You talk as if Garfield has never been like this before.
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Freeter
3232th Post
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"Re(2):Garfield has finally hit rock bottom."
, posted Wed 25 Sep 20:13
quote: You talk as if Garfield has never been like this before.
I know Garfield is lazy and all, but it usually ties in with the humor of the strip.
This, however, is just terrible. I've never seen Jon and Garfield look so lifeless. It's as if Davis doesn't even give a damn about the strip anymore(hell, when was the last time Nermal made an appearance? Anyone?).
I think it's about time Jim put the strip to rest. That or take a much needed sabbatical.
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Radish
352th Post
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"Re(3):Garfield has finally hit rock bottom."
, posted Wed 25 Sep 20:43
quote: You talk as if Garfield has never been like this before.
I know Garfield is lazy and all, but it usually ties in with the humor of the strip.
This, however, is just terrible. I've never seen Jon and Garfield look so lifeless. It's as if Davis doesn't even give a damn about the strip anymore(hell, when was the last time Nermal made an appearance? Anyone?).
I think it's about time Jim put the strip to rest. That or take a much needed sabbatical.
Well he hasn't drawn the damn strip for two decades. Personally I think Garfield lost its charm around 1987 before it became more or less like the strip you posted every day.
Satoshi_Miwa
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"Re(1):Garfield has finally hit rock bottom."
, posted Wed 25 Sep 20:46
Sad, cause I used to love Garfield as a strip...But it's been mass-marketed and watered down for about 15 years now that I've lost total intrest in the strip.
Did the Garfield comics ever focus on the farm animals that were featured in the cartoon? I think that going to those animals more often might make things fresher. I mean you can only kill a spider or kick Odie soo many times.
I thought you were going to say that Garfield had an Xbox exclusive game in the works.
Zyzyfer
619th Post
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"Re(3):Garfield has finally hit rock bottom."
, posted Wed 25 Sep 21:23
quote:I think it's about time Jim put the strip to rest. That or take a much needed sabbatical.
hmm, i remember i used to love non sequitur. then the writer took a vacation for like a month. the new person really sucked. when the old writer came back, they adopted the new writer's style, so the comic went to shit.
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kaepora 7th Post
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"The other Davis comic"
, posted Wed 25 Sep 21:54
quote: Did the Garfield comics ever focus on the farm animals that were featured in the cartoon? I think that going to those animals more often might make things fresher. I mean you can only kill a spider or kick Odie soo many times.
'Twas a different Jim Davis comic strip altogether. Orson, Wayde, Roy, & Co. were part of the strip US Acres, which was relatively unknown as far as I can tell. Apparently, the comic strip ended before the cartoon series did.
Radish
358th Post
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"Re(1):The other Davis comic"
, posted Thu 26 Sep 05:26
quote: Did the Garfield comics ever focus on the farm animals that were featured in the cartoon? I think that going to those animals more often might make things fresher. I mean you can only kill a spider or kick Odie soo many times.
'Twas a different Jim Davis comic strip altogether. Orson, Wayde, Roy, & Co. were part of the strip US Acres, which was relatively unknown as far as I can tell. Apparently, the comic strip ended before the cartoon series did.
I'm pretty sure the comic strip was simply named 'Orson's Farm' which they changed for the TV show. Like Garfield it was originally a clever comic strip with some interesting story arcs before it degenerated into a boring joke-a-day comic.
quote: Did the Garfield comics ever focus on the farm animals that were featured in the cartoon? I think that going to those animals more often might make things fresher. I mean you can only kill a spider or kick Odie soo many times.
'Twas a different Jim Davis comic strip altogether. Orson, Wayde, Roy, & Co. were part of the strip US Acres, which was relatively unknown as far as I can tell. Apparently, the comic strip ended before the cartoon series did.
OK thanks, damn shame I liked their bits in the cartoon, especially was it Roy the rooster with the addiction to Peanuts?
Ishmael 203th Post
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"Re(2):Garfield has finally hit rock bottom."
, posted Thu 26 Sep 08:32
Garfield could best be described as "product" for years now but it seems to have become even worse since the last time I looked at it. Since I suspect that Jim Davis is doing little more than rubber stamping his name on the strip I would normally wonder who is actually in charge of the strip but after seeing the posted example I sort of doubt anybody is paying attention to what goes into Garfield nowadays.
BlackNinjaVinny
263th Post
Copper Customer
"Re(3):Garfield has finally hit rock bottom."
, posted Thu 26 Sep 10:27
It's still funnier then Marmaduke and Family Circus.
EddyT 99th Post
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"Re(4):Garfield has finally hit rock bottom."
, posted Fri 27 Sep 01:34
Some guys know when to quit... others don't. It's as simple as that.
Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) and Gary Larson (The Far Side) ended their respective strips in it's prime. Other cartoonists didn't know when to stop... like Peanuts, Family Circus, Marmaduke, Dennis the Menace... the list goes on. Even Dilbert is getting tired.
I'd say about 90% of the comics out there are pretty boring and uninspired. It doesn't help that these artists still get paid money to have their comics in the newspapers.
Unfortunately, it's been like that ever since I could remember. I wish I could have seen the funnies back in the golden years, where strips took up pages and were so much more informative and interesting.
Only comics I like to read nowadays are "For Better or Worse" and "Adam". The strip I hate the most is "Mother Goose and Grimm". It makes me wince when I see the poor jokes that strip tries to make.
Hungrywolf
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"Re(5):Garfield has finally hit rock bottom."
, posted Fri 27 Sep 07:33
quote: Some guys know when to quit... others don't. It's as simple as that.
Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) and Gary Larson (The Far Side) ended their respective strips in it's prime. Other cartoonists didn't know when to stop... like Peanuts, Family Circus, Marmaduke, Dennis the Menace... the list goes on. Even Dilbert is getting tired.
I'd say about 90% of the comics out there are pretty boring and uninspired. It doesn't help that these artists still get paid money to have their comics in the newspapers.
Unfortunately, it's been like that ever since I could remember. I wish I could have seen the funnies back in the golden years, where strips took up pages and were so much more informative and interesting.
Only comics I like to read nowadays are "For Better or Worse" and "Adam". The strip I hate the most is "Mother Goose and Grimm". It makes me wince when I see the poor jokes that strip tries to make.
You think Peanuts didn't know when to stop? I loved Peanuts to the very end... I miss Charles Shultz.
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I hate to say this, but I really can't disagree...
Garfield has past its prime time, and the comic strip is no longer funny anymore. Goes to show that 20 year old humour can't really match up against 50 year old innocence (Peanuts).
Although I will have to give credit to Jim for thinking of a joke for a strip every day without fail for 20 years, there is indeed a limitation to the jokes from Garfield.
Amazing that Peanuts survived 50 years...
Bootation 143th Post
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"Re(2):Garfield has finally hit rock bottom."
, posted Fri 27 Sep 12:15
whatever i thought that was funny.
EddyT 100th Post
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"Re(6):Garfield has finally hit rock bottom."
, posted Fri 27 Sep 12:52
quote: You think Peanuts didn't know when to stop? I loved Peanuts to the very end... I miss Charles Shultz.
Well, Peanuts was better than most of the other strips that were around for 10+ years. I think Peanuts was the best when it started up... I think I read most of the very old ones. I read Peanuts from when I grew up until the late 90's, and of course I was raised on that strip. I remember checking out Peanuts books from the library all the time when I was little, and loved the cartoons on TV.
You know what? I apologize for putting Peanuts on that list. I hadn't realized how much that comic was a part of me growing up until now. I feel really bad about that.
Comics in general don't have to make me laugh all the time to win my favor, but it'd be nice if there was a reason to look forward to reading the strip in the future. I feel that not too many strips do that nowadays for me, and of course it's only my opinion. The only one that kept me reading every week was the great Calvin and Hobbes... but unfortunately, that was a gem of a strip that will be hard to replace.
Fygee
355th Post
Silver Customer
"Re(4):Garfield has finally hit rock bottom."
, posted Fri 27 Sep 18:27
quote: It's still funnier then Marmaduke and Family Circus.
Agreed. I haven't laughed at anything from either of those for years. Its like they don't even attempt to be funny any more.
Garfield has declined in quality quite a bit over the years. I still read the old ones from '78 - '82 every once in a while, and it was some real quality shit.
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