AR Master on 18/2/2006 at 23:49
Yeah, the result was that Jon became a creepy, psychotic lonely old man whose cat has probably been dead for several years. I wrote a (
http://www.geocities.com/unrealshock/garfield.doc) little short story based off this premise, but it's largely been ignored.
I guess the underlying issue here is that Garfield is actually a good comic once Davis tries to stop being "witty"
d0om on 19/2/2006 at 02:09
wow, I never really thought garfield was particularly brilliant before, but this new development is genius :)
Printer's Devil on 19/2/2006 at 02:41
You could probably remove all of the text and still achieve the same results. Davis is an illustrator, after all, not a novelist.
Sypha Nadon on 19/2/2006 at 04:26
I was flipping througb some of the old Garfield books a few weeks ago at work and a lot of the early strips were pretty funny. Davis' has been coasting for quite some time now however.
oudeis on 19/2/2006 at 05:58
it was funny for a few years before davis got lazy and turned it into a factory, complete with assembly-line artists and writers. the cartoon was fucking hilarious, especially the stuff with binky. :thumb:
Lightfall on 19/2/2006 at 11:47
I wasn't even aware Garfield was still being made. I thought Davis had retired like a good boy rather than trudging on long after he'd burned up all originality. He needs to witness the likes of Shultz, Waterson and Larson. They all knew when it was time to hang up their hats and pass into legend.
Uncia on 19/2/2006 at 12:34
Peanuts went stale long before it stopped being drawn.
OnionBob on 19/2/2006 at 14:14
Quote Posted by Printer's Devil
You could probably remove all of the text and still achieve the same results. Davis is an illustrator, after all, not a novelist.
He's a businessman before that. Garfield was created very cynically to fill a gap created by cat lovers in a market saturated by snoopy merchandise.
Baron Bifford on 19/2/2006 at 14:17
At least it's not as bland as Peanuts. I never manage to laugh at a Peanuts strip. I also loathe the Charlie Brown cartoons.
