#the garfield endeavour

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Reading All of Garfield (Up Until This Point) The 1983 Post

If I were capable of weeping with joy then I would be right now, but seeing as I still have 30 years of Garfield to catch up with, I'll have to store those tears away for now!

In other news we only saw Lyman 3 times last year and the man did not have a single speaking line. He also was not featured in the Christmas edition of the strip, which spells bad news for the man. He was wearing a nice suit last though so many he finally moved out and just let his dog with Jon? Perhaps Lyman is moving up in the world, we love that for him, although I will miss him.

Come follow along and read All Of Garfield with me at the Garfield Archive. Cheers!

Yep, that checks out, Jon seems like the kind of guy that has a stamp collection and then didn't even think about securing it.

I want you to put yourself in Jon's shoes here and think about your neighbors firing flaming arrows at your fence and burning it down.

Hey if she has no sense of humor than kick her to the curb!

I think Garfield has a lot to teach us about the simple pleasures of life.

YES, ANOTHER SERIES OF KITTY ANTICS BROUGHT BY ROLEPLAY!

ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER FOR THE FAMILY TREE!! I'm pretty sure he mentioned having an uncle Nick before that was deceased, so I assume this is a second one.

I AM GOING TO HAVE THIS ON REPEAT IN MY HEAD FOR THE REST OF THE DAY! JUST JON BEGGING HIS CAT TO LET A WOMAN LIVE!

I like that since Garfield and Jon went on vacation without Odie that Lyman still exists and owns his dog. Plus! Look! A speaking line!

No from your mother's

You have to let him come! He's got a little tie on and everything!!

Jon should be impressed! Also, not sure if this is the same fern for all of these gags or if Jon has the world's best fern dealer.

This is just me as a cat. Honestly just me now, but I can't get away with as much because I'm not as cute.

GET SPLUTTED

Odie really said that he got himself into that mess, so he can go and get himself out of it! The equivalent of handing a man in a hole a shovel.

This one is going in the group chat under examples of how Garfield is literally so violent.

One of the few times where having to have part of the joke explained actually makes it funnier! Golf Resource If You Don't Golf Here

DAVIS THIS IS THE JOKE POLICE, YOU'VE ALREADY USED THAT PUNCH LINE FOR A DIFFERENT AUNT OF JON'S! PUT YOU HANDS UP WHERE WE CAN SEE THEM

God, me too, Garf.

Her Lies 1983 It Went Out With a Bang!

I just finished reading 8 hours worth of Garfield. So, the next time you are on the phone with a customer service representative: have mercy.

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Reading All of Garfield (Up Until This Point) The 1982 Post

Have you ever had too much of a good thing? Or, rather, have you seen that one scene from Matilda with the chocolate cake? If you haven't seen Matilda I think you should because it still holds up and is a really cute movie. The Chokie does live rent free in my mind though.

Anyway, this is my chocolate cake and I think everyone should join me on it. Go Read At The Garfield Archive. I started at the beginning of May reading Garfield and I will be ending May still reading Garfield.

Return of Garfield's Strange Extended Family. Also, I don't have high hopes for ever seeing Lyman again. He was last seen on 12/25 of last year, but before that he was only seen on 6/24 of last year. :( Wish him well, Lyman Fans.

He had places to be! Soon one of those places is gonna be in doggy court.

Can't believe Jon would come along and just try to limit poor Odie like that.

Grandma was the sweetest of Jon's relatives so far and honestly this is a spot on joke. Love these two, I hope we get to see her again!

To be fair this is how most cats act, they don't really have that off switch when it comes to food. I can relate with most sweets.

Garfield mounted upon a mighty steed with a hunting rifle in one hand and a burger in the other.

Always great to have Garfield shouting out the other cats in the neighborhood! On an unrelated note, I just realized that there is a green dog in the middle of all those cats and that Jon got new curtains.

THE ONLY WORTH COMMERCIAL IN MY EYES

*squints* I think we've seen this exact joke before?

Admittedly it was hard for me to pick a favorite of this entire series because they are all so good, but pure cartoon physics always gets a laugh outta me

I love that this is some fun foreshadowing since I am currently reading this in the year 2024!

Okay, but I think this is the first time I've looked at Nermal and gone "okay, that was cute"

OH SHIT!? LYMAN SPOTTED?! I HONESTLY DID NOT EXPECT TO SEE HIM!! THE KING LIVES STILL IN ANOTHER YEAR!!

It is a sad state of my classic literature knowledge when I had to look up who the heck that was.

There is a good bit after this one where he confronts the stump lurker only to figure out that it is a mouse (Floyd, I'm sure, although he hasn't yet been named by the comic)

I'm hitting my second wind and these are hitting their second funny, so this is a great combination actually!

I don't have any insightful commentary on this comic, it's just funny enough to stand on its own. A real knock-em-dead kind.

Let Garfield Have A Kitten

LYMAN HAS SPOTTED! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! HE IS THERE, BUT DEAR GOD SOMEONE GET THIS MAN A SPEAKING LINE!!

On one hand that is hilarious, but on the other hand if I reached my hand in expecting cookies and got lettuce someone is gettin' mauled.

Garfield just delivered a blow that was worse than death upon Jon. RIP Jon's Spirit and hand bones.

And that's a wrap on this year! I did get more goofs out of this year and finished reading it before my lunch hour! Maybe I could even finish catching up before Garfield's next birthday? 😘

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Reading All of Garfield (Up Until This Point) The 1981 Post

So in a hilarious and delightful turn of events I have managed to circle back around to loving reading the Garfield comics again! I'm sure this won't develop into the ups and downs of binging Garfield or anything.

Anyway, read the Garfield Archive and join me!

I personally enjoy that Lyman was even an option for who ate Jon's sock. Is that something that he does often? I love that for the months that we do not see Lyman he is out here eating Jon's socks. Absolutely the worst roommate ever.

Look at that! The nap attack bit is back! We had this one last year and I did not enjoy is that much then either. But I'm trying to look at this with fresh eyes! Anywho, Garfield The Archivist.

OH GOD, IT'S HAPPENING, JON IS WEARING LYMAN'S SHIRT

Ooo, the linework has changed for this panel! It looks like from here on out Davis is using a different kind of pen!

I'm.... Do you usually put mayo on salads, Garfield?

Why living a boring life just to have a boring death? Enjoy your demise, Garfield~

That is just how an owner talks about their cat though, absolutely savage. Also this strip made me fuckin' gasp while laughing so it gets an A+ for that.

A literal reaction to some of these strips, I think I am in the flop era. Either that or I am just anticipating the mighty return of Lyman. I know he's out there somewhere!

I'm Sorry, Jon.

Okay, I take it back, no flop era, I love every comic with Nermal in it~

Now this is just god (Jim Davis) having a laugh at Garfield's expense! Also, I would hate mondays too if they involved having pianos dropped on me!

LYMAN IS BACK, WE LITERALLY HAD NOT SEEN HIM SINCE JAN, BUT HE IS HERE AGAIN JUST IN TIME FOR GARFIELD'S BIRTHDAY! Now back into the closet with him.

One of my felines would disagree! She loves the leash and harness because it means that she can go roll around in the dirt.

She used to date Lizzie Borden!? I'm not sure if this is an age joke, or honestly just a fun thought experiment.

Oh you just KNOW that, that cat food is going to taste terrible. Sorry, Garfield, you're too honest to act.

Honestly, me too, I can't keep a straight face through nasty food either.

So, first I had to look up what the heck an "apteryx" was; and then I had to look up why this comic would be funny. Shout out to this thread on reddit where someone was as puzzled as me.

I too would like to become a moose because my life has gotten too routine.

Love how ready he was for this bit, man positioned himself in front of that mirror and everything, he was ready to make sure she knew how pretty he is.

Jon really went and taught Garfield how to fetch, that is fucking adorable. Look how happy Garfield is about it too! This cat just needs to let himself enjoy life more often in a simple way!

In a different timeline this is where Jon died. I really should have been keeping track of how many times that happens.

Imagine putting a landmine in your cat's breakfast. I can't imagine that this was the kind of spice that Garfield was wanting with his breakfast.

WHY DOES HE LOOK SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS?! For everyone out there that does not have cats count yourself lucky that you have never had to deal with wet cat food. Bathing cannot save you from the smell of cat food in your hair.

After I finish reading all of these I have to check out a garfield family tree, poor Uncle Nick.

HOLD UP! 🫵

ENHANCE

ENHANCE

FREEZE FRAME! THERE ARE NO ANCHOVIES ON THAT PIZZA! THAT IS VERY CLEARLY A BURNT TO ALL HELL PEPPERONI!

I have beheld that struggle, most relatable Garfield comic to ever exist.

When I tell you my eyes got so wide. I want there to be a returning bit where Jon is forced to chase his own mice and gets one of these put on his chest in the night

A perfect place to end this year! On A Threat.

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Reading All of Garfield (Up Until This Point) The 1980 Post

I have done it again folks. I have managed to be too overambitious in my endeavours. I really watched The Garfield Video and went "pssh, weak, only 1000 Garfield comics? They are three panels! That isn't too much, why wouldn't he just read all of it? I can read all of it!"

Ya know, like an idiot. So, now I am here, and by god I refuse to bend, I can and WILL read all of Garfield (up until 5/1/2024, when I started this fool journey). I have read all of Homestuck TWICE, and the Crowstrider AU (ALSO TWICE!! Sidenote: If you like Homestuck or even just have a base understanding of the events of Homestuck, but felt is was missing something, check out The Crow Strider AU, it is a really good and a well written story!)

I Refuse To Be Defeated by Garfield.

Unlike Jon who isn't even trying to save his food at his point. ALSO! LYMAN HAS BEEN SPOTTED!! Always weird to be reminded that Odie is not Jon's dog.

I know the joke is that his head swelled up because of the cold, but for a moment I thought his body just strank. Peak Garfield right here.

Oh we love a good Lyman living his best life right here~

Hey, Jon, you aren't supposed to be questioning things like that!

I am so pleased that Jon is actually a country boy that moved out to the city. I recommend this little arc because Jon's parents are hilarious.

Okay, now this one is a little interesting because it is the only one that I've seen that is black and white. Apparently this is because all the original comics were in black and white, but Jim Davis went back and colorized all the old strips! This must have been one of the few that wasn't translated to color, very cool!

I'm surprised that Garfield even cared, I myself have been known to eat myself some raw biscuit dough.

I'm including this because this is such a weird thing to say to anyone, let along your cat. Jon, please do not go onto Rule 34....

AWE, GARFIELD SHOWING SOME ACTUAL LOVE AND AFFECTION TO NERMAL IS SO NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART!!!!

Jon is the most accurate cat owner that I've ever actually seen. Me too, Jon, me too.

Imagine your cat calling you a bimbo for giving you a bath 10/10

Lyman has shown up again! There was a three month hiatus, but he hasn't been edited out of the story yet!

This is exactly how my moirail acts after they seek out shit they KNOW is going to frighten them! This series of comics is absolutely so fucking cute too and absolutely how cats act when you make eye contact with them too long.

I think if a thug was dressed like this and tried to rob me I'd think they were doing a bit at first.

WHEN WILL YOU LEARN!? WHEN WILL YOU LEARN YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSIQUENCES!?!?

I'm not going to lie, Garfield deserves this for all the shit he gives Odie. And if this entire arc is just Odie fuckin' with him, I support it!

:0 Garfield's family!? His grandpa is so scrunkly and I love how much Garfield is so excited to see him, and his grandpa is just so over everything,,,, After further reading I have decided that his grandpa sucks actually.

God, me too, Garfield. If I could get out of every awkward conversation by revealing new information about myself I absolutely would.

Oh, oh I know logically that Garfield's last name would have to be Arbuckle, but it has always been "The Cat" in my mind's eye. This was such a rude awakening to the psyche. And on CHRISTMAS too!?

I mean, he is using less power this way?

How....how did he fit in that bowl???? Like, the demensions are not demensioning! Either that or Jon Arbuckle is secretly The Doctor.

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Reading All of Garfield (Up Until This Point) The 1979 Post

I've already made the first post and so I must continue to march on, even though I do not think that I thought this through before I started this Journey. There are a LOT of Garfield comics. I hope to see more of Lyman this year. Check Out The Garfrield Archives To Read Yourself!

Oh boy, now I have had to look up two different things just for understanding a Garfield comic. I did NOT know that Gucci was this old. I'm going to be honest when I say I thought that Gucci was a 2010s invention. Turns out it is over 100 years old and I am a fool that does not pay enough attention to a fashion brand. Side note that everyone already probably knows, but Gucci does not make a scratching post, but if they did it would be roughly 1,000 dollars. Wtf, Jon.

YOU PUT HIM IN THE SWEATER, JON!! I love that Jon's mother canonically made Garfield a sweater. I'm assuming that Jon is an only child and she is throwing her all into her only grandkid. Also, good job, Lyman! You made it one more year!

Garfield and me think alike. When I was a small child I also would have eaten a mailman if I had caught them.

Well, he did say take a bite to be fair.

I'm sorry, does he eat Lyman and absorb his powers later on?

I imagine that this is what I looked like to my mother when she asked why the hammer was missing.

LYMAN SPOTTED!! I was getting worried a moment there!! When will this man be eaten? When will his essence become part of Jon?

How did the cat convince Lyman to go along with this joke? Or did he come up with it independently?

OHOHO, THEY BROUGHT IT BACK FOR 1979?! HELL YEAH, BABY!

I have to assume that Garfield took this as a threat. Sidenote I do love this poem actually, Jon should take that up as a side hobby!

While we appreciate Garfield's talent right here, I'm not sure that Jon is buying that he has a Garfield shaped pot. Btw a lot of garfield pot planters do exist, so really perhaps he was too early to get away with this.

I already thought this comic was funny, but getting the added context of where "I have a bridge to sell you" comes from is so good. I really encourage everyone to please check out the story.

I am exhausted, my brain is trying to eat away at my conciousness, and yet this comic has brought a smile to my face. Do the charms of Garfield ever have an end?

YES, THAT IS EXACTLY HOW IT SHOULD BE!! I love that you know this means Jon threw her out, not Garfield.

This was like a jumpscare in a horror movie. But particularly the one that occurs when something innoculous is going on; friends are talking on a bed, not even about the plot and in the corner of screen you can see a clawed hand slowly reaching up from the side of the bed. The music has not changed, the tone of the conversation has not changed, but the implications are there. And you are helpless to do anything to change the inevitable.

My moirail has actually answered this one for me before! Because it came up about a violin strung with catgut. Turns out it is made from the walls of intestines of animal, but mostly sheep and cattle! No kitties were harmed for this racket! Also, Lyman, dude, that is such a weird question to ask, my guess is that he knows nothing about tennis and he panicked.

ANOTHER CLASSIC FROM GARFIELD AND FRIENDS! I may be tired, but not too tired to laugh so audibly that I have frightened my own cats.

Curse Tumblr's 30 image limit, I'm starting to think that I'm going to have to make a part 2 to this post. Also, there is a similiar series of strips in the cartoon where Nermal comes up to Garfield and a bunch of people arrive to save him. But they leave Garfield up there. Jon eventually comes and gets him with a ladder and at first it is cute until Jon admits that he's been watching Garfield stuck in the tree all evening. Garfield appropriately takes out the ladder and leaves Jon in the tree for the night.

Liz is a fantastic doctor just for the shit she has to put up with. Also, it has been a month since we have last seen Lyman, we usually seen him at least once a month. Where is my special boy?

OH THANK GOD, THERE HE IS! OUR SPECIAL BOY IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL, JUST WENT I HAD GIVEN UP HOPE! IT WAS AUGUST THAT PULLED THROUGH FOR US!

W-wet nursing???? Garfield, do you know what that word means? Because either you do and I am horrified, or you don't and I am worried.

Unfortunately Jon does not meet the quality that Liz is looking for: silent.

It had been two months, I was beginning to lose hope. Lyman is finally seen again at the end of October, but he doesn't have a speaking line. Fortunately he does have his own chair at least? (P.S. They thankfully made up for this tragedy by featuring him in a few more comics after this one! Via La Lyman!!)

You know that Garfield saw Odie playing on the piano and decided that he couldn't be a one dog band.

Listen, Jon, totally valid, but also consider this: do you really want the chicken back now? It has cat spit all over it, it belongs to the cat,,,,

Now this is an excellent way to round out the year! We have all the successful elements, Garfield inflicting bodily harm, Jon showing off a perfect talent, and Lyman is here!!

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Reading All of Garfield (Up Until This Point) The 1978 Post

I love Garfield. I grew up reading him, watching him, and having a cute plush of him. Therefore, it is time for me to make the journey of reading Every Single Garfield In Existence (up until this point 5/1/2024).

Check out the archive of Garfield comics!

YESSSS, I GET TO SEE MY FAVORITE GARFIELD STRIP OF ALL TIME!

I remember this comic specifically because this gag was in the Garfield and Friends show! I wonder how many people actually watched that show? It was pretty great on both the Garfield and Orson's Farm segments.

The fucking double take that I just did. Ordie is not Jon's dog???? Who is this random man and why does he have Odie????

Where did he get that baseball bat. Does Jon own that bat or does Garfield have cat money that he went out to buy that bat with?

The idea that there is a most wanted list for Weight Watchers makes me feel like I should be looking over my shoulder....

I would say that Garfield is just the exception on this, but I've seen our smallest cat harrass a cat that is three times her size. (Also, wonder who that guy is? Lyman apparently. Yeah, me neither.)

ODIE GETTING TO FIGHT BACK IS THE CHARACTER ARC I KNEW THAT I NEEDED!

Lyman spotting has kicked it up a notch! I like that he is just everything that Jon is going to become in the future. Jon doesn't even know that he is looking at who he will be.

I'm including this one here because I had to look up what a briquette was. I made the mistake of looking at a picture first instead of reading the description and my first thought was "That's a weird type of bread! I wonder if it has charcoal in it?"

I appreciate that Garfield says that he is a person here. Jon really wants to cut off a part of a man's paws. Garfield should sue.

This comic made me smile both because of the Lyman spotting, but also because Garfield maimed a man. Sorry to the vets out there, it should have been Jon.

One of my cats does this! He likes to pick up random stuffed animals and carry them around. He doesn't play with them or be mean to them, he just likes to carry them around. I imagine he is helping them see the world!

What the fuck is going on here? Garfield isn't even in this strip, but we got to see Lyman so I give it a 8/10.

POV you are my moirail and you're just trying to cook in peace.

I had to reread this four times, but when I got it, it did make me laugh! Shout out to Rocky Horror Picture Show, because there was no way my ass was getting it otherwise.

Oh. That was really sweet. Made me think of my own cats and now I want to cry.

The perfect Garfield comic to wrap this year off with! Absolutely enchanted by this silly cat. I also like that Jon just sleeps in his regular shirts, someone get this poor man a set of pajamas.