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life imitates art

oh wait i don't have kids i'm good

same hat https://t.co/MQA9QMnohQ

i think that's why it's found an appreciation in the 2020s - the modern face of tech is much more cuddly and approachable, but we're learning more and more that the nature of big tech has not changed at all, but has in fact grown more ambitious and ethically dubious.

why does all of the Phantom Menace promotional merch look at you with this expression

garfield's long cultural arc is one of ubiquity, oversaturation, deconstruction, absurdism, nihilism, and beyond - Garfield Kart has become a virtual currency, and GarfieldEats is a perfect monsterchild of the disruptive tech startup grift.

is there anything Garfield /can't/ do?

Jim Davis has worked on several avant-garde Garfield projects, like the existential 1989 "Alone" halloween strip, the visceral strip "Primal Self", and the animated Garfield: His Nine Lives special - showcases of ambition far broader than a newspaper strip.

not much insight about them to offer, really - all we can do is revel at the sheer number of them, and their range of subjects. some are illustrated, some are parody, some are surreal, and some look like postmodern garfield memes. life imitates art, i suppose.

these are simply title banners that are used for full-length (sunday edition) garfield newspaper strips.

there are dozens of them, they all look different, and are not documented at all from what i can tell.

for your very niche consideration: the aesthetically weird and wild world of garfield comic strip title banners.

a thread.