Now that the dust has settled, is this really the pinnacle of

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2017-05-02 08:16:38 Post No. 92033912
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Anonymous 2017-05-02 08:16:38 Post No. 92033912 [Report]

Now that the dust has settled, is this really the pinnacle of Garfield or did Lasagna Cat meme it into the ground?

Personally, I look at it like I look at the plane scene from The Dark Knight Rises.

Anonymous 2017-05-02 08:21:53 Post No.92034031
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Anonymous 2017-05-02 08:21:53 Post No.92034031 [Report]

>>92033912
>Comparing the greatest piece of art man has ever created to some tasteless /tv/ shit

I don't think you're ready for Garfield, op.

Anonymous 2017-05-02 08:25:07 Post No.92034101
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Anonymous 2017-05-02 08:25:07 Post No.92034101 [Report]

Unlike Davis' later work, this depiction of Garfield captures the essence and innocence of a cat's natural behaviour, while still upholding an atmosphere of supernaturality regarding the character.

Cat owners often experience in real life that their treasured belongings are not present at the location they last saw them at. And of course they all already know that their feline partner is responsible for the disappearance. But this joke would be too obvious and dry for the intellectual audience of Davis' work. Instead, he takes the everyday situation of a pet stealing their master's belongings and ups the ante. It would appear that Garfield specifically STOLE the pipe in order to enjoy the soothing smoke of a pipe.

BUT from Garfield's nonchalant facial expression the reader immediatly recognizes this is not the case. Did Garfield really "steal" the pipe? Or is he simply fulfilling his animalistic instincts and curiousity? There is no clear indication that Garfield is indeed an intellectual being on the same level as a human. He could very well have accidentally placed the pipe's end in his mouth while trying to grab hold of it. And yet Jon, adhering to human nature, attributes to his beloved animal humanistic traits.

All of these emotions depicted in three small, crudely coloured panels of a comic.

Art had not truly thrived before the creation of this piece.