The Church of Garfieldism

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garfield is a queer icon and im tired of pretending he's not, he's for the queers who are just a little bit eepy, for the queers who just want to eat and laze about, he's also canonically an enby who goes by he/him pronouns

idk i just decided to make this space for anyone who wants to post garfield memes and general garfield related stuff because there's like only one other garfield comm on lemmy that i could find and its just one guy posting the garfield comic that was released today 45 years ago (unironically pretty cool though ngl)

Rules: all the normal stuff no bigotry, no doxxing, etcetera. I reserve the right to moderate as i see fit but i dont think i'll be too overbearing with it (any bigotry will be pretty harshly modded though)

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In your own words and explanation, why are you a Garfield fan? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 8 months ago by FelixMortane@lemmy.ca to c/garfieldism@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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I am not a fan at all. I have always viewed Garfield as something to fill some blank space in a newspaper which has somehow grown out of control. I am genuinely curious, however, what huge fans of Garfield see in it / get from the IP.

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[–] Krrygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 8 months ago

In truth, I am also not a Garfield fan lol. I just think GarfGirl's memes are very funny

[–] EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I read all the Garfield strips as a kid, and watched most of the shows and movies out at the time. I have strong memories of picking up as many compilation books as I could from the local second-hand bookfair (along with Calvin and Hobbes, Footrot Flats, Peanuts, etc) and reading them over and over.

Nowadays I don't really read the comics anymore, but I think Garfield is great fodder for memes.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Soon as I read "Footrot Flats" I knew you were either an Aussie or a Kiwi.

[–] EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago

Haha guilty as charged!

[–] RoseTintedGlasses@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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[–] peanuts4life@beehaw.org 5 points 8 months ago

As a child, I was attracted to his slovenly misanthropic attitude.

Similarly, I always liked Winnie the Pooh, who while more amiable, is also selfish, lazy, and prone to self pity.

When you grow up with Saturday morning comics, you have to find elements of real life in it. I feel like Garfield represents these baser, unpleasant impulses.

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 8 months ago

I'm in it for the pussy

[–] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

It's absolutely not because he is holding my family hostage.

....absolutely not!

[–] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Not a fan either. Garfield seems to be anti-funny, even somewhat banal. And that's the genius of it. Jim Davis has milked a cushy life out of it.