Garfield by Jim Davis for October 19, 2022

And the answer is “BARK!”

thou sart so uncultured, Garfield

Yes SIR, General Offence!

Takes me back to the summer of 1606.

Dogspeare in the Bark.

Says Major Disaster………

He felt like he really needed to say (bark) it – to his own self be true.

Standing that close, Garfield might notice how bad his breath is …

… “Something is rotten in Dog Bark.”

This reminds me of a democrat trying to talk to a trump republican that just repeats the same junk over and over, enough to drive us moderate nuts.

But loud what voice through yonder dog house breaks?

Maybe I’m not that much literature savvy, but would a general offence be better or worse than a major offence?

I want to own a dog that barks in iambic pentameter1

Garfield endures the slings and arrows of outrageous barking!

All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 2, Scene 3.

The word is “methinks”.

I’ve seen this sort of thing before, where one person posts an incorrect version on the Internet and then it gets copied and copied and becomes impossible to stamp out.

me think, thou both are goofballs.

Out, darn Spot!

Such a refined bark and such a refined answer by Garfield.

Proof, if it was needed, that Garfield is far more sophisticated than Jon

“Garfield Shakespeare” would probably write a play about lasagna.

He must have been quoting King Lear. “Nothing can come of nothing, speak again. Now, gods, stand up for b***ds! To have a thankless child! Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.”

Haven’t seen King in a while. Now I know what he has been doing all this time.

Nice, another font

“The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.” Hamlet

If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And it you bark at us, do we not make sarcastic comebacks? The Merchant of Venice

Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war.

The dog must be named Crab.

(wonders about the “SHAKESPEARE” mentioned in this cartoon)

If it were Garfield quoting Shakespeare, he’d go, “To eat or not to eat, that is the question”.

Been reading the KJV of the Bible, Garfield? Hehehe

As an Englishman, I would say well done to Davis for knowing Shakespeare.

It seems people in both side of the big pond knew William Shakespeare too well, but we had plenty of theatres where his plays were still being acting. There is a copy of the Global theatre in the capital of London which was built in the city around about 16th-17th centuries.

There is also a birthplace of Shakespeare in Statford-upon-Avon and that also where he died. It is still there, and you can visit it along with a Shakespeare theatre in the town as well.

It’s reall cruel to see a dog chained up

Finally bringing some culture to this here strip.

GOOD DOG! Thou art surely an intelligent cur!

The dog’s diction is flawless.

Methinks that Garfield needs an ego check.

Ye olde barkke, barkke, barkke, barkke.

Repetitive but catchy; has a good beat and is easy to dance to.

Jim went on www.coolepicfonts.com for this one