That mini-stegoraurus-like pet with the platelets down its back should actually be a vegetarian, not a carnivore…so, Cybil, pull yourself together and offer the critter some tasty grasses.
Married to the cat whisperer, I have to start comparing Mark and Lio to Mike Vick. There are clowns out there that treat cats exactly this way and no one is crying to hang them from their thumbs. Getting your gas at the Double Standard Station, Tatulli?
I don’t know which is funnier, the comic or the attack on the cartoonist (artist?) above. Trying to compare a real world example (Vick) with a comic character (Garfield, and the artist’s use of it) is absurd.
Frankly, I would have preferred Jeffery instead of Garfield getting it but I’m Canadian.
For the future : looking for a good Lio/Pearls Before Swine cross-over bonanza!
Eric: Mark started it with his Vick comic. Seen by itself, this is merely one artists somewhat tasteless statement. However if you are going to preach not hurting one type of animal then you don’t put out a comic that shows killing another kind of animal as a joke. That lacks consistency and dilutes the Vick comment. It was not an attack. Merely a statement of truth.
Maybe if Vick had killed kittens instead of sicing dogs on each other you’d have let him off?
If it makes you feel better, freeholder, Garfield really acts more like a person, so you can think of Mark as having the death of a person as the center of the joke. That should save on the double-standard fee.
margueritem over 13 years ago
Cybil? Cybil! Speak to me!
pouncingtiger over 13 years ago
What a dog-eat-cat day.
If that wasn’t Cybil, it was must have been owned by Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats.
KefRayBa over 13 years ago
That is totally Garfield who got eaten.
And I must added that that monster will suffer from high cholestorol level afterward.
Aries1776 over 13 years ago
Aw, and Garfield was just getting good again
Charles Evans Premium Member over 13 years ago
He even ate Garfield’s fur. 30 year old cat fur. Yuck.
Coyoty Premium Member over 13 years ago
How odious.
kfccanada over 13 years ago
That mini-stegoraurus-like pet with the platelets down its back should actually be a vegetarian, not a carnivore…so, Cybil, pull yourself together and offer the critter some tasty grasses.
Sandfan over 13 years ago
I think it’s Garfield, too. Note the break in on the left side of the strip, and Lio seems to be directing his pet back towards home.
thetraveller4 over 13 years ago
It’s gotta be Garfield…Who else would say, “I hate mondays!”?
pamlicorat over 13 years ago
It’s Garfield. Cybil would have killed that thing.
mjbdiver over 13 years ago
Yet another rare comic that made me laugh. I can’t wait to get a job so I can keep a copy of this strip in my cubicle.
Chrisnp over 13 years ago
Ear bones?
lobkiller over 13 years ago
Garfield has earbones?
freeholder1 over 13 years ago
Hardly stood a ghost of a chance.
freeholder1 over 13 years ago
Married to the cat whisperer, I have to start comparing Mark and Lio to Mike Vick. There are clowns out there that treat cats exactly this way and no one is crying to hang them from their thumbs. Getting your gas at the Double Standard Station, Tatulli?
mtatulli Premium Member over 13 years ago
One issue at a time, freeholder1, one isssue at a time.
my_discworld over 13 years ago
definitely garfield! hahahaha
tsouthworth over 13 years ago
Except one is a cartoon about a cartoon (Garfield) and the other is a cartoon about real life.
Did Mark kill any cats? Did Vick kill any cartoons?
margueritem over 13 years ago
At least it wasn’t Mooch.
Clobbered by Science Premium Member over 13 years ago
Bad monster. No biscuit.
warreno over 13 years ago
I wonder if he tasted like lasagna.
drew88101 over 13 years ago
Yes it’s garfield, i think it’s funny as heck but to those who think it’s cybil (we couldn’t get THAT lucky that monster wouldn’t have survived!) lol
xylofun over 13 years ago
Bad stego! Bad!
momazilla over 13 years ago
Who doesn’t hate Mondays?
ChukLitl Premium Member over 13 years ago
He’s offering his friend a newspaper & pointing toward the lavitory. After a meal that fatty, it’s gonna take a while.
epeebles over 13 years ago
I don’t know which is funnier, the comic or the attack on the cartoonist (artist?) above. Trying to compare a real world example (Vick) with a comic character (Garfield, and the artist’s use of it) is absurd. Frankly, I would have preferred Jeffery instead of Garfield getting it but I’m Canadian. For the future : looking for a good Lio/Pearls Before Swine cross-over bonanza!
Airboy20 over 13 years ago
This’ll save Jon a fortune in grocery bills. And Odie is now the alpha animal!
runar over 13 years ago
prfesser said,
“I love good inter-comics interaction. Can Davis avenge Garfield’s treatment?”
Davis does Garfield around six to ten months in advance. If he does respond, look for it somethime around next Hallowe’en.
freeholder1 over 13 years ago
Eric: Mark started it with his Vick comic. Seen by itself, this is merely one artists somewhat tasteless statement. However if you are going to preach not hurting one type of animal then you don’t put out a comic that shows killing another kind of animal as a joke. That lacks consistency and dilutes the Vick comment. It was not an attack. Merely a statement of truth.
Maybe if Vick had killed kittens instead of sicing dogs on each other you’d have let him off?
junco49 over 13 years ago
Check out The Argyle Sweater for January 21st.
http://www.gocomics.com/theargylesweater/2011/01/21/
These panel border break-ins (or break-outs) may become an epidemic.
I used to like Garfield. About twenty-five years ago!
Dirty Dragon over 13 years ago
Now Jim Davis isn’t going to make that fifty-seventh million.
x_Tech over 13 years ago
Ot Oh, it was Snuffles and here comes LGD with his RPG
Kaero over 13 years ago
If it makes you feel better, freeholder, Garfield really acts more like a person, so you can think of Mark as having the death of a person as the center of the joke. That should save on the double-standard fee.
kfaatz925 over 13 years ago
Personally, I found it very funny. Thanks for the laugh, Mark!
JP Steve Premium Member over 13 years ago
interesting how a dead Calvin caused no comment while a dead Garfield gets protests! (see “There’s Corpses Everywhere”)
Sherlock Watson over 13 years ago
That creature may well be an herbivore; Garfield has always been a vegetable.
mrcharmander934 over 13 years ago
Boooooooooo. Hisssssssssss.
kirbydude over 13 years ago
Three Comic Characters you can never kill:Snoopy, Garfield, and Hobbes. That’s why Garfield’s alive.