For those that don't like Garfield... [Archive]

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SupSuper

16 Feb 2006, 20:51

...or maybe even those that do:

http://www.truthandbeautybombs.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4997&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Quite an interesting take on the strips.

Pigbuster

16 Feb 2006, 22:36

That's both interesting AND hilarious.
And it makes Jon look like even more of a loser.

Worm Mad

17 Feb 2006, 00:42

Seen it. Garfield is ridiculously funny when you remove Garfield's dialogue. :)

Paul.Power

17 Feb 2006, 00:46

I rather liked Garfield anyway, but yeah, that is pretty cool. Reminds me of Gromit in a number of ways...

Worm Mad

17 Feb 2006, 00:48

Oh, I'm not saying that Garfield isn't funny anyway. Just that without his dialogue, it becomes even better.

Paul.Power

17 Feb 2006, 01:20

For me, Garfield runs out of steam around 1994. It's about then that you realise he's repeated himself just a few too many times...

Worm Mad

17 Feb 2006, 01:26

Well, I've got one Garfield book that cost me 5p in a school market thing when I was younger. That book's great and that's enough for me. I also used to like Garfield and Friends but I do agree that it wouldn't take long till you realised that you had too much of the cat. After all, without any character or plot development, how many jokes can you make about a man and his pet?

Paul.Power

17 Feb 2006, 01:50

I have a lot of Garfield books (about 14 Classics, two Sunday collections and the 21st Anniversary), but I've stopped getting them now.

Garfield in small doses, such as when I first discovered him while slacking off library prefect duty at Comp and I guess in your personal experience, is excellent.

In medium doses, such as when I started collecting him, he's good.

But there comes a point when... you get the picture.

Pigbuster

17 Feb 2006, 02:28

I like Garfield myself, but in recent years it's become rather dull, I think.
http://www.wondermark.com/tcsd/stripdoc_5.html
This speaks the truth.

Paul.Power

17 Feb 2006, 02:48

I like Garfield myself, but in recent years it's become rather dull, I think.
http://www.wondermark.com/tcsd/stripdoc_5.html
This speaks the truth.Yes, that's a pretty accurate summary I'd say.

FutureWorm

17 Feb 2006, 04:20

Wow.

It is astounding how much funnier Garfield is without the cat talking. It actually becomes one of the funniest strips I've ever read. And this is coming from a guy who absolutely despises Garfield.

Pigbuster

17 Feb 2006, 05:09

I guess we just have to completely ignore the thought bubbles when we read Garfield, eh?

SupSuper

17 Feb 2006, 10:25

And there's also the Garfield Randomizer for extra fun. The original page got taken down by a Cease and Desist order from evil lawyers, but the author left the code for anyone to try it out:

<html>
<head>
<title>The Eagle_Fire Garfield Randomizer</title>
<style type='text/css'>
td {
overflow: hidden;
text-align: left;
vertical-align: top;
max-height: 200px;
max-width: 180px;
}
img {
position: absolute;

}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table border=1><tr>
<td width=200 height=180 id=td1>*</td>
<td width=200 height=180 id=td2>*</td>
<td width=200 height=180 id=td3>*</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type=checkbox id=ck1>Lock</td>
<td><input type=checkbox id=ck2>Lock</td>
<td><input type=checkbox id=ck3>Lock</td>
</tr>
</table>
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
function fmt(n) {
n = Math.floor(n);
if (n < 10) return "0" + n;
return n;
}
function load() {
var t = new Array("td1", "td2", "td3");
var c = new Array("ck1", "ck2", "ck3");
for (i = 0; i < t.length; i++) {
if (document.getElementById(c[i]).checked) continue;
year = 2001 + Math.random() * 4;
month = Math.random() * 12 + 1;
day = Math.random() * 30 + 1;
panel = Math.random() * 3;
if ((new Date(fmt(month) + "/" + fmt(day) + "/" + fmt(year))).getDay() == 0)
day = (day + 1) % 31 + 1;
if (month == 2 && day > 28) day = 28;
imgurl = "http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/"
+ fmt(year) + "/ga" + fmt(year % 100) + fmt(month) + fmt(day) + ".gif";
tu = document.getElementById(t[i]);
tu.background = imgurl;
tu.style.background = "url(" + imgurl + ") " + -200 * Math.floor(panel) + "px 0px";
}
}
load();
</script>
<br>
<input type='button' value = "Go" onClick="load()">
</body>
</html>

Just create a new text file in your disk, paste all that code in, save it as "whatever.html" and voilá.

Paul.Power

17 Feb 2006, 12:07

These aren't too bad for starters:

26768

26765

26766

26767

26769

Paul.Power

17 Feb 2006, 12:29

Apologies for the double post, but I hit the five attachments per post limit...

26771

26773

Okay, I think I've spammed this thread enough now...

Pooka

19 Feb 2006, 19:32

Those last two are great.

philby4000

19 Feb 2006, 20:16

I used to be a massive fan of garfield. I've still got more than 70 books. The only reason I'm not still a massive fan is that awful live action movie that some well meaning relative unleased upon me one christmas.:p Although I still enjoy the strips it's become clear to me that Garfield should have ended around about the 20 year mark.

The main problem with garfield is that dispite going for almost 30 years now it only realy has 3 regular characters, one of whom can't speak and another can't react to anyting the remaining character says. Originaly there was a fourth regular character, Jon's friend Lyman, who vanished for no good reason in the early days of the strip. Which left Jon with no one to talk to but his animals.

Another problem with the strip is Jon. Initialy Jon was a more rounded character, he had a job, a housemate and the object of his offection actualy showed signs of liking him, in one strip he actualy got a goodnight kiss from Liz. He often got one over on garfield and he wasn't always the butt of the joke. But now Jon is some kind of sad, lonely freak with no friends, social skills or life. He's become entirely one-dimensional.

It seems od to me that a lot of people's main complaint about garfield is that it's unoffensive. I don't see why you need to offend people to be funny.

Anyway,that's the end of my meandering, pointless rant.

bonz

19 Feb 2006, 20:30

that awful live action movie
OMFG!
Damn you! You have again remembered me about that stupid movie.
It's the second worst movie I have ever seen. (Only beaten by "Thir13en Ghosts".)

I really do like the comic strip and luckily only know a fraction of them.

Slick

19 Feb 2006, 22:51

I never liked Garfield that much, but still read it.
It has nothing on The Boondocks though.:p

Pigbuster

20 Feb 2006, 06:46

Boondocks is indeed a good one. Get Fuzzy, Pearls Before Swine and One Big Happy are the ones I like. One Big Happy is one of the few cartoons in which a kid can say something dumb and it can actually be funny. :p

SupSuper

20 Feb 2006, 10:48

I'm an average fan of Garfield. The comics and cartoons are ok, but the action movie was PURE S***!

Zero72

20 Feb 2006, 10:59

Let's just pretend that never happened.

I've always liked Garfield from as far back as I can remember, and I personally think he's still got it. :p

Glenn

20 Feb 2006, 14:19

You win 100 internets!:cool:

Now I just have to figure out how to fit them inside a box...

SomePerson

21 Feb 2006, 02:49

I have all Garfield books up to about 31, I think it was.

I still like the comic, but I say books 21-23 are the best.

MonkeyforaHead

21 Feb 2006, 03:11

I have found my purpose in life.

MonkeyforaHead

21 Feb 2006, 04:23

And the grand finale...

MtlAngelus

21 Feb 2006, 06:13

Rofl.
This thing is fun indeed.

Paul.Power

21 Feb 2006, 12:26

And the grand finale...I think if I accurately expressed my reaction to that in emoticon form, it would count as spam of the highest order.

So I'll constrain myself to a :D

Xinos

21 Feb 2006, 14:30

Heh, thoose comics turned much better.

I made my own veriation...
http://files.upl.silentwhisper.net/upload2/gar5_copy.jpg

bloopy

22 Feb 2006, 10:08

Yes Garfield is one dimensional but so is a lot of humour. My favourite is one where Garfield is looking at a ball of yarn and thinking "Entertain Me".

Pickleworm

1 Feb 2008, 22:10

Bumping because these are still hilarious

http://g.photos.cx/Picture3-9fb.png
http://g.photos.cx/Picture4-4e0.png
http://g.photos.cx/Picture5-b52.png
http://g.photos.cx/Picture6-ae0.png
http://g.photos.cx/Picture7-dc5.png

edit: link http://www.dougshaw.com/garfield.html

Melon

1 Feb 2008, 22:19

I love this thing!

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/4899/randomgarfield1gy0.png
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/4641/randomgarfield2bl3.png
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/133/randomgarfield3bg8.png

FutureWorm

1 Feb 2008, 23:09

www.lasagnacat.com

also garfield is terrible

AndrewTaylor

1 Feb 2008, 23:14

I don't like Garfield.

I don't like silent Garfield. I don't like randomised Garfield.

Is there something wrong with me?

Star Worms

1 Feb 2008, 23:20

I don't like Garfield.

I don't like silent Garfield. I don't like randomised Garfield.

Is there something wrong with me?Nope, I was just about to post that too. I just don't find it funny. At all.

Akuryou13

2 Feb 2008, 03:05

I get criticized for liking CAD and oyu guys read friggin garfield.....

btw, thank you for pointing it out to me. from now on I'm reading all garfield comics without garfield's thought bubbles. that makes the comic SO much better!

FutureWorm

2 Feb 2008, 03:39

I don't like Garfield.

I don't like silent Garfield. I don't like randomised Garfield.

Is there something wrong with me?
what about live action garfield with music videos

Pickleworm

2 Feb 2008, 04:55

Zero72

2 Feb 2008, 08:33

http://g.photos.cx/barfield053-a3b.gif

AndrewTaylor

2 Feb 2008, 14:12

what about live action garfield with music videos

I didn't watch it because I don't like Garfield.

Zero72

3 Feb 2008, 09:25

I don't like Garfield.That's why you should check out Lasagna Cat there.

worMatty

3 Feb 2008, 18:37

These are mostly random, the odd one or two have been locked and generated for a desired effect.

Here are the not-entirely-strange ones. I like the second one best :) It was completely random, too!

http://wurmz.net/stuff/garfield1.png

These are the surreal ones.

http://wurmz.net/stuff/garfield2.png

Pigbuster

26 Feb 2008, 18:39

So we've already seen what happens if Garfield's thought bubble is removed...
But what if Garfield is removed entirely?

http://data.tumblr.com/fSymsOGXO5pexpxkhFgxmTxr_500.jpg

http://data.tumblr.com/fSymsOGXO5nhntzrK3seXRYS_500.gif

http://data.tumblr.com/fSymsOGXO5tbbjd5pSHr2xm8_500.jpg

The greatest comic ever, that's what.

http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/

Squirminator2k

27 Feb 2008, 02:53

I feel that perhaps this ought to be preserved for prosperity:

http://stuff.benpaddon.co.uk/redundancy.gif

bloopy

27 Feb 2008, 04:57

Heh, well, I used the image as an avatar at the time I made that post, but on other forums, not this one. :p