flying saucer is talking to some cats. It says, "Take me to your leader". In the second panel, the cats point the alien to Heathcliff, who is sitting on porch steps with a pleased look on his face. A modern Heathcliff comic in color. An alien and Heathcliff are walking down the sidewalk with fish in fishbowls on their heads, with a flying saucer in the background. The fish both say "Bro". The Alien says "Bro."
September 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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1976-10-11 - the heath cliffer
A black and white Heathcliff comic. Iggy and Grandpa Nutmeg are looking up at the sky, pointing out constellations. On the left, Ursa Major. On the right, an unknown pattern of stars. Grandpa says "That's the Big Dipper, but I don't know the name of that one..." Heathcliff thinks up a thought bubble with his face made out of these unknown stars, and looks pleased.
September 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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1995-06-29 - all's whale
A black and white single panel Heathcliff comic. Heathcliff is at the beach, standing on top of a life guard holding a telescope. The lifeguard's eyes are completely covered by Heathcliff's paws. He says "Two o'click and all's well-??"
September 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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1984-03-08 - ok well that's just rude
A single panel black and white Heathcliff comic. A bunch of people are over at the Nutmegs' house for some kind of dinner party. Grandma Nutmeg is in the background setting up dishes. Heathcliff is acting as a server, holding a plate in each hand, on his head, and on his tail. One guy spilled tea all over himself for some reason and says "I hate cats!".
September 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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George Gately’s “Heathcliff” first appeared on September 3, 1973. (I’ve known people who thought Heathcliff was meant to capitalize on Garfield’s popularity, but since Garfield first appeared in 1978, that’s clearly not the case.) Here are the first four dailies:
September 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM