The death of Garfield.

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GilloD

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Wow. What kind of bad trip was Jim Davis on? THIS IS THE SADDEST THING IN AMERICA.

http://garfieldisdead.ytmnd.com/

Ala Wikipedia:
One storyline, which lasted a week from October 23, 1989 (possibly to coincide with Halloween, although the 31st actually fell the following week), is unique in that it is not meant to be humorous. It depicts Garfield awakening in a future in which the house is abandoned and he no longer exists.[5] This is revealed to have been a dream of some kind, and ends with this narration:

“An imagination is a powerful tool. It can tint memories of the past, shade perceptions of the present, or paint a future so vivid that it can entice...or terrify, all depending on how we conduct ourselves today.”

Alternatively, some theorize that the end of this storyline actually implies that the rest of the series, the more conventional strips, are all fantasies Garfield is playing out in his head to delude himself from realizing the dark turn his life has taken, as he slowly starves to death in an abandoned house. This is arguably supported by the text, as right before Jon and Odie reappear, the narration reads:

“After years of taking life for granted, Garfield is shaken by a horrifying vision of the inevitable process called ‘time.’ He has only one weapon...denial...”

This emphasis on “denial,” with the word given its own box in the panel it appears in, and being followed immediately by the earlier text on the power of the imagination, could support the horrifying theory. However, it could also be that denial is what Garfield needed to snap himself out of this dark vision. This is also more likely considering the only way Garfield could have gotten into “a world where he no longer exists” is if that world was a dream. Many, however, attribute the bleak world to the future Ebeneezer Scrooge witnessed in A Christmas Carol, where he beholds the dark and bleak image the world has become because of his negligence and lack of gratitude for other people’s efforts.
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demon

I don't mean to alarm you but you have dogs on your face
There was already a thread about this, and it actually had the strip. And yeah, it was pretty weird.

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ahh, I didn't notice the ytmnd.
 
Brian Fellows

Brian Fellows

Pete Carroll Owns Me
I've been through like 3 or 4 Garfield Treasuries and several more of the smaller black and white collections in the past few days. Good stuff.
 
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Brobzoid

how do I slip unnoticed out of a gloryhole booth?
I liked garfield back in the day... dunno why it gets all this hate. :\

I've not read these comics. how depressing :( I did not know.
 
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Suerte

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I don't know, but after those Scientology ytmnd's, I keep expecting pictures of corpses to flash up in other ytmnd's, I totally thought a picture of a dead cat was gonna flash up at the end :lol
 
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Barnolde

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Old Garfield comics were great, all those mini-books and I loved the show as a kid.

Jim Davis obviously is only doing it for money now and it shows.
 
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MoxManiac

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I dunno, I remember these comics pretty clearly back then, and didn't think much of it. I always thought garfield was having a nightmare or something, and after waking from it, had a newfound appreciation for his family
 
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thefit

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Garfield mini books are up there with Calvin and Hobbes as a kid I loved sitting back and enjoying both.
 
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Son of Godzilla

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MoxManiac said:
I dunno, I remember these comics pretty clearly back then, and didn't think much of it. I always thought garfield was having a nightmare or something, and after waking from it, had a newfound appreciation for his family
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It's pretty obvious that it's intended to be just a nightmare. The idea that it's insinuating Garfield has been hallucinating the entire time is just too good not to run with though. Nice way to explain why he can't stop eating.
 
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Spencerr

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Son of Godzilla said:
It's pretty obvious that it's intended to be just a nightmare. The idea that it's insinuating Garfield has been hallucinating the entire time is just too good not to run with though. Nice way to explain why he can't stop eating.
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Because he's not eating at all... :'( He's starving..... so all he thinks about is his loneliness and food...
 
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MoxManiac

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Spencerr said:
Because he's not eating at all... :'( He's starving..... so all he thinks about is his loneliness and food...
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Still seems like a bunch of looking into nothing by some wikipedia authors to me.
 
davepoobond

davepoobond

you can't put a price on sparks
i have quite a few garfiled books myself. i remember reading that one, but i never understood it, mostly cause i was just little. i do remember how it wasn't funny at all and really didn't make sense.

i really think that the "theory" could be the underlying meaning in the whole series. That's why it seems like Jon replies to what Garfield "thinks" when it really isn't possible to do so and why he eats all the time etc etc.
 
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GilloD

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Son of Godzilla said:
It's pretty obvious that it's intended to be just a nightmare. The idea that it's insinuating Garfield has been hallucinating the entire time is just too good not to run with though. Nice way to explain why he can't stop eating.
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I prefer the endlessly depressing thought that Garfield has been dying these last 17 years. It gives the strip a new heft.
 
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scissorfight

Banned
Brian Fellows said:
I know Garfield is far superior.
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temp

posting on contract only
The OLD of OLD.



I have to post that since those comics have been posted here a few times.
 
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SpeedingUptoStop

will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
Son of Godzilla said:
It's pretty obvious that it's intended to be just a nightmare. The idea that it's insinuating Garfield has been hallucinating the entire time is just too good not to run with though. Nice way to explain why he can't stop eating.
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And why the comics haven't been funny. BECAUSE DYING IS NO LAUGHING MATTER.
 
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Brannon

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If you were to read every single comic from that nightmare until today, how long would that take in real-time? That could be how long Garfield has been starving to death so far...
 
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HomerSimpson-Man

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I really like Garfield as a kid, but this...I never saw this... :(

What the hell?!

What the hell Jim?!

Can't I keep any precious memories of childhood anymore?!!
 
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ronito

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wow. wierd thread. I went to the first ytmnd and got all depressed. A few posts later saw the other one and laughed my head off. It's like being bi-polar.
 
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Lost Fragment

Obsessed with 4chan
Yeah, the old Garfield was good--I have a book of the old stuff and can tell the difference, so it's not just simple childhood nostalgia--but the only new Garfields that are good are edited ones.

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That > any new official Garfield strip.
 
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Sumidor

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Father_Brain said:
I first saw these a few months ago. This is easily one of the most oddly disturbing things I've ever seen.
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I was going to say that too.. until I saw your avatar.. geezus.. that's freaky looking
 
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echoshifting

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Riskbreaker said:
What's the name of the song/artist that plays in that Garfield ytmnd? Thanks!
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Which one?

Click on the upper left corner of any ytmnd to see where the song came from...usually if it's a whole track they'll list it.
 
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