hassanchop
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Post by hassanchop on Dec 26, 2023 13:28:07 GMT -5
Hey, it used to be worse before he changed his name; he used to be Jeff Monday, and you know everyone hates Mondays. But what if his name was Raymond Monday? Everyone hates Mondays but everyone loves Raymond. What if it was Chris Monday?
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Post by Stu on Dec 26, 2023 13:47:17 GMT -5
If Garfield never happened, a French beach would be less polluted
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CMWaters
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Post by CMWaters on Dec 26, 2023 14:25:11 GMT -5
If Garfield never happened, a French beach would be less polluted Nah. The phones would just be Heathcliff based instead of Garfield based.
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Dec 26, 2023 19:16:26 GMT -5
Can you even find Garfield merchandise anymore? I feel like I haven't really seen any since like maybe the early 2000.
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Post by wildojinx on Dec 26, 2023 19:20:42 GMT -5
Can you even find Garfield merchandise anymore? I feel like I haven't really seen any since like maybe the early 2000. Most of the merch is aimed at younger audiences now.
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Dec 26, 2023 20:42:18 GMT -5
I mean, newspaper comic strips are a dying industry, with very few exceptions most of them are no where near the quality they used to be. If Jim Davis can make coin off of some mediocre strips in 2023/2024, and he's not an absolute douchenozzle about it like a Scott Adams, then who am I to complain? Then again, I complain about Matt Groening and The Simpsons doing the same thing all the time, so maybe I'm just a giant hypocrite. Garfield and the Simpsons were both created so Jim and Matt could hang onto properties they considered close to their hearts. They were always cash cows and never anything more. That each got some quality material is just a nice byproduct. Isn't everything done for this purpose thats in media? Don't get me wrong, a lot of content creators, like myself did it as a fun hobby but we aren't in mainstream media, and the only way you get printed is if you make money. I swear this board just kinda forgets people can't just not make anything for what they do.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Dec 27, 2023 3:47:22 GMT -5
I would say it's less to do with merchandising and more that Garfield sucks so much.
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Futureraven: Beelzebruv
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Dec 27, 2023 6:02:56 GMT -5
Do people really poop on Jim Davis? With Dilbert, a lot of the criticism is directed at Scott Adams because the strip and the person are inseperable at this point because he used it as a soapbox for his personal views and grievances against other comic creators, but with Jim Davis, people just criticise Garfield ad the two entities are kept far apart. I've honestly seen more praise for Davis for being so laid back with his creation, not going after fan edits like the Garfield minus Garfield stuff when he could easily have shut it all down as so many others have over the years, heck, he liked it so much they put out an official Garfield Minus book. They did for a long time, but I think it's down to culture changing. The criticism was mostly in the 90s and 2000s when "selling out" and being commercial were seen as the worst sins. Even comics, you had to be an artist, doing it for the passion. Like other people pointed out, guys like Nash were vilified for just wanting to do their job and make money, any alternative band that became successful had diatribes against them etc. These days people are more "yes, you make your money just don't be an asshole" and that's made people a lot kinder to him.
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Post by SkullTrauma on Dec 27, 2023 9:51:17 GMT -5
I've never heard anyone shit on Jim Davis.
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Nr1Humanoid
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Dec 27, 2023 14:19:19 GMT -5
Because he raised his son JR to be a monster.
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Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 27, 2023 14:25:42 GMT -5
I'm envious of the dude honestly. He turned a simple comic about a fat, lazy asshole of a cat and his lame ass owner into a kabillion dollars.
And I say that as a fan of Garfield. It's impressive.
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Post by wildojinx on Dec 27, 2023 14:26:27 GMT -5
I've never heard anyone shit on Jim Davis. Bill Watterson isnt exactly a fan of his.
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chrom
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Post by chrom on Dec 27, 2023 14:38:32 GMT -5
I've never heard anyone shit on Jim Davis. Bill Watterson isnt exactly a fan of his. Watterson doesn't like anybody
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Dec 27, 2023 15:45:24 GMT -5
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