Well, Garfield used to be funny, and occasionally still is

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-01-13 09:28pm

http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=garfield_sucks

Demiurge · Post by **Demiurge** » 2004-01-13 09:43pm

Garfield annoys me. Then again so does Maddox.

IndustrialNoise · Post by **IndustrialNoise** » 2004-01-13 09:47pm

I totally agree with Maddox, Garfield does suck. I was just thinking that this morning. I don't understand how he could look it over, and actually find humor in it.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2004-01-13 09:50pm

Fairly ambigous about Garfield, some of them I like, some of them I don't, but Maddox, as I have mentioned elsewhere, rather gets my goat...

GoneCrazy · Post by **GoneCrazy** » 2004-01-13 09:55pm

i just found out about Maddox two weeks ago, and added him to favorites for, i don't know what reason. i guess he's kind of funny, but even after just two weeks he's already gotten sort of repetitive and boring.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-01-13 10:04pm

If fuckface does`nt like Garfield,he should stop reading it and go shake junior on Janeway porn

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-01-13 10:18pm

I like garfield, now does that mean he isn't funny sometimes? Yes. But if we were to take that rule the Simpsons would have to be cancelled to.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2004-01-13 10:19pm

LoL!!! I was wondering when that one was coming Mont. A little slow on the reaction. I enjoy Garfield very much. I haven't read the comics in quite a while, but I still like it.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-01-13 10:20pm

Well, there are a lot of other comic strips out there that aren't all that funny either...

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-01-13 10:29pm

There being a live-action "Garfield" movie coming out made me lose the last clinging little shreads of respect I had for Davis, and made me recognize him for the souless merchandise whore he is.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-01-13 10:30pm

Cal Wright wrote:LoL!!! I was wondering when that one was coming Mont. A little slow on the reaction. I enjoy Garfield very much. I haven't read the comics in quite a while, but I still like it.

I was at another board posting like a raving lunatic.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-01-13 10:43pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:There being a live-action "Garfield" movie coming out made me lose the last clinging little shreads of respect I had for Davis, and made me recognize him for the souless merchandise whore he is.

Given he's a shameless money seeking merchant, and I have more respect for Scott Adams (Dilbert writer) then Davis, but I still like Garfield, and especially the early years.

Baron Scarpia · Post by **Baron Scarpia** » 2004-01-13 10:45pm

The live-action Garfield movie hasn't changed my opinion of Davis--I mean, what opinion is there really to have of a cartoonist? But it certainly has made me disappointed in Bill Murray.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-01-13 10:46pm

Baron Scarpia wrote:The live-action Garfield movie hasn't changed my opinion of Davis--I mean, what opinion is there really to have of a cartoonist?

I direct your attention to Bill Watterson.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-01-13 10:56pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:
Baron Scarpia wrote:The live-action Garfield movie hasn't changed my opinion of Davis--I mean, what opinion is there really to have of a cartoonist?
I direct your attention to Bill Watterson.

Damn, beat me to it!

When I was a little kid, I read Garfield before I discovered Calvin and Hobbes and The Far Side. After that, the simple gags just couldn't compete, and after Watterson and Larson both ended their comics, I just couldn't go back to anything less. Heck, I bought several of the books for each, and they're still funny when I reread them; an old Calvin and Hobbes story I've read ten times can make me laugh a lot more than most of the strips that exist now.

Whatever happened to the idea that the funnies could also be smart?

Baron Scarpia · Post by **Baron Scarpia** » 2004-01-13 11:02pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:
Baron Scarpia wrote:The live-action Garfield movie hasn't changed my opinion of Davis--I mean, what opinion is there really to have of a cartoonist?
I direct your attention to Bill Watterson.

Sorry, but I don't devote much energy to admiration of Watterson, Larson, Brethed, Adams, etc. I mean, they're cartoons. I can devote my energies to doing far more than caring about Davis' commercialism.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-01-14 12:27am

I dont complete agree with maddox on this. Garfield is funny despite what he says. Maybe the truth is he lost his sense of humour.

BTW any of you saw the animated Garfield cartoon ? It is funnier than the comic itself.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-01-14 12:49am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:
Baron Scarpia wrote:The live-action Garfield movie hasn't changed my opinion of Davis--I mean, what opinion is there really to have of a cartoonist?
I direct your attention to Bill Watterson.

Funny you should mention Watterson. In one of the very few interviews he gave, he was asked to comment about Garfield. He said something along the lines of:

"Garfield? It is...uhhhh...consistent."

That sums my feelings up perfectly.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-01-14 12:52am

Yes, that is exactly what he said.

At least we can rest easy that Garfield has remained higher quality than that mass-produced shit Davis tries to pass off as a comic strip about a farm.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-01-14 01:11am

Well I checked out the Garfield teaser for the movie, and I have to say that it doesn't look horrible. Jennifer Love-Hewitt as Liz seems a fine choice, although I didn't get a good look at any other cast members. It seems a little weird to have a CG Garfield with a live-action Odie, but the effect wasn't too jarring. It could be funny, but I won't get my hopes up too much.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-01-14 01:18am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Yes, that is exactly what he said.

At least we can rest easy that Garfield has remained higher quality than that mass-produced shit Davis tries to pass off as a comic strip about a farm.

You mean Orsons farm ? It is a far cry from Garfield but is tolerable.

Post by **Kuja** » 2004-01-14 02:28am

Barring some drastic change, Garfield has always been, and will continue to be one of my favorite comic strips. When the comics page is covered by crap like 'The Boondocks', 'Gil Thorp', and 'Doonesbury', which I think would be more at home on the editorials page or on a soap opera show, Garfield remains a surefire way to get a smile out of me. Garfield never gets bogged down by a political agenda or soap opera, but always remains lighthearted and funny. The TV show managed to mostly capture its essence, but just wasn't as good as the strip.

Although Garfield will always play 3rd fiddle to 'The Far Side' and 'Calvin and Hobbes' in my book, I still find it better than most other strips by leaps and bounds.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2004-01-14 02:56am

Calvin and Hobbes rules all. Especially the Spaceman Spiff ones, the one where he blew up his school in an F-15, the one where there were T-Rex F-14 pilots, etc.

I have nearly every book Watterson made. But Garfield is all right too. Most of the times I like Garfield better than Peanuts.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2004-01-14 03:01am

Watterson and Larson are still making books arent they? Calvin and Hobbes has to be my all-time favorite. Dillbert second, Far Side third.

As for Garfield, it's funny sometimes. A bit repetitive, but hardly warranting the blasting it got from that guy. Sounds personal. I wonder if someone sodomized him with a Garfield pez dispenser.

[Edit] And nothing gets funnier than Calvin's snowmen. I laugh just thinking about the one where he used his father's glasses.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-01-14 03:15am

Stupendous Man rocks.