Okay, well *I* need some help here…

Cidu Bill on Jan 31st 2008

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Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Garfield, Jim Davis, comic strips, comics, humor | 11 responses so far

11 Responses to “Okay, well *I* need some help here…”

  1. Richard Jan 31st 2008 at 12:11 am 1

    Garfield is saying that he is against Jon, and he is doing such a good job being against Jon that he does not need the help of the rest of the world. Which doesn’t really make any damned sense, because Garfield often tried to help Jon - but I think that’s what he is getting at.

  2. dd Jan 31st 2008 at 01:28 am 2

    Kind of like the dynamics in a family - we can hate each other, all you other people had better be nice!

  3. Jim Jan 31st 2008 at 05:43 am 3

    Yes, i agree with Richard. Except that it DOES make sense, because Garfield is, well, a cat.

  4. Trish Jan 31st 2008 at 08:23 am 4

    Like siblings. They beat each other up and fight a lot, but lord help the bully at school who picks on the little guy, all his brothers and sisters will beat up the bully.

  5. Jon88 Jan 31st 2008 at 10:54 am 5

    Or: Garfield is making a metajoke. Jon is setting up the world’s easiest joke with such a straight line, and Garfield anticipates that the reader has already supplied the punch line.

  6. Singapore Bill Jan 31st 2008 at 12:35 pm 6

    Garfield has had it. After years of being the star of a thoroughly unfunny comic strip, John’s word awakens him to the reality that the strip sucks and he walks out. His “I don’t need any help” is his way of saying he’s financially able to make it on his own, thanks to the years of merchendising. It should be interested to see what he will do now that he has left.

  7. DPWally Jan 31st 2008 at 12:39 pm 7

    I agree with Jon88. Garfield decided the punchline is so easy he doesn’t even need to say it, and would appreciate if we do the same.

  8. Powers Feb 1st 2008 at 08:10 am 8

    No, no, no. If that was it, Jon and Wally, then what’s the punchline?

    Richard has it.

  9. DPWally Feb 1st 2008 at 10:59 am 9

    Powers: If you and Richard are right, then it’s a lame and simplistic joke (I understand, of course, that you’re not saying it’s a *good* joke). I’d like to think that even Garfield, with its history of lame and simplistic jokes, is capable of occasional moments of cleverness.

    Any punchline directly responding to the 1st panel setup would be too obvious to be funny, including the punchline Richard proposes (and doesn’t like). Jon’s metajoke, acknowledgment of punchline obviousness, is much more satisfying.

  10. DPWally Feb 1st 2008 at 11:01 am 10

    Meaning Jon88’s metajoke, not the character Jon’s metajoke.

  11. Bobby Aug 16th 2008 at 12:55 am 11

    http://permanent-monday.blogspot.com/

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