The awesomeness of Jon's ineptness with women is that he is not nerdy and shy around them, but nerdy and far too confident. Nebbishness wears thin for me, misguided bravado does not.
Yes, yes, Jon's pet name for Liz is weird and yes, would've been funnier if it were "Snooky-Wookiee", but I think we all know the meat here is in panel three. A lot of people would've had the punchline be that the overweight ugly receptionist gets excited by Jon's come-on, but Jim Davis allows no character to feel loved: she's horrified.
RE: Panel Three
-Surely I am not the only person who at first glance before reading the word balloons thought that in panel three Jon morphed into a fat lady named Nel? The layout of all three panels is so identical that there's no reason to suddenly think we've "cut" to a different building... especially since that happens about twice a year in Garfield. This might've been remedied by, say, putting Nel's computer on the opposite side of the frame, or her body in a position that doesn't exactly mirror Jon's. I offer these solutions though I don't want it remedied.
-As do all good veterinary receptionists, Nel keeps a green condom in her pencil cup.
-And a tiny blue Odie serves as Salacious Crumb to Nel's slug-bodied, earless Jabba.
5 comments:
the green condom and dog doll are funny, especially since it is facing away from her on top of her computer so she likes to look at fake dog ass all day.
also, are there any black people in garfield?
Holy shit this is my birthday strip
as far as i know we have seen nel once before very early in the strips.
The receptionists will have a phaser on stun when he arives
CHOCKE CHOCKE,GAG GAG KKAAHHAAACCK BIRD BARF
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