Yeah i noticed the first 2 sunday panels were always their own little comic that tied into the rest. Now that you mention it, his later stuff starts to deviate from that more frequently and the result is a freer feel. I eventually noticed the pattern as a kid reading his comics, but I figured it was just a personal choice. Any Sunday strip that deviates from the 2/3/3 format shown in the above strip was only possible because Watterson put his foot down and said "either print the whole thing or don't print it at all," IIRC you can see it pretty prominently in the Garfield Sunday strips too, usually the first gigantic panel is mostly just the strip's name. Until he made his stand, the first 2 panels of each Sunday strip had to be "throwaway" (not contributing to the overall strip, etc.) because some newspaper publishers reduced their per strip size allotment, so they could print C&H on Sunday by simply dropping the first 2 panels. This is also a good example of why Watterson fought so hard for his print size/format.
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