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September 18, 2023

Garfield

by David M Willis on March 21, 2022 at 12:01 am
  • 03 – Trial and Sarah

└ Tags: liz, sarah

Discussion (161) ¬

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    March 21, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    Next: introducing the amazing new webcomic

    Ball State Minus Garfield

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      March 21, 2022 at 12:16 am | #

      I’d read it.

      • MIB4u
        MIB4u
        March 21, 2022 at 9:32 am | #

        I’ve read it.
        ♥♥♥
        13/10, would recommend.

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    March 21, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    Look, I improved yesterday’s Mary Worth.

    • BigDogLittleCat
      BigDogLittleCat
      March 21, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

      You did indeed.

      • Clif
        Clif
        March 21, 2022 at 3:14 am | #

        Though, to be fair, Dina improves everything.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      March 21, 2022 at 4:33 pm | #

      I didn’t know that comic was still running.

      • Devin
        Devin
        March 21, 2022 at 4:42 pm | #

        I’m a little surprised you haven’t caught a glimpse of it in Willis’ twitter feed on the side of this page, he’s been giving both Mary Worth and 9 Chickweed Lane the MST3K treatment every day for months at this point.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          March 22, 2022 at 3:11 pm | #

          I have spotted some of the Chickweed stuff, failed to notice the Worth stuff.

      • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
        BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
        April 7, 2022 at 6:24 am | #

        I didn’t know it came in color

  3. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    March 21, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    Meh, Garfield’s okay I guess. I mean hating Monday’s isn’t really worth being famous for but he got away with it I guess.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 21, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

      Oh, the cat. I figured they were big fans of The Amazing Spider-Man movies.

      • Jamie
        Jamie
        March 21, 2022 at 12:16 am | #

        I was thinking “…the President?”

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          March 21, 2022 at 12:23 am | #

          Honestly don’t know which Garfield they’re talking about either. Never been to Ball state or even Indiana. Maybe the President makes more sense?

          • Norah
            Norah
            March 21, 2022 at 12:35 am | #

            No, it’s the cat. His creator went to Ball State.

            • Durandal_1707
              Durandal_1707
              March 21, 2022 at 12:50 am | #

              Count me among those who were expecting James A. Garfield.

              • Clif
                Clif
                March 21, 2022 at 1:26 am | #

                If I chimed in with the little known fact that President Garfield also attended Ball State, I wonder how many people would check.

                • Lestin
                  Lestin
                  March 21, 2022 at 3:04 am | #

                  Hey, he hadn’t even been dead for forty years when Ball State was established, there might have been enough of his corpse left to drag to classes.

                • Clif
                  Clif
                  March 21, 2022 at 3:18 am | #

                  Hey, it’s a college. There are a lot of morning courses where people drag their dead corpses to class.

              • Keulen
                Keulen
                March 21, 2022 at 9:58 am | #

                I thought for sure it was gonna be the president, until I checked where Jim Davis went to school.

                • Devin
                  Devin
                  March 21, 2022 at 4:43 pm | #

                  I thought it was the president until the tourist trail got mentioned, and then I assumed it was the cat. I am not prepared to believe that enough people care that much about President James A Garfield to have a tourist trail of statues of him at a college. Much more prepared to believe that about the cartoon cat.

        • Chronos
          Chronos
          March 21, 2022 at 11:39 pm | #

          Indirectly speaking, it still is. Garfield was named for his creator’s grandfather, who was, in turn, named for the president.

          • GeekRyuu
            GeekRyuu
            March 22, 2022 at 7:47 pm | #

            This is why someone needs to make a competing comic strip called Guiteau.

            And then have them fight.

            • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
              BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
              April 7, 2022 at 6:28 am | #

              Hands my favorite number in Assassins.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      March 21, 2022 at 12:37 am | #

      It would explain why Liz didn’t want to be back here on Monday.

  4. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    March 21, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

    Well, I should have expected that we would cut away to give Becky and Dina their alone time. However, I did not expect to get back to Sarah and Liz this quickly.

    Inb4 Sarah finds out Liz has been expelled or something of a similar caliber

    • zaratustra
      zaratustra
      March 21, 2022 at 7:02 am | #

      This quickly? Even at this level of time decompression, they won’t be in that car forever.

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        March 21, 2022 at 8:15 pm | #

        I just meant I thought it might cut away from Becky and Dina, then go to Joyce or Walky. I wasn’t expecting to cut to Sarah and Liz. I’m not complaining or criticizing, just wasn’t expecting it.

    • Devin
      Devin
      March 21, 2022 at 4:45 pm | #

      I kind of assumed as soon as the Slipshine was announced that was the last time we’d see Dina and Becky for a while (how long potentially depending on whether or not you have a Slipshine account).

  5. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    March 21, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

    Yeah that sounds about right

  6. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    March 21, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

    This is making me want to rewatch QuintonReviews’ “Garfield Vacation” documentary, which is a bit of a problem since I still haven’t finished his eight-hour “Victorious” video yet

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 21, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

      Makes me want to rewatch Super Eyepatch Wolf’s “What the Internet Did to Garfield”, but it’s late and that video is 80 minutes long.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      March 21, 2022 at 4:13 am | #

      Ah, a fellow connoisseur, I see. I’m too intimidated to even start that new video, especially after how in-depth his last few have been. Kinda hoping he goes back to videos that don’t last an entire work shift.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 21, 2022 at 8:51 am | #

      It really is a great documentary on the prehistory of Garfield, and it was possibly the most interesting Garfield-related thing to come out in years!

      On top of that, he unearthed all the prototype material he could possibly track down and shared it with the world.

      I hope there’s a The Pipe Strip reference in this chapter!

    • zee
      zee
      March 21, 2022 at 12:58 pm | #

      I was just thinking about him when i read this strip

  7. BigDogLittleCat
    BigDogLittleCat
    March 21, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

    I knew Willis wouldn’t just make up something like that, but I still had to look it up. AAK!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 21, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

      The AAK! makes me wonder if there’s a parallel universe where Ball State is dotted with statues of Cathy.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        March 21, 2022 at 1:17 am | #

        Or statues of David Letterman.

        I still like the work he did with The Electric Company in the 1980s.

        • Clif
          Clif
          March 21, 2022 at 3:20 am | #

          I had no idea Garfield worked with the electric company.

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            March 21, 2022 at 4:14 am | #

            Yeah, Spider-Man was a regular guest on that show.

      • carl320
        carl320
        March 21, 2022 at 5:46 pm | #

        AAK!

        -Bill the Cat

    • elebenty
      elebenty
      March 21, 2022 at 2:40 pm | #

      I thought the trail part was a joke.

      https://www.visitmuncie.org/garfield-trail-delaware-county/

  8. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    March 21, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

    I’d make a reference to Knights of the Dinner Table but I doubt that matters because it’s fiction in the Walkyverse…I think.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      March 21, 2022 at 12:25 am | #

      Hello Mr. Bierce!

      I noticed that you haven’t played on the Hacked Muzak in quite a while. Any particular reason?

      • Stephen Bierce
        Stephen Bierce
        March 21, 2022 at 1:57 pm | #

        1) That is a patently untrue statement as I alluded to The Beatles’ “A Day In The Life” only a couple days ago.
        2) Somebody’s been consistantly beating me to the draw.
        3) I’m not as engaged of late. It’s not you, it’s me.

  9. Shitbird
    Shitbird
    March 21, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

    Yay! Liz is back at Ball State! Good-bye forever!!

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      March 21, 2022 at 12:11 am | #

      I wouldn’t be so hasty if I were you

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        March 21, 2022 at 7:11 am | #

        I too expect this character who has been in the series for six months and wearing big neon signs proclaiming Drama Happening to be returned home with no question after she rolled in, had a terrible sexual encounter due to her Christian upbringing, express that she is experiencing the exact same problems as the series’ main character, and then her older sister with a terminal case of not giving a shit drags her back home by not only failing to attempt to understand her problems but to outright dismiss them as fraudulent, and then that’s a wrap.

        • Jmacq1
          Jmacq1
          March 21, 2022 at 7:58 am | #

          Man that’s weird, I was expecting that the older sister is going to run across some of that character’s toxically Christian “friends” and have a rare moment of give a shit and drag her right back into semiregular circulation in the strip with her.

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            March 21, 2022 at 8:11 am | #

            How dare you imply that Sarah needs to be held to the slightest standard of emotional decency.

            She’s introverted and bad with people so that means asking her to engage with the slightest warmth to another human being outside of a crisis means you don’t understand.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            March 21, 2022 at 10:38 am | #

            Sarah might get more sympathetic and give Liz some emotional support, but she can’t really switch her from Ball to IU on the spur of the moment. Fundamentally, Sarah’s right. Liz needs to find a way to deal with being at Ball – different friends, staying closeted, coming out and taking the consequences, whatever.
            In theory, she could come up to IU on weekends, which means we’d see her again in a bit less than a year, but that would probably be bad for her on a regular basis.

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        March 21, 2022 at 2:18 pm | #

        @Thag Simmons: I’d only not disagree with you because “forever” is a long, long time. But even assuming that Liz gets elevated to the same status of Semi-Recurrent Off-Campus Sibling of IU Student that we already have with three other characters (Faz, Howard, and Jocelyne)…well, let’s look at their appearances:

        Faz: Last appeared two years ago, last non-consecutive appearance before that four years ago
        Howard: Last appeared five years ago, last non-consecutive appearance before that almost nine years ago
        Jocelyne: Last appeared three years ago, last non-consecutive appearance before that six years ago

        Hence, even if Liz isn’t written out of the storyline forever and becomes a semi-recurrent character analogous to one of the above, barring some completely-out-of-left-field development I’d be honestly very surprised if we see her again for at least another couple of years after this storyline ends.

        Anyways, apologies for the much-longer post than normal. 😛

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          March 21, 2022 at 3:38 pm | #

          None of them really have as immediately dramatic stakes as Liz has been depicted as having, let alone the lack of resolution to them or that Liz has been here six sequential months now. She showed up presenting herself as a different person, and then we find out she’s Not Joyce, her performative Christianity is causing her pain at college because her friends treat her like Joyce’s do, and also that Christian upbringing hurt her enough that she has a paralyzing fear of sexuality. There’s a bit of meat to chew on still.

          Like Howard’s life sucks because he lives with an emotionally abusive granddad and gets hung over Ruth’s head so she can know how she is a bad daughter, but Howard’s life sucks all the time, that’s just his status quo.

          Jocelyne, meanwhile, is probably coming back soon given that she’s trying to get a hold of Joyce.

          Between a year and two sounds like a good guess, since that’d be enough time for next Saturday to start.

          • King Daniel
            King Daniel
            March 21, 2022 at 3:49 pm | #

            Oh yeah, I’m for sure not arguing that we’ll never see Liz again, just trying to show that statistically-speaking Liz ain’t gonna become, like, a Main Cast Member or anything like I’ve seen a few people saying (fer chrissakes, even Jocelyne doesn’t have her own entry on the Cast Page!). 😛 I could definitely see her popping up every couple years though, like Jocelyne does every three years (2013-2016-2019-2022?, if the general hunch about her is right).

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          March 21, 2022 at 9:52 pm | #

          None of those characters appeared in three chapters back to back and I would genuinely be surprised if Liz’s story was resolved by the end of this chapter

          • King Daniel
            King Daniel
            March 21, 2022 at 10:19 pm | #

            Fax appeared in two back-to-back in his last appearance.

  10. pixarfan9510
    pixarfan9510
    March 21, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

    Don’t forget the kiddie ride at the Visitor’s Center!

    • pixarfan9510
      pixarfan9510
      March 21, 2022 at 12:21 am | #

      More fun Jim Davis/Garfield facts:

      – Jim was born in the same town (Fairmount) as James Dean, so the Fairmount Historical Society has a statue of Garfield as James Dean outside

      – There’s actually two separate Garfield trails: one in Muncie and one in Grant County, the county Fairmount is in.

      – The kiddie ride I mentioned above was previously in the Muncie Mall before being moved to the Delaware County Visitor Center

      – When PAWS, Inc. closed after being bought by Nick, the Visitors Center got a bunch of random crap donated to them, so if you want Garfield books printed in German, I know just the place

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        March 21, 2022 at 9:00 am | #

        Pieces of Garfield phones have been washing ashore in France since the 80s, and in 2019 environmentalists finally found the lost shipping container that’s been dispensing them.

        https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47732553

      • AbelUndercity
        AbelUndercity
        March 21, 2022 at 12:37 pm | #

        (Googles to see the Garfield/James Dean statue, is immediately overcome with remorse.)

  11. True Survivor
    True Survivor
    March 21, 2022 at 12:15 am | #

    The single best Garfield comic, I’ve ever seen:
    https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2012-06-16

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      March 21, 2022 at 12:23 am | #

      …Jesus Christ.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      March 21, 2022 at 1:04 am | #

      You would think it would be less weird and dark the fourth or fifth time you see it but it is still one that leaves me feeling weird every time I see it.

      • Clif
        Clif
        March 21, 2022 at 3:22 am | #

        Eat at Arbies.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 21, 2022 at 9:01 am | #

      I read the whole thing in Lorenzo Music’s voice.

      • Shadowsnail
        Shadowsnail
        March 21, 2022 at 9:37 am | #

        Then why aren’t you voicing the new Garfield movie instead of Worst Chris?

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          March 21, 2022 at 3:29 pm | #

          Because the Lorenzo Music voice in my head is far more accurate than my actual impression. :\

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          March 21, 2022 at 9:53 pm | #

          fuck i forgot about that

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      March 21, 2022 at 10:05 am | #

      I forgot about that one. And I though Garfield Minus Garfield was dark at times.

    • Arian
      Arian
      March 21, 2022 at 11:44 am | #

      I did not initially recognise that metallic rectangle as a lasagna tray.

      I thought it was a litter box.

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      March 21, 2022 at 6:18 pm | #

      No sarcasm, Gale Galligan’s is very good https://galesaur.com/portfolio/jon-2/

  12. Sterling
    Sterling
    March 21, 2022 at 12:15 am | #

    So did David watch Quinton Reviews’ video about this very thing?

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      March 21, 2022 at 4:16 am | #

      Who hasn’t? It’s historically important.

  13. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    March 21, 2022 at 12:24 am | #

    I have this feeling like asking which is the best one, is going to restart a lot of old arguments.

  14. Melissa in Missouri
    Melissa in Missouri
    March 21, 2022 at 12:26 am | #

    The University of Missouri has statues of Beetle Bailey.

    • TheStranger
      TheStranger
      March 21, 2022 at 2:00 am | #

      I was there for my ’99-00 year of college, and I don’t remember seeing those. I either didn’t get out enough, or they were erected after I returned home.

  15. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    March 21, 2022 at 12:27 am | #

    Is it just me, or does Liz look unusually adorable in the third and last panels? 😍

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      March 21, 2022 at 4:11 am | #

      Yes, I was going to comment it, too. Her look…

  16. Siddlaw
    Siddlaw
    March 21, 2022 at 12:28 am | #

    I went to Ball State and I don’t recall any Garfield art, tho I was assigned a Garfield themed project. But that first panel really flashed me back.

  17. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    March 21, 2022 at 12:33 am | #

    I hate Mondays.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      March 21, 2022 at 12:35 am | #

      Is there anything I can do to make your Monday better?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        March 21, 2022 at 1:04 am | #

        Get me some Lasagna.

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          March 21, 2022 at 1:10 am | #

          How about a comic about a Lasagna Waifu? 😀

          https://www.artstation.com/artwork/q9NYRR

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            March 21, 2022 at 1:12 am | #

            It’s carzy that I actually recognize a good amount of the strips these are referencing.

            • The Wellerman
              The Wellerman
              March 21, 2022 at 1:17 am | #

              Eh, never much of a fan of Garfield except for those movies I watched as a kid. In fact I think I’ve seen all of them. Including the one where the gang became superheroes.

              Dammit now I want lasagna. But all I have is cheese.

              • King Daniel
                King Daniel
                March 21, 2022 at 1:20 am | #

                The only Garfield movies I’ve ever seen are those hybrid live-action/CGI-Garfield ones.

                • Needfuldoer
                  Needfuldoer
                  March 21, 2022 at 9:03 am | #

                  Garfield and Friends was the peak.

                • Deanatay
                  Deanatay
                  March 21, 2022 at 6:27 pm | #

                  I only remember the Yojimbo episode.

              • Clif
                Clif
                March 21, 2022 at 1:30 am | #

                If you have cheese, that’s the important part.

          • Hoboturtle
            Hoboturtle
            March 21, 2022 at 7:14 pm | #

            If I had a nickel for everytime I saw a sexy Garfield. I would have 2 nickels. Which is not a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

  18. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    March 21, 2022 at 12:41 am | #

    I love Sarah’s knack for beginning a line of inquiry and then immediately regretting it.

  19. Some1
    Some1
    March 21, 2022 at 12:44 am | #

    You know, I know next to nothing about Ball State, so when Sarah said Garfield I thought she was talking about the former president. Like, maybe he had put up money for the school’s founding or something. The fact that it’s the comic Garfield is so much stupider.

    • Durandal_1707
      Durandal_1707
      March 21, 2022 at 12:56 am | #

      Particularly since in the wake of his assassination, there was an understandable trend of naming things after him. I know that this is the case for Garfield Park in Chicago, for example—it was originally just named Central Park before the unfortunate event.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      March 21, 2022 at 2:17 am | #

      That’s a weird way to spell ‘more awesome’. 😛

    • Heather
      Heather
      March 21, 2022 at 9:50 am | #

      Not even American and yeah I thought it was the President. Granted I did watch a YouTube video on his assassination (or rather about the wild life of the guy who killed him) not that long ago.

  20. Regalli
    Regalli
    March 21, 2022 at 12:46 am | #

    https://www.visitmuncie.org/garfield-trail-delaware-county/

    … Huh.

    I remember that decorated statues around a region trend! But the ones I saw were like. Cows and stuff. *Googles* Yeah apparently they started with cows specifically and everyone else thought the Cow Parade guy had a cool idea and did their own spin. From this brief research, the Garfields were not a copycat project. People just want to capitalize on being the Garfield County.

    That sure is information I have in my brain now.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      March 21, 2022 at 12:57 am | #

      Great to see you around here Regalli!

      Speaking of brains, how have your spoons been? I sure hope both of us have enough to enjoy the upcoming Slipshine!

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      March 21, 2022 at 1:27 am | #

      They did herons in my city (La Crosse, WI) about fifteen years.  Some of them are still on display.

      https://explorelacrosse.com/project/herons-of-la-crosse-sculptures/

      Minneapolisl, which was the hometown of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, did a series of statues over multiple years featuring Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, and two different versions of Snoopy (one solo, and one on top of his doghouse which also included Woodstock).  I’ve also seen, in my travels, cow, pigs, pumpkins, and anthropomorphic ears of corn, among several others.

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        March 21, 2022 at 5:22 am | #

        There was a Highland Cow trail around Inverness, and then another one with squirrels for some reason. And statues of Oor Wullie (“mischevious kid” type comic strip character from the Sunday Post) all around Scotland.

        • Daibhid C
          Daibhid C
          March 21, 2022 at 6:10 am | #

          The one I really wanted to see, but never did, was the Barons’ Charter Trail they did around Salisbury for the aniversary of Magna Carta. Because one of them was painted by Paul Kidby to resemble late Salisbury resident Sir Terry Pratchett.

    • Autogatos
      Autogatos
      March 21, 2022 at 1:36 am | #

      I had no idea this was a regular thing. My area has bunnies and I never thought too deeply about the random bunny statues all over the area but it just occurred to me it’s because we’re in the Conejo Valley and Conejo is rabbit in Spanish.

      • Autogatos
        Autogatos
        March 21, 2022 at 1:39 am | #

        The bunnies: https://www.conejoarts.org/conejo-cottontails
        I drive by one all the time and then a couple years ago saw another and thought “huh that’s weird” but totally did not realize it was a series based on a trend in many cities/counties until just now!

    • june gloom
      june gloom
      March 21, 2022 at 2:12 am | #

      There was once big fiberglass pig statues all over Cincinnati — my school made one, in fact. And the suburb of Glendale has squirrel statues everywhere.

    • Doki
      Doki
      March 21, 2022 at 2:20 am | #

      I currently live in Louisville, and we (predictably) have horses LOL.

      My favorite is the one for a salon that has ~flowing locks~ made from ribbons of copper: https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/600×600/38611704_Jqgs1OlRLQKXR1zZqpOZpF_ttkMnQ2usL9ytYFIhK1E.jpg

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      March 21, 2022 at 10:11 am | #

      Several years ago where I live there were a bunch of decorated statues of the old couple from Grant Wood’s American Gothic painting. Most of them are gone now, but I think at least one business in my town still has one of those statues.

  21. King Daniel
    King Daniel
    March 21, 2022 at 12:54 am | #

    Turns out the whole “Liz staying at IU for days on end” plot was just an excuse for Willis to drop this information on us

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      March 21, 2022 at 4:36 am | #

      Truly the greatest plot twist.

  22. Kravis
    Kravis
    March 21, 2022 at 1:04 am | #

    Do they serve lasagna in this here tourist trail?

  23. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    March 21, 2022 at 1:05 am | #

    I really love Garfield by the way. The cat I mean. One of the first comic strips I really got into. It doesn’t make me laugh out loud like I used to but it puts a smile on my face.

    • StClair
      StClair
      March 21, 2022 at 1:25 am | #

      Yeah, I still have a couple of the early books, watched the first TV special and a few episodes of the cartoon… it’s been years, though.

    • Kravis
      Kravis
      March 21, 2022 at 1:29 am | #

      The 80’s-90’s cartoon was the best thing since sliced bread.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      March 21, 2022 at 2:16 am | #

      Garfield buddies! 😀

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        March 21, 2022 at 8:33 pm | #

        Frieeeends.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      March 21, 2022 at 6:47 am | #

      The first comics I got into were Roscoe Sweeny, Henry, and Smokey Stover. Those were the good old days.

      • Ryek Hvek
        Ryek Hvek
        March 21, 2022 at 9:01 am | #

        Foo.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      March 21, 2022 at 10:20 am | #

      The two comic strips I first got into were Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes. Which is kinda funny because Jim Davis let everyone make tons of merch and movies and stuff from his comic, while Bill Watterson absolutely refused to approve any merch of Calvin and Hobbes.

      • Blue
        Blue
        March 22, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

        My first comic strip was Calvin and Hobbes. It still holds a special place in my heart.

  24. Dave
    Dave
    March 21, 2022 at 1:08 am | #

    Ok, so what I’m getting from this is that Ball State is cursed, am I right?

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      March 21, 2022 at 1:21 am | #

      It had a rep as a “party school” when Willis went to IU, and was depicted in Roomies! with that in mind.

      So yes?

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        March 21, 2022 at 1:43 am | #

        With a name like “Ball State”, it almost HAD to become a party school – or at least the logical home for the Kinsey Institute.

        (yes, I know it’s named after the Ball family of home canning glass jar fame, but the gag was too good to pass up)

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          March 21, 2022 at 2:34 am | #

          Too bad for Ball State that the Kinsey Institute is wholly part of IU, I guess

        • Lieutenant Dan
          Lieutenant Dan
          March 21, 2022 at 6:25 am | #

          Nothing quite like a good Ball gag.

  25. Rocketboy1313
    Rocketboy1313
    March 21, 2022 at 1:13 am | #

    And in the background Quinton Reviews is filming something.

  26. LBD "Nytetrayn"
    LBD "Nytetrayn"
    March 21, 2022 at 1:23 am | #

    Man, forget the Scott Pilgrimage, where do I sign up for this?

  27. Brasca1
    Brasca1
    March 21, 2022 at 1:58 am | #

    Learn something new everyday. I thought Liz was referring to President James Garfield not the cartoon cat.

  28. bcb
    bcb
    March 21, 2022 at 2:11 am | #

    At University of Virginia there’s way too much stuff honoring Thomas Jefferson.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      March 21, 2022 at 7:53 am | #

      At Marshall University there was very little honoring John Marshall. I think there was a bust in front of Old Main.

  29. BBCC
    BBCC
    March 21, 2022 at 2:15 am | #

    Dude, that is AWESOME, I love Garfield.

  30. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    March 21, 2022 at 2:19 am | #

    I can’t tell if she’s kidding and that’s very concerning

  31. CrazyJ
    CrazyJ
    March 21, 2022 at 2:42 am | #

    That’s still less Garfield statues then there are Peanuts statues in the Twin Cities.

  32. PirateTawnee
    PirateTawnee
    March 21, 2022 at 3:01 am | #

    I wasn’t sure if I was having a fever dream or a stroke, so I actually went to the bother of checking Wikipedia and there is real page titled “Garfield Statues”.

    I hope non-US readers of this webcomic find this as useful as I just have.

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      March 21, 2022 at 4:03 am | #

      Yes, this is very useful. Thank you.

    • Deadjolras
      Deadjolras
      March 21, 2022 at 4:47 pm | #

      Thank you! This clears things up.

  33. RedCat
    RedCat
    March 21, 2022 at 4:23 am | #

    It’s true that you can absolutely not escape Garfield. Nowhere is safe.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 21, 2022 at 9:08 am | #

      I’m sorry Jon everyone.

    • annarchy
      annarchy
      March 21, 2022 at 8:36 pm | #

      Isn’t he that president who got shot?

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        March 21, 2022 at 9:55 pm | #

        Nah, that’s a dude who couldn’t escape from something

  34. Suet
    Suet
    March 21, 2022 at 4:37 am | #

    Neither Garfield nor Jim Davis and even Ball State really scream Muncie and v/v, but alas.

    From bed race to… Bed Race?

  35. MegaBee
    MegaBee
    March 21, 2022 at 4:44 am | #

    It’s Garfield, the Deals Warlock!

  36. Spencer
    Spencer
    March 21, 2022 at 6:29 am | #

    It’s a little known fact at BSU that if you say “I hate mondays” you are immediately dropped into the campus leopard pit.

  37. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 21, 2022 at 7:01 am | #

    aren’t you happy, Sarah?

  38. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    March 21, 2022 at 7:04 am | #

    Sarah…. Run away from that concentration of horrors and bring your sister with you!!!!!!

  39. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    March 21, 2022 at 7:15 am | #

    …I sorta want to visit that, but then I don’t want to be blue-gloved by the TSA at the airport

  40. Plaaaa
    Plaaaa
    March 21, 2022 at 7:35 am | #

    It must really suck there on Mondays, but the dinning hall serves great lasagna.

  41. heliska
    heliska
    March 21, 2022 at 9:00 am | #

    Sorry if I’m off topic, but there was a slipshine yesterday and although I don’t normally look for this kind of stuff I’d like to know what adorable Dina and Becky did! I don’t know how that website works so can someone tell me: is there no way to buy just this one slipshine and not have to subscribe to the whole $30 for the entire site? 🙁

    • heliska
      heliska
      March 21, 2022 at 9:04 am | #

      Just noticed it’s only out March 26th, oops. My question still stands.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      March 21, 2022 at 9:12 am | #

      From the “about” page:

      tl;dr: no, you cannot buy my Slipshine comics separate from a Slipshine subscription.

      • heliska
        heliska
        March 21, 2022 at 11:19 am | #

        Thanks 🙁 Usually I don’t care for those “side” comics since they’re just bonus, but I kinda feel like I’ll be missing a big part of Dina and Becky’s story here. Oh well.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          March 21, 2022 at 11:36 am | #

          Anything essential to the story will wind up in the mainline comic.

          Think of it like an all-you-can-eat smut buffet.

  42. Spencer
    Spencer
    March 21, 2022 at 9:10 am | #

    Yeah it’s just a subscription.

    Though unless Patreon is lying to me, starting today there’s a sale for the sub at $10 for the rest of the month.

  43. Spencer
    Spencer
    March 21, 2022 at 11:02 am | #

    Realfield is better than Garfield Minus Garfield don’t @ me

    • Blue
      Blue
      March 22, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

      I just found out about these and I’m laughing so hard.

  44. Deviant
    Deviant
    March 21, 2022 at 1:19 pm | #

    Heh, Ball state.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      March 21, 2022 at 2:29 pm | #

      Ball State of Deez Nutz

      • Shadowsnail
        Shadowsnail
        March 21, 2022 at 5:15 pm | #

        Sunako Nakahara: Balls balls balls balls balls balls balls…

  45. kaitou
    kaitou
    March 21, 2022 at 2:26 pm | #

    I’m convinced that Willis timed this comic to land on a Monday.

  46. Dierna
    Dierna
    March 21, 2022 at 3:23 pm | #

    Like everyone else I too thought she was refering to the president. Had no idea that Jim went to Ball State (or that it was named after the canning company founders).

    So:
    Mental Note: Muncie, Indiana is a Garfield the cat tourist trap town.

    What I love is that some of the places that have Garfield statues are closed on Mondays. *lmao*

  47. Roborat
    Roborat
    March 21, 2022 at 4:47 pm | #

    Finally made it to Ball. That was a long drive, seemed like it took a month and a half to get there.

    • annarchy
      annarchy
      March 21, 2022 at 8:34 pm | #

      In Soviet Russia you drive time crazy.

  48. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    March 21, 2022 at 7:28 pm | #

    Huh. Guess someone’s more of a Chester Arthur fan.

    • Chronos
      Chronos
      March 21, 2022 at 11:36 pm | #

      Chester A. Arthur fall down!

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