It’s no secret what this comic is satirizing. That said, I was a HUGE Garfield fan when I was a kid. I loved everything about that comic strip! I remember having a few of the books as a kid and coloring them with colored pencils. I also remember seeing the book Garfield: His 9 Lives and wanting it but thinking it would be too outlandish to ask my parents to get it for me – it seemed too much of a luxury. Looking back, I should have asked. Who knows? They may have gotten it for me.
There was a cartoon when I was a kid and I thought Bill Murray was the voice of Garfield since it was the same voice as Venkman in the Ghostbusters cartoon. I just found this blog post that helped me understand my confusion. It’s been decades, and I found out now.
Here’s a video!
Jason Salas 