When I read Garfield as a child, I identified with Garfield.
When I read it now, Jon is my spirit animal.
By the way, Garfield minus Garfield is a masterpiece of existentialism.
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garfield is a queer icon and im tired of pretending he's not, he's for the queers who are just a little bit eepy, for the queers who just want to eat and laze about, he's also canonically an enby who goes by he/him pronouns
idk i just decided to make this space for anyone who wants to post garfield memes and general garfield related stuff because there's like only one other garfield comm on lemmy that i could find and its just one guy posting the garfield comic that was released today 45 years ago (unironically pretty cool though ngl)
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This absolutely is!
I read all the Garfield strips as a kid, and watched most of the shows and movies out at the time. I have strong memories of picking up as many compilation books as I could from the local second-hand bookfair (along with Calvin and Hobbes, Footrot Flats, Peanuts, etc) and reading them over and over.
Nowadays I don't really read the comics anymore, but I think Garfield is great fodder for memes.
Soon as I read "Footrot Flats" I knew you were either an Aussie or a Kiwi.
Haha guilty as charged!
In truth, I am also not a Garfield fan lol. I just think GarfGirl's memes are very funny
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As a child, I was attracted to his slovenly misanthropic attitude.
Similarly, I always liked Winnie the Pooh, who while more amiable, is also selfish, lazy, and prone to self pity.
When you grow up with Saturday morning comics, you have to find elements of real life in it. I feel like Garfield represents these baser, unpleasant impulses.
I'm in it for the pussy
It's absolutely not because he is holding my family hostage.
....absolutely not!
Not a fan either. Garfield seems to be anti-funny, even somewhat banal. And that's the genius of it. Jim Davis has milked a cushy life out of it.