Heathcliff

Some of these he's really just tacked in there. Makes me want to start something like "Farside Plus Heathcliff!" and just edit the little orange gremlin into other comics.

I've remarked this before, but I find it kind of unsettling how careless / sloppy Gallagher has become over the years in drawing Orangecat.

I'd guess some of that simply reflects his slackening attention to artistry, detail and original ideas over time, but it almost seems like there's more... such as actual contempt towards the main characters or comic as a whole. Sort of like the opposite of clear-line geniuses such as Ketchum and Schulz right to the end.

I tried searching for annual subscribers just now and found nothing, but I'd be kind of shocked if the newspaper count hadn't gone down in recent years due to the strip becoming more incomprehensible (even annoying maybe) to the average reader.