http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/sin
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Look, if those exegesis guys get to find whatever they want in the text, so do the rest of us.
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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=3845
Strip by: Manyhills
Garfield {reading}: "Dear Ask a Dog,"...
Garfield {reading}: "What exactly is a beef by-product?"
Odie: Arf arf arf
Garfield: Tupac's murder
{Odie winks}
The author writes:
My admittedly ignorant reading of the consensus is that the unsolved murder of American rapper Tupac Shakur is thought to be probably unrelated to the high-profile coastal rivalry then-ongoing in the hip-hop industry. But maybe Odie knows something we don't.
Original strips: 2011-03-03, 2018-02-07, 2018-07-11.
Confused about what this strip is? See the first post here
Their profile was full of "God bless the troops" and "Joe Biden must resign", so if it's a joke, it's a very involved one
*sowing
Thanks for the concern, but I'm just posting old SMBC comics in order and this is what was up for posting.
I appreciate your comment though, and hopefully it'll help anyone if the post hits too close to home. Along those lines, I've always found it helpful to remember This too shall pass.
Saw a reference to Odie originally being called Spot and read about there being a prequel comic to Garfield, which I thought was pretty interesting
Second this π
@[email protected] has been doing an awesome job of running it, and also created Sublinks as a Lemmy alternative
Snakes are able to fit into tight places, so they'd be able to easily retrieve keys that are e.g. dropped into a sewer grate. Kind of the reverse of what rescue animals tend to do though. Beetles with pencils because the teacher won't notice them delivering you a pencil? They could also just be a bit of absurdism, but it's kind of weird that the other ones are themed.
First appearance of Odie (nΓ©e Spot). Fun trivia:
Odie was going to be named Spot until Jim Davis found out this name was being used for another character. This was shown in the original Jon comics and referenced in the August 15th 1978 strip, when Lyman swats Odie for what he "did on the floor". Garfield looks on in amusement and says "They should have named him Spot".
I like that they bother to transcribe it lol:
Garfield: a oo a e o e i e e i a e
Jon: a e o ou, a ie?
Garfield: a o e o ou u i e
Wouldn't be surprised if a future SRMG strip turns that into a Witch Doctor reference
For some reason, I imagine bear cancer to look weirdly cute, like tardigrades:
Now that's retro!
Thought it'd be interesting to post some of the Square Root of Minus Garfield comics, which were inspired by garfield minus garfield, but more experimental. Not sure if I'll keep posting these, but if you like them and think they'd be a good addition, let me know!
Good catch, updated