• Delphia@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Jim Davis consciously created Garfield as a vehicle to sell merchandise. As admitted by Jim Davis.

    So not only is the Trump comparison apt, its actually way deeper because his job is not to be funny or good, its to be broadly marketable to people with low standards using repeatable catchphrases that you can print on hats and coffee mugs.

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      9 months ago

      [I got a bot to automatically delete all my comments over 1 month old so you can’t see this comment anymore]