Hello fellow Garfield fans!
About this community and how I post the comic strip… The comics are posted in chronological order on the day (usually) they were released. Posting them to match the release date adds a bit of fun and nostalgia to match the experience of reading them in the newspaper for first time. Many moons ago, I would ask my Dad to save the newspaper for me everyday so I could read my favorite comic strips. It really sucked when I missed a day. Only years later, when I got the books was I able to catch up on the missed strips.
Garfield is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis. Originally published locally as Jon in 1976, then in nationwide syndication from 1978 as Garfield, it chronicles the life of the title character Garfield the cat, his human owner Jon Arbuckle, and Odie the dog. As of 2013, it was syndicated in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals and held the Guinness World Record for being the world's most widely syndicated comic strip... Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield
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Transcript:
Garfield: Why would Jon want to have me declawed? A cat without claws is like a bee without a stinger... A porcupine without quills, a shark without teeth, a snake without fangs! I think I see his point.
I forgor, did we ever determine whether or not Garf was neutered?
I searched DDG for "is garfield neutered" and the AI "helpfully" said "Yes, Garfield is neutered, as indicated in various comic strips and public service announcements featuring the character. This aspect of his character is often used humorously in the context of pet care." and then linked to this SRoMG edit as a source:
https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=3241
Not a lot of actual references to go on, the 1979-11-24 strip is the closest thing:
Whether that's because he is fixed and traumatized by it, or unfixed and scared of the possibility remains unclear. Some other online comments say that his grandchildren are referenced in an animated story, but since Garfield's age is unclear here anyways, it's possible he's fixed now even if he has had children.
He's fat, which is birth control in and of itself.