Hair Curse
- Tom Flapwell
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I was tired of it by the third occurrence, but I know when I'm outvoted.
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- Kyler Thatch
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Re: The complete hair curse
Nope, I look forward to seeing how it turns out every year. I think some of my favorite storylines have been the hair curse ones.http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/19981007.html : Millie gives Ozy a haircut
http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20000618.html : zen gone awry
http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20010620.html : allergy season
http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20021115.html : uninsulated wires
http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20030516.html : hair curse as political satire
http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20040713.html : Millie attempts to be evil
http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20050610.html : The curse strikes Millie
http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20060320.html : Airport security
http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20070413.html : Termites
I'm pretty sure that's it. So, tired of this recurring visual gag yet?
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You know, mondays, spiders, lasagna, diets, general abusive behaviour. Just the whole cycle of repetitiveness.Like what? Garfield kicking Odie off the table, or eating something?Peanuts had the annual football kick attempt, Ozy and Millie has the hair curse. If there has to be a recurring theme I'm glad it's sparse and not every other day (coughgarfieldcough).
- Tom Flapwell
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"Garfield" has nothing on some of the repetitive comics I could name. Heck, one is a purported classic that inspired Bill Watterson, "Krazy Kat." Of course, that's no longer in papers, so nobody complains about it anymore.
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Krazy Kat is an absolute classic, and one of my favourites. It's been consistently voted by people in comics as the best or one of the best comics ever. One of the few of its time to be retired after the writer died because no one could combine the whimsical random humour with thought-provoking stories. I've read about philosophy professors discussing the comic in class. But of course it's personal taste."Garfield" has nothing on some of the repetitive comics I could name. Heck, one is a purported classic that inspired Bill Watterson, "Krazy Kat." Of course, that's no longer in papers, so nobody complains about it anymore.
The one repetitiveness of the comic is the brick throwing. However unlike Garfield, the comic where it is done does not revolve around that one single action. There is a story before or a detailed setup of numerous jokes (this is when Sunday's were a page each so they had space). Also it's precisely this action that has made its way into so much discussion of the comic, trying to understand the underlying motives and meanings.
- Steve the Pocket
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None of which I recall seeing Garfield do lately, oddly enough. Mostly just Garfield lying around and Jon telling him how lazy he is. Or Jon being a dork and Garfield making not-even-remotely-clever comments on what a dork he is.You know, mondays, spiders, lasagna, diets, general abusive behaviour. Just the whole cycle of repetitiveness.Like what? Garfield kicking Odie off the table, or eating something?Peanuts had the annual football kick attempt, Ozy and Millie has the hair curse. If there has to be a recurring theme I'm glad it's sparse and not every other day (coughgarfieldcough).
What I wouldn't give for something interesting to happen in that strip again. ANYTHING.
- Tom Flapwell
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If you think it's bad now, try reviewing the comic 10 years ago. Almost every day was about Garfield being inert and/or bored. You'd think that everyone would consider that the very definition of dull, but a poll in 1998 revealed that Washington Post readers under 12 loved it above all other comics. Older readers gave it a "meh."Mostly just Garfield lying around and Jon telling him how lazy he is. Or Jon being a dork and Garfield making not-even-remotely-clever comments on what a dork he is.
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