Episode 30: Garfield is Stupid (or: "Anything You Can Do...")

Jim Davis is the guy that writes and draws the comic strip, Garfield. It used to be funny and had a great cartoon based on it back in the day. But in recent years, I have noticed that the comic strip became stupid and too dumb. Most of the jokes were "Garfield is sleeping," or "Garfield hates Odie," or "Garfield eats something." These were great when they were original or there were new things to do with those jokes, but these days? Not so much. Now the comic isn't even funny anymore.

Anyone could write Garfield better than Jim Davis. And to show you I'm right, I have gone ahead and made edits to strips he has done in the past, and will have a "side-by-side" comparison, with Jim's captions first, and mine right after:

This is boring and too easy a joke to go for. Mine on the other hand, requires you

to use your imagination:

This comic is just dumb. It's not funny, and the only thing that made me laugh

was the fact that Jim Davis probably got paid for it, knowing it wasn't funny.

The reason mine is funny is because it calls into question why

no one ever notices what Garfield says. He is less interested in

the events around him, and more caught up in his own, lonely,

depressing world.

A very common "Garfield is sleeping" joke, in which I at least
make it original.

Garfield is always depicted as a jerk. So, if he was putting on a show,

of any kind, wouldn't he be a jerk while doing it? Also, whoever threw

that boot is doing us all a favor.

John, Garfield's owner, is always depicted as never having much luck with

the ladies. And maybe this is because he has a large-lip fetish:

She is french because of that beret:

And then we have this gem:

I can only guess that John and Garfield just recently discovered that Odie,

the dog, is actually the Devil, Lord Satan. They both figure they should kill

the demonic dog, but have no idea how. Suddenly! Odie wakes up, and they

freak out and run away. Then, Satan uses his alone time to watch, what I can

only assume is some kind of strange pornography.

This entire thing would be much easier if there were better clues within the

comic, such as word bubbles or some other common comic-strip tool. So,

I decided to help Jim Davis out and edit some words in at the end.

And there you have it. If you thought any of this was funny (and God help you if you did...) you should go check out an even better sight where a guy explains each and every Marmaduke comic: http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/

It's way funnier.

Have a great weekend!
-Skyler