Garfield

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Anonymousey wrote:

This one touched me deeply.

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HA!

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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:39 am

maxoid wrote:

I can't even imagine it with Garfield saying something. It's too perfect already.

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...he's more like an actual cat.

Not the lasagna-swilling, acid-quip-spouting, banal creation that the rest of the world knows.

And frankly, this way, he's MUCH BETTER.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:21 am

Welcome, Microwiz.

And others.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:52 am

Is somebody linking to this thread or something? Seriously, this is uncanny.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:00 am

Ryan linked to it from the main page.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:42 am

This is so beautiful. I had no idea that a single character could totally disable a comic that way.

YOU SAVED GARFIELD

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It would be cool if somehow Jim Davis could see this thread.

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Anyone think they can improve "Cathy" somehow? Maybe everyone talks except Cathy? I don't know, it could be hopeless...

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:39 pm

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Yup, the lure of that hyperlink was too much to resist. If only Garfield had actually been published like this, I might actually have bought a subscription to the ghastly Toronto Sun.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:35 pm

I like your name.

Also: You've got a pretty mouth.

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Squidd wrote:

Hey, there is a way to improve Cathy!

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I'm not sure if this one is funnier, but the juxtaposition between the grief on Luann's face and her brother's attack struck me.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:07 pm

You know, it doesn't work on everything, people...

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:25 pm

maxoid wrote:

This is one of those weird ones, where you know Jon isn't actually supposed to hear Garfield, but clearly this is in response to something Garfield said. Huh.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:31 pm

There are som many comics I didn't give the treatment because it was simply Jon saying something bland, then one panel of him looking at Garfield. Then one panel of him REACTING TO GARFIELD'S THOUGHTS!

What the hell.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:46 pm

You guys didn't know he's psychic?

He told me so, without talking.

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MackJ wrote:

There are som many comics I didn't give the treatment because it was simply Jon saying something bland, then one panel of him looking at Garfield. Then one panel of him REACTING TO GARFIELD'S THOUGHTS!

What the hell.

While it doesn't work for all of them, a looonnnnnnggg deadpan stare and raised eyebrow usually seems to imply "Bitchslap!" to me. People like Jon are good at correctly interpreting people's nonverbal statements that they are totally inadequate, which is usually the sum of Garfield's statement.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:37 pm

MackJ wrote:

You know, it doesn't work on everything, people...

We're just testing it out alright

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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:14 pm

what comic is that ?

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justinpie wrote:

This is one of those weird ones, where you know Jon isn't actually supposed to hear Garfield, but clearly this is in response to something Garfield said. Huh.

I like it because it's as though Jon takes a moment to consider what he said, mentally kick himself and then project that hatred onto his cat. It's a neat little psychological study that I quite like. I'm not entirely sure that Jim Davis didn't plan this all along and that we're merely forging the next step of his global empire.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:06 pm

Randy, it's Mutts.

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These new Garfield-with-silent-Garfield comics are funny, but only some of them are funny objectively and the rest are funny because you're familiar with the original context. Mixed results! Still pretty good though.