That’s the second time in two weeks Pab has said in the strip that Garfield wasn’t funny. I don’t agree, although some of it is hit and miss. The one last week, with Jon in the muscle suit made me lmao.
@Hugh We’re only seeing a slice of life here. In the very early years, I think Garfield was consistently more funny than not. About 5 years into the strip, Davis ran out of clever. ‘Lebenty-zillion years later and after turning the strip over to a stable, it’s about as flat as stale puffed rice cakes. But in homage to your comment, every now and again they do come out with a good one.
I can agree with that, it’s just that I’ve noticed you hardly see one comic artist trash another one, usually it’s more of a shout out to another strip. That doesn’t mean I’m against artists expressing their opinion, just the opposite.
@Hugh Garfield is just a symbol of today’s modern pre-packaged laugh. At least with NAOQV you have to think a bit. Pab always has me hitting up Wikipedia to figure out his punchlines. It’s a great start to an early morning.
hey mr.Hayve (check out the old e.c comic books-when Harvey Kurtzman was editing it-if you want to see some classic very funny lampooning of other comic artists-Bill Elder was a genius-strips like “Mary Worthless” are pure god
Hugh: It’s more good-natured ribbing than anything else. I’ve heard from fans of mine who work for Jim Davis and while they’ve never said anything about their boss I know that the strip is at least well received within the walls of PAWS, Inc.
While I will poke at “Garfield” quite often, I will never deny that Jim Davis was inspired when he created the strip, is a good gag writer, and an all around genius, especially at marketing.
I am not sure how this quote about peanut butter got attributed to James Garfield. While sources don’t completely agree as to the date, the best best date for the invention of peanut butter is c. 1890, about 9 years after James Garfield’s death. I am not faulting you, Pab. I, too, have found that quote attributed to him, and even on some sites dealing with the history of peanut butter. I guess this does make today’s strip the perfect parody. I’ll concede that to you. Your strip is still one of the funniest I have read.
Thanks for clearing that up Pab, because I was wondering if it was a tongue in cheek jab or a comment made out of malice (which seemed out of character here). I have been following Garfield for many years and everyone brings up good point about Mr. Davis “going commercial” and the drop off in the strips quality. BTW love the mix of pop culture and history in NAoQV and I got a good chuckle from Old Wolf’s “G without G without G” spin-off.
I’ve never been asked to join an awareness campaign before, but I like to think that the real Queen Victoria would appreciate fighting breast cancer: http://tinyurl.com/lr2x3a
Jim Davis makes an anytime/everyday strip almost always funny.A very hard thing to do.Calling him just a marketing genius is missing the point.His daily strip is funnier than 90% of all the other strips out there on a consistant basis.I love’ this’ strip,but lets see were it is in 20 years.Shame on you for putting down a man and a strip that still deserves to be in the funny papers…
The Old Wolf almost 15 years ago
And giving us the world’s first opportunity to witness “Garfield Without Garfield Without Garfield.”
zero almost 15 years ago
In the UK lasagna is a grilled cheese w/brown sauce…just kidding Georgina
Hugh B. Hayve almost 15 years ago
That’s the second time in two weeks Pab has said in the strip that Garfield wasn’t funny. I don’t agree, although some of it is hit and miss. The one last week, with Jon in the muscle suit made me lmao.
The Old Wolf almost 15 years ago
@Hugh We’re only seeing a slice of life here. In the very early years, I think Garfield was consistently more funny than not. About 5 years into the strip, Davis ran out of clever. ‘Lebenty-zillion years later and after turning the strip over to a stable, it’s about as flat as stale puffed rice cakes. But in homage to your comment, every now and again they do come out with a good one.
Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn on occasion.
Hugh B. Hayve almost 15 years ago
I can agree with that, it’s just that I’ve noticed you hardly see one comic artist trash another one, usually it’s more of a shout out to another strip. That doesn’t mean I’m against artists expressing their opinion, just the opposite.
missqueenie almost 15 years ago
@Hugh Garfield is just a symbol of today’s modern pre-packaged laugh. At least with NAOQV you have to think a bit. Pab always has me hitting up Wikipedia to figure out his punchlines. It’s a great start to an early morning.
lovelymajorhoople almost 15 years ago
hey mr.Hayve (check out the old e.c comic books-when Harvey Kurtzman was editing it-if you want to see some classic very funny lampooning of other comic artists-Bill Elder was a genius-strips like “Mary Worthless” are pure god
Pab Sungenis creator almost 15 years ago
Hugh: It’s more good-natured ribbing than anything else. I’ve heard from fans of mine who work for Jim Davis and while they’ve never said anything about their boss I know that the strip is at least well received within the walls of PAWS, Inc.
While I will poke at “Garfield” quite often, I will never deny that Jim Davis was inspired when he created the strip, is a good gag writer, and an all around genius, especially at marketing.
cwreenactor almost 15 years ago
I am not sure how this quote about peanut butter got attributed to James Garfield. While sources don’t completely agree as to the date, the best best date for the invention of peanut butter is c. 1890, about 9 years after James Garfield’s death. I am not faulting you, Pab. I, too, have found that quote attributed to him, and even on some sites dealing with the history of peanut butter. I guess this does make today’s strip the perfect parody. I’ll concede that to you. Your strip is still one of the funniest I have read.
Hugh B. Hayve almost 15 years ago
Thanks for clearing that up Pab, because I was wondering if it was a tongue in cheek jab or a comment made out of malice (which seemed out of character here). I have been following Garfield for many years and everyone brings up good point about Mr. Davis “going commercial” and the drop off in the strips quality. BTW love the mix of pop culture and history in NAoQV and I got a good chuckle from Old Wolf’s “G without G without G” spin-off.
Pab Sungenis creator almost 15 years ago
I’ve never been asked to join an awareness campaign before, but I like to think that the real Queen Victoria would appreciate fighting breast cancer: http://tinyurl.com/lr2x3a
3hourtour Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Jim Davis makes an anytime/everyday strip almost always funny.A very hard thing to do.Calling him just a marketing genius is missing the point.His daily strip is funnier than 90% of all the other strips out there on a consistant basis.I love’ this’ strip,but lets see were it is in 20 years.Shame on you for putting down a man and a strip that still deserves to be in the funny papers…
luckylouie almost 15 years ago
Garfield jumped the shark the day he stood up on his hind legs.