It used to really annoy Bill Watterson that he'd have to draw his Sunday Calvin & Hobbes strips so that they could be 'rearranged' for newspapers that didn't want to give it as much space; the top third might be removed entirely, and then the remaining two rows of three might be cut-and-paste into three rows of two. He hated taking to waste the top line on a throw-away gag, and couldn't lay out the whole thing as he'd like. His post-sabbatical strips where he'd arranged a different deal were so much more interesting.
Jim Davis, on the other hand? Garfield comics are made for this.
It used to really annoy Bill Watterson that he'd have to draw his Sunday Calvin & Hobbes strips so that they could be 'rearranged' for newspapers that didn't want to give it as much space; the top third might be removed entirely, and then the remaining two rows of three might be cut-and-paste into three rows of two. He hated taking to waste the top line on a throw-away gag, and couldn't lay out the whole thing as he'd like. His post-sabbatical strips where he'd arranged a different deal were so much more interesting.
Jim Davis, on the other hand? Garfield comics are made for this.