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In strips beginning with the run date of April 27, 2020, Tatulli passed ''Heart of the City'' to cartoonist Christina "Steenz" Stewart, resulting in a very noticeable change in visual style.
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* {{Animesque}}: Steenz has added more {{anime}} style elements in the way eyes and facial expressions are depicted.
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The Radar removal is because it looks like a case of innuendo. Other 0CEs are gone.
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* AllJustADream: Several arcs end this way.
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* TheCity: Center City Philadelphia, to be exact.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Heart to Dean; Heart's mom to Heart.
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* EpunymousTitle: [[DontExplainTheJoke A girl named Heart who lives in]] TheCity.
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* EpunymousTitle: [[DontExplainTheJoke A girl named Heart who lives in]] in TheCity.
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* FurAndLoathing: [[http://www.gocomics.com/heartofthecity/2003/03/30 One]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/heartofthecity/2006/01/15 of the]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/heartofthecity/2001/01/28 comic's]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/heartofthecity/2004/02/15 recurring]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/heartofthecity/1999/11/07 themes]].
** Interestingly, FurAndLoathing pops up in [[ComicStrip/{{Lio}} Tatulli's other comic]] from time to time, albeit [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2009/02/08 very]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2009/02/25 differently]].
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[http://www.gocomics.com/heartofthecity/2011/07/12 Dean's comment about the less-than-courageous gang he's formed.]]
** Interestingly, FurAndLoathing pops up in [[ComicStrip/{{Lio}} Tatulli's other comic]] from time to time, albeit [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2009/02/08 very]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2009/02/25 differently]].
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[http://www.gocomics.com/heartofthecity/2011/07/12 Dean's comment about the less-than-courageous gang he's formed.]]
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** Interestingly, FurAndLoathing pops up in [[ComicStrip/{{Lio}} Tatulli's other comic]] from time to time, albeit [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2009/02/08 very]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2009/02/25 differently]].
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[http://www.gocomics.com/heartofthecity/2011/07/12 Dean's comment about the less-than-courageous gang he's formed.]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Heart.
* LittleMissSnarker: Heart.
* MoodWhiplash: The Kristallnacht arc.
* NotAMorningPerson: Heart.
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* ShoutOut: To [[http://www.gocomics.com/heartofthecity/2008/09/08/ Salad Fingers]], of all things.
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* TheUnsmile: [[http://www.gocomics.com/heartofthecity/2010/12/19/ Heart's "innocent smile".]]
* VolumetricMouth: Often.
* VolumetricMouth: Often.
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* RunningGag: Dean would like to remind you that [[TheDogShotFirst Han shot first]].
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* RunningGag: Dean would like to remind you that [[TheDogShotFirst [[Film/ANewHope Han shot first]].
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* AbortedArc / LeftHanging: Several story arcs often end suddenly with no actual conclusion.
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* AdaptationalSelfDefense: Played with. Dean, a devout ''Franchise/StarWars'' fan, is obsessed with making "Han shot first" canon again. So much that he causes Creator/GeorgeLucas to have a nervous breakdown in a dream sequence.
* AdaptationalSelfDefense: Played with. Dean, a devout ''Franchise/StarWars'' fan, is obsessed with making "Han shot first" canon again. So much that he causes Creator/GeorgeLucas to have a nervous breakdown in a dream sequence.
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* TheDogShotFirst: Dean, a devout ''Franchise/StarWars'' fan, is obsessed with making "Han shot first" canon again. So much that he causes Creator/GeorgeLucas to have a nervous breakdown in a dream sequence.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In a 1999 sequence, Dean is absolutely shocked to learn that Heart didn't like ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', and then tries to argue why it's good. This reads oddly in retrospect, since Dean has spent the 00's complaining about the prequel movies [[note]]And about Han not shooting first. Did me mention that he hates the idea of Han not shooting first?[[/note]] as much as any other disappointed StarWars fanboy
* EpunymousTitle: [[DontExplainTheJoke a girl named Heart who lives in]] TheCity.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In a 1999 sequence, Dean is absolutely shocked to learn that Heart didn't like ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', and then tries to argue why it's good. This While this lines up with fan opinion at the time, this reads oddly in retrospect, since Dean has spent the 00's complaining about the prequel movies [[note]]And about Han not shooting first. Did me we mention that he hates the idea of Han not shooting first?[[/note]] as much as any other disappointed StarWars fanboy
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* EpunymousTitle: [[DontExplainTheJokea A girl named Heart who lives in]] TheCity.
* EpunymousTitle: [[DontExplainTheJoke
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In a 1999 sequence, Dean is absolutely shocked to learn that Heart didn't like ThePhantomMenace, ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', and then tries to argue why it's good. This reads oddly in retrospect, since Dean has spent the 00's complaining about the prequel movies [[note]]And about Han not shooting first. Did me mention that he hates the idea of Han not shooting first?[[/note]] as much as any other disappointed StarWars fanboy
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** One series of strips parodied Literature/{{Cinderella}}, with Heart being helped by her "fairy bird-mother" to attend a Jonas Brothers concert.
* TraumaticHaircut: In one installment, the "Ben" doll character is a hairdresser wrecking his clients' hair in a fantasy sequence. [[spoiler: Then Heart's mother tells her that she won't replace her dolls as it's not her fault Heart cut their hair off. Heart blames it on Ben.]]
* TraumaticHaircut: In one installment, the "Ben" doll character is a hairdresser wrecking his clients' hair in a fantasy sequence. [[spoiler: Then Heart's mother tells her that she won't replace her dolls as it's not her fault Heart cut their hair off. Heart blames it on Ben.]]
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* TraumaticHaircut: In one installment, the "Ben" doll character is a hairdresser wrecking his clients' hair in a fantasy sequence. [[spoiler: Then Heart's mother tells her that she won't replace her dolls as it's not her fault Heart cut their hair off. Heart blames it on Ben.]]
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* TheDogShotFirst: Dean, a devout StarWars fan, is obsessed with making "Han shot first" canon again. So much that he causes GeorgeLucas to have a nervous breakdown in a dream sequence.
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* TheDogShotFirst: Dean, a devout StarWars ''Franchise/StarWars'' fan, is obsessed with making "Han shot first" canon again. So much that he causes GeorgeLucas Creator/GeorgeLucas to have a nervous breakdown in a dream sequence.
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** Interestingly, FurAndLoathing pops up in [[{{Lio}} Tatulli's other comic]] from time to time, albeit [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2009/02/08 very]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2009/02/25 differently]].
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** Interestingly, FurAndLoathing pops up in [[{{Lio}} [[ComicStrip/{{Lio}} Tatulli's other comic]] from time to time, albeit [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2009/02/08 very]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2009/02/25 differently]].
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''Heart Of The City'' is a comic strip that has been running in newspapers since 1998. Created by Mark Tatulli, who also writes and draws the macabre ''{{Lio}}'', it focuses on Heart Lamarr, a [[GenkiGirl high energy]] elementary schoolgirl in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}; her [[ProudToBeAGeek proudly geeky]] best friend Dean, and her frequently overwhelmed single mother.
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* TraumaticHaircut: In one installment, the "Ben" doll character is a hairdresser wrecking his clients' hair in a fantasy sequence. [[Spoiler: Then Heart's mother tells her that she won't replace her dolls as it's not her fault Heart cut their hair off. Heart blames it on Ben.]]
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* TraumaticHaircut: In one installment, the "Ben" doll character is a hairdresser wrecking his clients' hair in a fantasy sequence. [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: Then Heart's mother tells her that she won't replace her dolls as it's not her fault Heart cut their hair off. Heart blames it on Ben.]]
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* TraumaticHaircut: In one installment, the "Ben" doll character is a hairdresser wrecking his clients' hair in a fantasy sequence. [[Spoiler: In real life, Heart's mother tells her that she won't replace her dolls as it's not her fault Heart cut their hair off. Heart blames it on Ben]].
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* TraumaticHaircut: In one installment, the "Ben" doll character is a hairdresser wrecking his clients' hair in a fantasy sequence. [[Spoiler: In real life, Then Heart's mother tells her that she won't replace her dolls as it's not her fault Heart cut their hair off. Heart blames it on Ben]]. Ben.]]
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* TraumaticHaircut: In one installment, the "Ben" doll character is a hairdresser wrecking his clients' hair in a fantasy sequence. [[Spoiler: In real life, Heart's mother tells her that she won't replace her dolls as it's not her fault Heart cut their hair off. Heart blames it on "Ben"]].
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* TraumaticHaircut: In one installment, the "Ben" doll character is a hairdresser wrecking his clients' hair in a fantasy sequence. [[Spoiler: In real life, Heart's mother tells her that she won't replace her dolls as it's not her fault Heart cut their hair off. Heart blames it on "Ben"]].Ben]].
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* TraumaticHaircut: In one installment, the "Ben" doll character is a hairdresser wrecking his clients' hair in a fantasy sequence. In real life, Heart's mother tells her that she won't replace her dolls as it's not her fault Heart cut their hair off. [[Heart blames it on "Ben"].
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* TraumaticHaircut: In one installment, the "Ben" doll character is a hairdresser wrecking his clients' hair in a fantasy sequence. [[Spoiler: In real life, Heart's mother tells her that she won't replace her dolls as it's not her fault Heart cut their hair off. [[Heart off. Heart blames it on "Ben"]."Ben"]].
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* RunningGag: Dean would like to remind you that [[TheDogShotFirst Han shot first]].
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In a 1999 sequence, Dean is absolutely shocked to learn that Heart didn't like ThePhantomMenace, and then tries to argue why it's good. This reads oddly in retrospect, since Dean has spent the 00's complaining about the prequel movies [[note]]And about Han not shooting first. Did me mention that he hates the idea of Han not shooting first?[[/note]] as much as any other disappointed StarWars fanboy
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* BlandNameProduct: Heart is often seen playing with [[{{Barbie}} Karlie and Ben]] dolls.
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* TheDogShotFirst: Dean, a devout StarWars fan, is obsessed with making "Han shot first" canon again. So much that he causes GeorgeLucas to have a nervous breakdown in a dream sequence.
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** A straight example: A 2006 story arc that starts [[http://www.gocomics.com/heartofthecity/2006/04/10 here]] begins with Dean creating his own ''StarWars'' movie, then eventually changes to Heart dreaming she has to go to summer school.
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* TheGhost: Dean's father is referred to several times, but is never seen.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Heart's father is absent from her life, pursuing a career as an actor. This accounts for her showbiz fixation and provides some TearJerker moments.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Heart's father is absent from her life, pursuing a career as an actor. This accounts for her showbiz fixation and provides some TearJerker moments.
* TheGhost: Dean's father is referred to several times, but is never seen.fixation.
* TheGhost: Dean's father is referred to several times, but is never seen.
