A Sad Truth About Garfield

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2006-03-26 12:16am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:How does removing thought bubbles change Garfield's physical state? He's still anthromorphised.

I think SAMAS is talking about the re-drawn ones were Garfield is just a normal cat.

Ever since Lyman went off and became a detective down in Florida, Jon hasn't had any friends. Not even at work.

...Oh my god, what does Jon do for a living? Does he even work at all? You never see him getting ready/coming back from his job or anything.

Jon's a cartoonist who works out of his house. They used to show him actually working on cartoons back when the comic started, but I don't think they've had him doing that for decades.

Pick · Post by **Pick** » 2006-03-26 12:31am

Yes. I actually liked the old Garfield books (it wasn't that bad in its REALLY early years.) I think that he only used that area of humor, literally, in the first year or so. It was a very short-term subject.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2006-03-26 01:03am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:...Oh my god, what does Jon do for a living? Does he even work at all? You never see him getting ready/coming back from his job or anything.

Jon's a cartoonist. Hence the first strip.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-03-26 05:38am

Utsanomiko wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:...Oh my god, what does Jon do for a living? Does he even work at all? You never see him getting ready/coming back from his job or anything.
Jon's a cartoonist. Hence the first strip.

I say again: Does he even work at all?

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2006-03-26 05:54pm

I'm sure it's just a matter of him spending as much time brainstorming and drawing each week as Jim Davis does.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-03-26 07:53pm

Utsanomiko wrote:I'm sure it's just a matter of him spending as much time brainstorming and drawing each week as Jim Davis does.

So, no, he doesn't work at all.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2006-03-26 08:17pm

Jim Davis is the exception, not the rule. Keeping up with a syndicated strip can be absolutely brutal.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-03-26 08:31pm

Well, then again, Davis also has a staff doing the comic these days...