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The thing is, though, Garfield-Garfield would be a lot less funny without the original. If G-G had come out first it'd be a great slice of (morbid) life, a lot different from the comedicshitmarriage comics, footballporn comics and everything else found in the funny pages section of the paper. It'd be innovative and still humourous.
Knowing how the strips are supposed to go however, and knowing John's previous role as the goof add depth as we consider that John Arbuckle may have actually lost his shitchips. It's contrast to the super-anthropomorphic world of Garfield, with just one man talking to himself alone in his house versus arguing with a giant cat, is a cold mirror. I find myself trying to fill in the missing dialogue and that kind of dissonance, like in all good jokes, creates comedy.
It'd be great if G-G and Realfield were actually informing G these days, leaving extra room for other interpretations of course. |
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