I know the feeling... I think this was the first time I giggled from a Garfield (Pusur in Norwegian, a name I always though was better than the original) in more or less 20 years (man, I feel old).Nermal said:Garfield's nowhere near as funny now as it was back in the 80s, but that one made me laugh![]()
Mitthrawnuruodo said:This joke did seem rather familiar, though... didn't Garfield listen to bacon frying with a walkman in the mid-80s...? Or is my memory just acting up on me again...?
Jim Davis was finished, creatively, round and about 20 years ago... after that it's only been about the money... and I can totally understand that, as long as I don't have to read Garfield any more...mac-er said:If that is true...Jim Davis is finished.![]()
'Tis is true. I just want the whole commercial thing to come crashing around him too. What a sell-out.Mitthrawnuruodo said:Jim Davis was finished, creatively, round and about 20 years ago... after that it's only been about the money... and I can totally understand that, as long as I don't have to read Garfield any more...![]()
One storyline, which lasted a week from October 23, 1989 (possibly to coincide with Halloween, although the 31st actually fell the following week), is unique in that it is not humorous. It depicts Garfield awakening in a future in which the house is abandoned and he no longer exists. This is revealed to have been a dream of some kind, and ends with this narration: "An imagination is a powerful tool. It can tint memories of the past, shade perceptions of the present, or paint a future so vivid that it can entice...or terrify, all depending on how we conduct ourselves today." Alternatively, some theorize that the end of this storyline actually implies that the rest of the series, the more conventional strips, are all fantasies Garfield is playing out in his head to delude himself from realizing the dark turn his life has taken, as he slowly starves to death in an abandoned house. This is arguably supported by the text, as the narration reads "After years of taking life for granted, Garfield is shaken by a horrifying vision of the inevitable process called 'time'. He has only one weapon... Denial" right before Jon and Odie reappear. This emphasis on Denial, with the word given its own box in the panel it appears in, and being followed immediately by the earlier text on the power of the imagination, could support the theory. However, it could also be that denial is what Garfield needed to snap himself out of this dark vision.
f you look at very early [Garfield] you see that the original artist had just a modicum of talent. When the strip got syndicated and became “popular”, the sydicate had a real artist come along and help the original artist out. Sometimes out entirely.
In Garfield’s case, they had some art school grad grind out thousands and thousands of clip art scenes so that now Garfield’s art is produced by an intern at the Xerox machine. They just have to find the right drawing to go along with the uproarious wit and wisdom of hating Mondays and eating lasagne.
Pretty good.ReanimationLP said:Opened up the Garfield email I get daily, and saw this.
It was great.![]()
One storyline, which lasted a week from October 23, 1989 (possibly to coincide with Halloween, although the 31st actually fell the following week), is unique in that it is not humorous. It depicts Garfield awakening in a future in which the house is abandoned and he no longer exists. This is revealed to have been a dream of some kind, and ends with this narration: "An imagination is a powerful tool. It can tint memories of the past, shade perceptions of the present, or paint a future so vivid that it can entice...or terrify, all depending on how we conduct ourselves today." Alternatively, some theorize that the end of this storyline actually implies that the rest of the series, the more conventional strips, are all fantasies Garfield is playing out in his head to delude himself from realizing the dark turn his life has taken, as he slowly starves to death in an abandoned house. This is arguably supported by the text, as the narration reads "After years of taking life for granted, Garfield is shaken by a horrifying vision of the inevitable process called 'time'. He has only one weapon... Denial" right before Jon and Odie reappear. This emphasis on Denial, with the word given its own box in the panel it appears in, and being followed immediately by the earlier text on the power of the imagination, could support the theory. However, it could also be that denial is what Garfield needed to snap himself out of this dark vision.
Yeah that was depressing....leftbanke7 said:Kind of like the final episode of Roseanne where you find out that the final 5-6 seasons were just a book Roseanne wrote after Dan died of a heart attack.
Mitthrawnuruodo said:Nermal, is that you as a kid...? How cute you were...![]()
. said:One storyline, which lasted a week from October 23, 1989 (possibly to coincide with Halloween, although the 31st actually fell the following week), is unique in that it is not humorous. It depicts Garfield awakening in a future in which the house is abandoned and he no longer exists. This is revealed to have been a dream of some kind, and ends with this narration: "An imagination is a powerful tool. It can tint memories of the past, shade perceptions of the present, or paint a future so vivid that it can entice...or terrify, all depending on how we conduct ourselves today." Alternatively, some theorize that the end of this storyline actually implies that the rest of the series, the more conventional strips, are all fantasies Garfield is playing out in his head to delude himself from realizing the dark turn his life has taken, as he slowly starves to death in an abandoned house. This is arguably supported by the text, as the narration reads "After years of taking life for granted, Garfield is shaken by a horrifying vision of the inevitable process called 'time'. He has only one weapon... Denial" right before Jon and Odie reappear. This emphasis on Denial, with the word given its own box in the panel it appears in, and being followed immediately by the earlier text on the power of the imagination, could support the theory. However, it could also be that denial is what Garfield needed to snap himself out of this dark vision.
Pretty good.Nermal said:I prefer this
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