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[ronito]

could he? COULD HE?!!

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

Yes.

 

[richiek]

Go back to bed.

 

[Darklord]

 

[Gentleman Jack]

probably not.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

He couldn't understand Garfield, but he could "understand" Garfield.

 

[rjc571]

Garfield is actually a figment of his imagination.

 

[Cat Party]

 

[DrFunk]

No:

 

[Dead]

Its called realfield

 

[toxicgonzo]

No, his thought bubbles were internalized.

In a few comics, he literally meows.

 

[SturokBGD]

What do you mean "could"?

 

[Skellig Gra]

Nope

 

[tearsofash]

I don't know anymore. Thanks to the Internet I can't remember the last time I've ever seen a Garfield pic where Garfield even speaks.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

I'm really enjoying this 'Jon Arbuckle is Clinically Insane' meme going on in here.

 

[Like the hat?]

I've wondered this myself. It seems like he's just thinking, but sometimes Jon replies directly to what he's thinking. And in the cartoon(s) they have dialog together.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

probably not.

oh god I love these

Also op avatar quote

 

[Jay Sosa]

No one can understand cats. Not even they do.

 

[Deified Data]

I'm really enjoying this 'Jon Arbuckle is Clinically Insane' meme going on in here.

There's a whole world for you to explore.

Don't read it at work. If you're anything like me you can't read these without cracking up.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Jon is clinically depressed, schizophrenic, suffering from hallucinations and an inmate at an asylum. Garfield, Odie and Liz never existed anywhere but in Jon's imagination.

 

[Timedog]

like half the jokes in early garfield were about jon not understanding a cat. also, the thought bubble...

 

[akira28]

hah Realfield is awesome. Suddenly I'm reminded of an ex's cat.

Also, 'Men who talk to their cats, like they understand, and hold extended conversations...'

 

[Neuromancer]

In your original strip, why did you decide that humans wouldn't understand what Garfield says?

Jim: I wanted to ride that real fine line between wanting to understand what the cat says, I think people honestly feel that cats think in English, that cats understand everything as they do but obviously they don't talk so I wanted to ride that line between here's what your cat is really thinking to give pet owners insight into what their pets are really thinking without giving it away, to have him really talk and Jon understand him, would have made it more of a fantasy. I always wanted to create a strip that could have cats, if they had opposable thumbs, would drink coffee if they could. Apparently Heathcliff, a cat in a comic strip panel, would fly planes and drive cars and be on a desert island and I didn't want to do that. I wanted to create a very real world and then go out to the fantasy from there. And, you'll notice that when Jon understands what Garfield is saying, it's something Garfield does with an action, not a word that communicates it.

Garfield: An Interview with Jim Davis

 

[Cow Mengde]

It's been established that Jon can't understand Garfield. There was this one short story about disaster hitting the city and Garfield showing that they can speak human language though. He spoke to warn Jon of disaster. Odie can't speak though.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

I'm really enjoying this 'Jon Arbuckle is Clinically Insane' meme going on in here.

I don't know how you missed it in 2008.

 

[GCX]

 

[Deified Data]

 

[Himynameischris]

I'm really enjoying this 'Jon Arbuckle is Clinically Insane' meme going on in here.

It's one of the few memes that I think are hilarious, it's so old but still so funny.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Jon is clinically depressed, schizophrenic, suffering from hallucinations and an inmate at an asylum. Garfield, Odie and Liz never existed anywhere but in Jon's imagination.

 

[Darklord]

Jon is clinically depressed, schizophrenic, suffering from hallucinations and an inmate at an asylum. Garfield, Odie and Liz never existed anywhere but in Jon's imagination.

 

[lunchtoast]

No, Garfield can't speak english, just think it.

 

[Tathanen]

There's a whole world for you to explore.

Don't read it at work. If you're anything like me you can't read these without cracking up.

 

[Windu]

http://www.gocomics.com/garfieldminusgarfield/2012/11/30

 

[Salsa]

Garfield fucking sucks so bad

 

[TOP SHOTTA]

I don't think he could - only nonverbal cues...

But I have to ask for future reference - is it a thing on here to start threads with misspelled titles? The scant few times I have started a thread, I feel like I check given how many people will see it. Is it just a common mistake people make, or it is a purposeful thing?

 

[legacyzero]

Lol

 

[Windu]

 

[Nert]

Garfield fucking sucks so bad

I'm okay with Garfield because it allowed Garfield Minus Garfield to exist.

Also, the Lasagna Cat videos, which are perhaps even stranger.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Garfield fucking sucks so bad

So does Beetle Bailey and Hägar the Horrible.

 

[strafer]

Garfield likes pizza.

 

[Escape Goat]

Garfield likes pizza.

So close. Its really lasagna.

 

[Altazor]

Garfield Minus Garfield rocks.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

 

[maxxpower]

I've always hated Garfield's voice.

 

[The Technomancer]

Garfield used to be good, but Jim Davis is the poster-child for selling out. Not even the merchandising, but the way the strip grew to be written by a "team" of like ten+ people.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

I remember a thread where this was posted and someone made a comment like "truly looks like it was made by someone with a legitimate mental illness".

I agreed then and I still agree. :|

 

[Aaron Strife]

But he could talk in the cartoon!

 

[Wthermans]

There's a whole world for you to explore.

Don't read it at work. If you're anything like me you can't read these without cracking up.

Amazing.

 

[BertramCooper]

Realfield >>> Garfield Minus Garfield

 

[ultron87]

Looking at some recent strips, is he just doing it on purpose to be funny minus Garfield at this point?