Pretty sad, I know, if I can’t figure out a Garfield comic but here I am.
The May 31 Sunday strip.
Garfield is planning to tear up her garden.
Well, the L.A. Times no longer carries Garfield, but I’ll take a guess after viewing your link.
It’s either:
a.) it’s because the cat’s been, er, “fertilizing” her garden for her, or
b.) his new evil plan is to dig up the daisies.
Anyon else?
Garfield is going to go annihilate the Yard of the Month.
That cat is totally gonna pwn her yard.
I can understand your confusion, this being as close to a subtle Garfield as I’ve seen if three decades.
But yeah, that garden is toast. First comes the claw sharpening, followed by the territory marking (even a fat, fixed cat like Garfield can feel the urge), and finalized by the crapping.
Garfield has a history of looking at houseplants and seeing a salad bar.
This reminds me of the Silent Garfield type edits where people remove Garfield’s speech bubbles and the comics suddenly become a whole lot funnier.
Actually, it can be even more brilliant than that. This website removes Garfield in his entirety to make it look like Jon has “existential angst” and “is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb.” It looks like they’re about two days behind, so I’m sure this strip will be on there in no time.
And yes, I think Garfield has a history with daisies in particular.
I am aware of Garfield minus Garfield and it is indeed hilarious.
However, the thing about this comic that reminded me of the Silent Garfield edits specifically is that a) it’s funny and b) Garfield doesn’t say anything. Sure, there’s the sinister laugh, but no actual sentences. No stupid puns, no poorly thought out “punch line”, nothing like that. They let the reader figure out the joke for himself and not have Garfield make it 100% perfectly crystal clear with one of his lame comments. They don’t ruin the joke, in other words.
Garfield is funny only when Garfield doesn’t speak.
Mrs. Feeny is a running gag in the strip. Jon gets a phone call, “Oh, hi, Mrs. Feeny. Garfield did what?” I don’t think she ever appears in the strip.
I’m not saying that makes it funnier, just that Garfield and Mrs. Feeny have some history.
Okay, I guess I was overthinking it. I was thinking that Garfield was trying to do an impression of Mrs Feeney and implying that having “yard of the month” made her a mad scientist or something.
But isn’t Jon dating Liz the Vet in the latest strips? It would seem he is less lonely now!
I imagined the strip linked to in the OP without Garfield because of having seen that site. It was funnier when I ignored the cat.
I have a new question. It has been many, many, many years since I paid attention to Garfield. Has he always had such ridiculously huge-ass feet? I swear I don’t remember his paws being so absurdly out-sized. (And his legs seem longer too, for that matter…)
Possibly the one instance in the history of art where jumping the shark actually worked. Davis had pretty much completely exhausted all of the humor potential in Jon getting turned down for dates, but actually dating opened up a fresh new stock of material. Which is also now running a bit thin, but it’s definitely no worse than it ever was: One year stale is a lot better than 30 years stale.
Then there’s googly-eyed Garfield.
Reverse said:
You know, that totally works here.
Jon is reading the paper. Garfield walks up. Doesn’t say or do anything, just stands there staring at Jon, all bored. Jon finally walks away, Garfield suddenly erupts into an evil face showing his intentions for Jon. Jon looks back and Garfield is playing innocent.
**DooWahDiddy ** said:
That was kinda of amusing.