• wander1236@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Garfield Minus Garfield was interesting because of the silly situations that came from the otherwise unmodified comics.

    Maybe it’s just me, but changing the dialog so that it makes sense without Heathcliff being there feels like it kind of takes away from the whole gimmick.

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      8 months ago

      I’ve been seeing these for ages and I have never understood what’s funny about either the version with or without Heathcliff. It’s quite bizarre to find something so far removed from my sense of humour that I don’t get it even once.

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          8 months ago

          I’d anything this just provided me with a well worded explanation for why I don’t like it:

          It’s zany but not fun, there’s no joke, just “Here’s a thing, and here’s another thing, these two things don’t normally go together, but here they are together, isn’t that funny?”

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          8 months ago

          His upbringing?

          His parents are in jail! I assume his mom is there on prostitution charges

          This was funnier than any heathcliff comic I’ve seen so far

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            8 months ago

            The fact that we have no idea why Iggy lives with his grandparents has caused a lot of speculation. And it’s not even a NAPG thing. It goes back to the beginning in the 70s. Back when a kid living with their grandparents usually meant prison or death took the parents out of the picture.

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      8 months ago

      In order to remove Heathcliff I occasionally need to change the text that refers to him to completely remove him. Otherwise there is a ghost of Heathcliff and that won’t do.