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remember when you used to enjoy garfield? those are very distant times

lololol

I laff'd hard at that comic, OP. It's cute.

>>39480909
not .. not really.. tbh I was still digging it every so often. the Jon and Liz together stuff was good.
They only got bad when they had stretches of bachelor or guard dog jokes, then they got back to being okay again.
but this? the 'we're still relevant dammit' was building but i never thought it'd get this bad.

I used to find them a lot funnier than I do now.

I don't even mind missing the sunday comics any more. Foxtrot is the only good one and most of it is just recycled jokes.

It's a newspaper comic, what the fuck did you expect?

>>39481006
It's already been this bad for a long time.

Jim Davis is the Seth MacFarlane of comics

>>39481018 stinking thinking detected
the less you expect, the less you'll get.

I love Garfield. It's mildly amusing and thats how I'll always remember it.
Fuck the haters. They don't got no soul.

>>39481039
I don't think it's ever been as bad as a cat and a dog (who i guess have cell phones?) somehow repeatedly texting each other just to make each other vibrate. Even if they were intelligent furry type characters that would still be terrible.
That time when Garfield was pawing at a keyboard and sending out gibberish e-mails, back in like 2003? I was okay with that.

I'm sure this isnt the worst in today's newspaper.
right...?

>>39480756
This could possibly be one of the laziest Garfield strips I've seen.

But then again, Jim Davies is a master of developing a style that is easy to manipulate and quick to put out.

Keep in mind, he probably didn't do this strip himself. He has a whole studio that works for him.
http://pressroom.garfield.com/paws/index.html

>>39480756
Why would that crazy fuck buy cellphones for his pets? And you know very well the one texting them is him.
This comic is 10 times more bearable once you realize how fucked up Jon is.

it's kind of sad how if you look at the 80s Garfield they're decent. Bland, but decent.

>>39481215
That's it exactly. it's so lazy it's an anti-joke.
fuck, i would've been happier if the comic had just been Odie sniffing around Garfield for a few panels before Garfield swiped at him, then Jon scolded him. I just came up with that just now in 5 seconds and that's better.. hell if you have time to come up with an actual joke, you can substitute the scolding for some equivalent metaphorical statement..

jim davis said he used to be inspired by his family pets and the hilarious antics they'd get up to..
and you can tell from classic garfield bits like 'cat kicks dog off table' or 'cat sits in plate of scrambled eggs, ruining the meal'
whoever's doing the writing now, someone needs to get them some CATS.
actually don't, they'll probably just give the cats cell phones and feed them lasagna

>>39480909
I used to buy the comic books at every book fare in elementary school.
Hard to believe he's still going.

>>39481047

> implying that Jim Davis likes Garfield

ha ha ha

IIRC he's just doing it for the cash now.

Garfield ?
MLP
LOK
Grav falls
Now Garfield!
Finally the day has come!

>>39481548
see, that's not a great joke, but at least it has a few layers. it's the "modern everlasting gobstopper that's not as good as the ones you had as a kid" of newspaper comic gags.
I honestly think today's is measurably worse than it's ever been ever

The joke is that they're using them as vibrators.

I read the collections of Garfield strips a lot when I was younger, though I don't remember really loving them, it was always kinda mildly amusing and obviously repetitive.

>>39481548
Those cock sucking lips....with that Jon manface......

Today's Garfield was bad, but alot of legacy comics use that lazy, hack gag where the whole 'punchline' is THOSE KIDS AND THEIR GIZMOS. Blondie, Wizard of Id, and Beetle Baily are way worse about it IMO.

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Jon is clearly insane.

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>>39481925
Yeah, fucking garfeild Randomizer is awesome.

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>>39481954

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Some of these become really cryptid, or morbid...

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>>39482008

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>>39482049

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I fucking hate Garfeild.

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I seriously do hate Garfeild.

>>39481548

It's funny because Garfield thinks people can read his thoughts

ho ho ho

>>39482153
Oh yeah, this showed up in the background of an official Garfield movie.

Shit was hilarious.

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You'll always have the memories OP.

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>>39482139

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>>39482175

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EAGER

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One more sip of coffee would probably be a mistake...

Obligatory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySGtniX4QrU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_KVsQXeE6A

somebody post Garf-eel

You know what would make Garfield better?

Bringing back Lyman

>>39482671
Was he ever important to the strips anyway? I can't think of a single important contribution that he did to the comic.

>>39482706
He owned Odie.

>>39482722
Yeah, but that never had any actual influence on the relationship between the characters.

>>39482706
It'd make their dynamic interesting. Jon would have someone to brag about his girlfriend to, Garfield could get jealous of someone else getting attention, and Odie could be royally confused by this guy he hasn't seen in 40 years but vaguely remembers

>>39482706
In the early days, Jim couldn't find ways for Garfield and Odie to communicate (This is when Odie acted like a normal dog), So Lyman was there to talk to Jon and show what Odie wanted etc. Then Jim made Odie like Garfield except stupid, So Jim scrapped Lyman. When someone asks about Lyman, Jim replies, "Don't look in Jon's basement."

>>39480756
I actually found it funny because dumbass people do shit like this. The joke isn't what is obvious. The joke is that in being terrible people will say "Dumb dog and cat texting each other feet apart" and then realize they do the same and feel foolish and ashamed.

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God damn it Garfeild.

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This fucking cat needs to die.

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FUCKING CAT

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>>39483062

>>39481783
I find this highly motivating, actually.

I gotta go and do some stuff now.

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> mfw I'm not sure if anyone besides Jon or Odie understood Garfield
> mfw I'm not even sure of Jon understood Garfield

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And then, Garfeild killed Jon.

in before gamefield

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>This thread

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>>39483644

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flood detection

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>>39484291

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Fucking cat.

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>>39484353

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>>39484371

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>>39484381

At least Garfield was bad in the first place. Try being fan of fox trot and dilbert and see the downward spiral into mediocrity over the years

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>>39484407

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>>39484407
Garfeild brutally rapes Jon in a tent...

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>>39484431

god remember when Garfield used to do some actual storylines that lasted weeks or months at a time...like when he went looking for his mom?....no one?...am i really that old...

>>39484435
Pffft.

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>>39484444

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>>39484485

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I'm so sick of this cat's bullshit.

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>>39484506

>>39480756

They are buzzing, and they look weird. You wonder why. Then it is revealed that it is cellphones. The absurdity of texting each other merely to vibrate produces the humorous effect. There is a contrast created between the mundane cellphone and texting, and the weird as hell vibration.

Humor is all about contrast. There was a joke here. It just didn't click with you.

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More like Barfield.

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>>39484525

Curious, how do you all feel about Garfield and Friends, and the new Garfield comic books that come out once a month? Personally I love 'em.

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>>39484543

>>39484583
both were awesome.
>i still have my Garfield at Large book from fukken 3rd grade

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I've never found newspaper comics funny.

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>>39484583

Currently collecting the comics.

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>>39484646

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>>39484656

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>>39484670

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>>39484674

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>>39484694

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>>39484704

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We now return you to more Garfield at random.

>>39484670
need to crop that last panel for the derp face..

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>>39484728

>>39484737
What a little asshole.

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>>39484747

>>39483183
>>39483216
>>39484398
>>39484506
>>39484525
>>39484617

These are funny

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Last one. Someone archive this so I can check out the other images later on.

>>39482431
Wow, somehow I'm kind of disgusted.

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Damn it Garfeild.

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>>39484948

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>>39484992

>>39481206
Pretty sure that right is reserved for Family Circus, Get Fuzzy, For Better or For Worse, and/or Pearls Before Swine. But I've gotta shit, so I'll find out for ya!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield:_His_9_Lives
Apparently, this is actually a pretty interesting Garfield book.

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>>39485056

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>>39480756
This is why i read Zippy the Pinhead

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>>39485069

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Fucking. Cat.

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If it wasn't for Garfeild, Jon would have a normal fucking life.

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>>39485196

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Fuck. This. Cat.

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Has nobody posted Garfield without Garfield yet?

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You're all sick of this little shit too, right?

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>>39485384

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>>39485414

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>>39485384
There's a few near the top of the thread.

>>39481047
I can't hate on Jim Davis because he liked Garfield Minus Garfield so much that he published a book of them.

>>39485022
What's that one godawful horribly drawn comic about womyn that was made by some lady lawyer or something?

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>>39485478
She-Hulk

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>>39485441

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>>39485506

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>>39485512

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>>39485593

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>>39485613

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>>39485659

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SIX MORE

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>>39485725

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>>39485751

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>>39485925
FUCK

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FUCK THIS CAT

>>39484457
I don't remember Garfield ever looking for his mom. I think you're thinking of Snoopy.

Randomized Garfield is best Garfield

I can't take any more of this thread. I'm literally going to die laughing.

>>39486439
Fucking beautiful

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So what do people here think of this comic? I got the first issue and thought it was pretty good. It at least has more effort put into it than the newspaper strips.

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1/5

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>>39487462
2/5

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>>39487495
3/5

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>>39487526
4/5

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>>39487552
5/5

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I'm gonna have some fun with this. Don't mind me.

>>39482202


christ that's dark, and somewhat deep in a total recall way.

Shows that Davis is capable of doing better, but doesn't. I'd to see what he could do if he wasnt held back by the syndicates.

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One could spend an entire day making these.

>>39486126

I remember when he went to go look for his mom.

>>39482201
WHAT!?

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>>39482201
PROOF! WE NEED FUCKING PROOF!!!!!!!

>>39489018
>>39489118
Not the person who first brought this up, but I believe it showed up in the background of a scene from Garfield Gets Real. It was on a small sign so you couldn't read the text unless you looked closely at an HD copy. I actually have this movie on DVD so I'll try to grab a screenshot in a few minutes.

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I tried.

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>>39489643
Here we are.

>>39489797
wat

Any backstory on this?

>>39489859
I have no idea. I'm guessing one of the animators put it in as a joke and nobody noticed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UhclY-nMgA

They are denying it. (btw glorious animation there)

http://www.lasagnacat.com/

better then all 26 years of garfield

>>39489797
Magnificent. Thank you.

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>>39490576
These are all horrid and I hate them.

>>39490906
shame, jim davis loves them

>>39490576
26 years......comic strip started in 1978

>>39491673
yeah and the simpsons is over 20 seasons long, pfft.

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Its likely I'm really reading a newspaper

>>39493897
Oh God it's like a peephole into my past, present and future.

>>39485063
Some of the stories in that book freaked me out as a kid. Especially the one where the kitten is possessed by some ancient feral spirit and turned into a rage monster that attacks his owner.

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>>39481215
>Paws employs 57 artists, writers, and licensing business executives
WHAT

>>39487039
that's because Jim Davis doesn't write it apparently

>>39489797
Oh man that's hilarious

>>39491049
Well, Jim Davis wrote Garfield. So by the link-poster's logic, Jim Davis has bad taste in comedy in the first place.

>>39494502
He doesn't write any of the newspaper strips either. He just makes a bunch of writers and artists do it for him while he takes all the credit.

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Back with some more of these.

>>39490906
Your taste is horrid

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The best comics are the ones you get without using the hold buttons.

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garfield is a necessary evil, as it is the only piece of pop culture that makes Indiana relevant

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Pretend that the middle panel in this one is a giant WHAM! or something like that. I must've clicked the new panel button a couple hundred times and this was the closest thing to that I got.