is there anyone who unironically likes Garfield?

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trivialbeing
09/14/2023
11:08 PM
#1
it's often looked down upon compared to the likes of Peanuts and Calvin & Hobbes and others, since it mostly just exists to sell merchandise

I think the character himself is endearing in a way tbh
ReturnOfFa
09/14/2023
11:12 PM
#2
I read a lot of Garfield collections as a kid, and I definitely thought some were great and some sucked. I'm looking through some and a lot would've been a lot funnier as a kid. But there's definitely some decent ones and some ones like....this.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/5/7/AAUdByAAE14J.jpg
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ReturnOfFa
09/14/2023
11:18 PM
#3
actually that's basically one of the only really good ones
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SoreChasm
09/14/2023
11:38 PM
#4
I like that sex survey they did.
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Zareth
09/15/2023
12:10 AM
#5
BTB?

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09/15/2023
12:22 AM
#6
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Metalsonic66
09/15/2023
12:39 AM
#7
It is funny some of the time, like most newspaper comics

I wouldn't put it anywhere near Calvin & Hobbes or The Far Side or Foxtrot
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Rasmoh
09/15/2023
12:52 AM
#8
I find it as enjoyable as any other newspaper comic strip, but my bar for those is pretty low considering the extremely low time investment required.
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ParanoidObsessive
09/15/2023
04:02 AM
#9
ReturnOfFa posted...
I read a lot of Garfield collections as a kid, and I definitely thought some were great and some sucked.

This kind of sums it up for me. I had a bunch of the collections as a kid.
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darkknight109
09/15/2023
04:59 AM
#10
I think everyone had a bunch of Garfield books as a kid. I sure did.

My niece came over a while ago and brought some of the newer ones with her and I read them out of curiosity. Some of them were surprisingly funny - the quality seemed to go up since the last time I read the books (which was decades ago).
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Snake
09/15/2023
05:13 AM
#11
I used to read the Garfield newspaper strips all the time as a kid and not sure why but the only Garfield strip I remember is where Jon is buying popcorn and Garfield says "With the barbecue sauce!"

That always stuck with me and whenever I see barbeque sauce I think of that strip. But I have no idea why, it wasn't even funny.
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Far-Queue
09/15/2023
05:16 AM
#12
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Snake
09/15/2023
05:25 AM
#13
Far-Queue posted...
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captpackrat
09/15/2023
06:35 AM
#14
Garfield Minus Garfield is much funnier.https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/9/AAQwHjAAE17T.png

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/6/0/AAQwHjAAE17U.png

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/6/1/AAQwHjAAE17V.png

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captpackrat
09/15/2023
06:41 AM
#15
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/7/2/AAQwHjAAE17g.png

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/7/3/AAQwHjAAE17h.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/7/4/AAQwHjAAE17i.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/7/5/AAQwHjAAE17j.jpg
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rexcrk
09/15/2023
06:55 AM
#16
Yeh. Garfield is great.
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Metalsonic66
09/15/2023
10:14 AM
#17
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shadowsword87
09/15/2023
10:16 AM
#18
I like people who use garfield.
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SinisterSlay
09/15/2023
10:48 AM
#19
As a kid I liked the collections.
They don't seem funny anymore
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LaggnFragnLarry
09/15/2023
10:53 AM
#20
yes. garfield minus garfield is really good too
AltOmega2
09/15/2023
11:23 AM
#21
the Halloween ones are pretty good
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acesxhigh
09/15/2023
11:46 AM
#22
I like the character Garfield, don't really think the comics are funny though.
captpackrat
09/15/2023
07:01 PM
#23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbL-uxd4ZVw
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Metalsonic66
09/15/2023
07:03 PM
#24
I liked the 90s cartoon with the animal dudes
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Nade_Duck
09/15/2023
07:13 PM
#25
it's a bit nostalgic for me, but nothing really meaningful.

i liked the cartoon when i was a kid, but the movies all looked terrible.
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PMarth2002
09/16/2023
12:22 AM
#26
I do.

Obviously its inferior to Calvin & Hobbes. C&H is the best newspaper comic strip by a mile.
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Count_Drachma
09/16/2023
02:57 AM
#27
I enjoyed Garfield. The humor was kinda meh at times, but it was fun. I read the comics (some good, some bad), watched at least one of the cartoons (which I felt was alright at the time), the tv specials (which I still have fond memories of), and... I couldn't make it through the first live-action movie. And I've liked the merch.

If Garfield hadn't cashed in as much as it did, the overall reputation would likely be better.

trivialbeing posted...
it's often looked down upon compared to the likes of Peanuts and Calvin & Hobbes and others, since it mostly just exists to sell merchandise

I think the character himself is endearing in a way tbh

I think it evolved to the point where merch became a big deal. However, Peanuts was big on merch, too. Most comics DO try to sell merch if they can.

C&H mostly has a hipster appeal nowadays, which kinda ruins it for me. It was probably funnier than Garfield on average, but everything has hits and misses. The Far Side is absolutely adored, but most of the jokes didn't land, either. However, Far Side had interesting art, etc, which kept it going.

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Yellow
09/16/2023
03:56 AM
#28
Garfield is comedic genius.

Not the cartoons, the strips made by the author that was slowly losing his mind.
aHappySacka
09/16/2023
04:15 AM
#29
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DerWillZurMacht
09/16/2023
04:30 AM
#30
Pearls Before Swine > Calvin and Hobbs > Dilbert > Garfield > Lio > (old) Non Sequitur > Foxtro- lolno garbage >>>>> Almost everything else >>>>> Foxturd
ReturnOfFa
09/16/2023
05:38 AM
#31
Actually, I liked Garfield to such a degree that in middle school, I made a clay Garfield in art class. I was 12, and I used the strip where he gets so fat that his legs can't touch the ground. It isn't the best, but I'm still pretty proud.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/7/5/AAUdByAAE2Gf.jpg https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/7/6/AAUdByAAE2Gg.jpg
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kind9
09/16/2023
06:46 AM
#32
When I was a kid I loved that Garfield Halloween special, and the cartoon Garfield and Friends.
http://i.imgur.com/NkZUeFd.gif
darkknight109
09/16/2023
08:00 AM
#33
ReturnOfFa posted...
Actually, I liked Garfield to such a degree that in middle school, I made a clay Garfield in art class. I was 12, and I used the strip where he gets so fat that his legs can't touch the ground. It isn't the best, but I'm still pretty proud.
For a middle school art project, that's honestly pretty good. If someone had told me that that was an old toy/piece of merch from the 80s, back before they invented quality control, I probably would have believed it.
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captpackrat
09/16/2023
08:43 AM
#34
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Pikazard1
09/16/2023
02:50 PM
#35
just a tad have books #19 and #20 on the way in the mail!!https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/9/9/AAa4UwAAE2Lj.jpg
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Rotpar
09/16/2023
05:39 PM
#36
Old Garfield by Jim Davis was alright, but it has been a product manufactured by a corporation for quite some time.
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Conner4REAL
09/20/2023
09:16 AM
#37
heathcliff was better
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captpackrat
09/20/2023
07:16 PM
#38
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Yellow
09/20/2023
07:25 PM
#39
captpackrat posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/4/0/AANKsdAAAOJU.png
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Metalsonic66
09/21/2023
10:52 AM
#40
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Lil_Bit83
09/21/2023
11:03 AM
#41
Love the comics. I liked the cartoon growing up, not sure how it holds up now. The movies suck ass.
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Lil_Bit83
09/21/2023
11:04 AM
#42
trivialbeing posted...
it's often looked down upon compared to the likes of Peanuts and Calvin & Hobbes and others, since it mostly just exists to sell merchandise

I think the character himself is endearing in a way tbh
But Peanuts sell more merchandise than Garfield.
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Lil_Bit83
09/21/2023
11:07 AM
#43
ReturnOfFa posted...
Actually, I liked Garfield to such a degree that in middle school, I made a clay Garfield in art class. I was 12, and I used the strip where he gets so fat that his legs can't touch the ground. It isn't the best, but I'm still pretty proud.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/7/5/AAUdByAAE2Gf.jpg https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/7/6/AAUdByAAE2Gg.jpg
You did a pretty nice job
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papercup
09/21/2023
11:09 AM
#44
Garfield is a better design for a marketable character than it is a piece of consumable media.
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reason
09/21/2023
03:27 PM
#45
Garfield was my absolute FAVORITE growing up. I had all those books. I distinctly remember one that made me laugh for the longest time. I was just Garfield trying to get on top of the fridge to the cookie jar and when he finally did, the fridge fell over on him. So after all that, he finally gets a cookie and it was Oatmeal Raisin. I still laugh thinking about it.
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KJ_StErOiDs
09/21/2023
05:50 PM
#46
Yeah; I really liked the comics growing up, and owned some of the comic books, but I havent followed it much in years.
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BucketCat
09/21/2023
06:42 PM
#47
Garfield is the bomb dot com, I used to watch the Garfield and Friends cartoon all the time when I was a kid.
KalloFox34
09/21/2023
07:31 PM
#48
The comic was good until the turn of the millennium. Then it became aggressively mediocre (then again, even in its golden age, Calvin & Hobbes, Peanuts, FoxTrot, and Big Nate were all better).

Garfield & Friends, on the other hand, was genuinely funny and well-written to beginning to end. In fact, it just got better every season.
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GanonsSpirit
09/21/2023
08:54 PM
#49
I really like r/imsorryjon
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Sahuagin
09/21/2023
10:01 PM
#50
DerWillZurMacht posted...
Pearls Before Swine > Calvin and Hobbs > Dilbert > Garfield > Lio > (old) Non Sequitur > Foxtro- lolno garbage >>>>> Almost everything else >>>>> Foxturd
damn, I like Pearls Before Swine and Foxtrot (and Garfield)

my current sig is from Garfield Minus Garfield
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