Garfield was never meant to be funny. It was supposed to be just amusing enough that it could occupy a position of affection in the readership. Jim Davis designed Garfield from the very get-go to be the cornerstone of a Marketing enterprise. The purpose of the Garfield strip is to sell licensed images. And he succeeded magnificently
After I learned about it from the carton show, I was always more a “U.S.Acres” fan.
Garfield is one of those examples of where the show was better than the comic lol
Lot of Garfield fans in these comments. I had no idea Joel’s remark would ruffle this many feathers 🙂
Garfield was never meant to be funny. It was supposed to be just amusing enough that it could occupy a position of affection in the readership. Jim Davis designed Garfield from the very get-go to be the cornerstone of a Marketing enterprise. The purpose of the Garfield strip is to sell licensed images. And he succeeded magnificently
@Sean: I was just about to say that Garfield was still good around 1990.
And I better not hear any dumb remarks about Peanuts which turned 40 that year.
Yeah, that snide remark was uncalled for. That was a first strike.
Yeah, about Gizmo disciplining her kittens… that’s not gonna happen.
I mean, “Garfield” was pretty good in the 80s.
But yeah, “Garfield and Friends” was better
Was that supposed to be a snidely remark there, Joel?