Garfield's one of my all-time favorites.

A very cute character that was also a favorite of my late mom. My son, age 8, likes Garfield too and sometimes draws pictures of him. The first "Garfield" more-or-less-live-action movie was cute (haven't seen the newest one), but I like "Garfield" better as a cartoon.

Funnier when I was young. What I want to know is: why does Garfield hate Mondays? He's a cat! Its not like he has a job to go to.

Sometimes wildly funny, particularly in its early years, but the schtick grew stale a long time ago.

This is one that used to be pretty good, but Jim Davis ran out of original and funny ideas a while back.

One of the best and most brilliant of comic strips. Inspired the incredibly awesome "Garfield & Friends" CBS Storybook morning television show that ran from 1987 to 1995, 12 television specials, and much more. The strips are witty, well-drawn, have their own unique style and always consistently enjoyable. My favorites include the Christmas ones, which remind me of myself (for example one December 26th--"Only 364 days until Christmas!" ^_^), and any of the ones that break the fourth wall or satirize pop culture.

Typical cat.

I hate this ubiquitous cat.

Garfield, they'll all love you soon.

Not what it used to be.

Before ever looking into the Sunday comic strips, I discovered this well-known cat during the morning hours of CBS Saturday programming. Shortly after I began viewing the show almost regularly, I made yet another important discovery on the next day (Sunday). Just a couple or so pages from Peanuts was the one and only Garfield (excluding his other Friends, the U.S. Acres crew) on top of the page. As the years continued rather quick, long after the TV series ended, Garfield continued to amuse me, whether it was from looking at the pictures or reading his thoughts. As the humor section of my mind reached its highest point, the smiles would upgrade to good chuckles. This happened to be during a time when most Garfield readers noticed a supposed lack of new content in the strip. If you understand the daily lives of freelance cartoonist Jon Arbuckle, pets Garfield, and Odie very well after all these years, there shouldn't be any reason for even the most loyal reader to give up on it. Like every comic strip, there will be those days when the humor is unclear to the reader, but I assure you that you cannot escape Garfield's lure even on those days. Just keep reading, and there's no telling what the seemly ageless cat has in mind for the next 25 years.

Who can't like a sociopathic cat? This has been a classic for decades now.

A great strip, but not my favorite.

Garfield used to be a big hit in the 70's and 80's. Now i just don't see anything hilarious about it. I still like reading it though.

Jim Davis has long since run out of fresh ideas. No new jokes at all.

I'd prefer to read the older issues. The newer ones don't capture all the laughs.

Garfield nowadays is just lame and non-funny. The jokes are better in the older books but it is not that funny no more. I now think it's true Jim Davis ran out of ideas a little while ago and just wanted to get the same jokes on the newer strips. What Mario500 said. You should read issues 10 years and back, you might get better laughs than todays. I also guess not many people bought the 40th issue of garfield. I saw the movie and was pretty funny. Garfield's a fun comic to read. But if I had to read a strip with no recycled jokes, I'd pick Calvin and Hobbes.

Pretty much a one-joke strip, I'm not surprised to see it ranked below so many newer, less well-known comics. Garfield is one of the biggest sell-outs in the history of history.

Terrible, never fun, and it's almost always a joke about a bird, or some other animal that cats like to eat. It's just terrible.

Awful just awful. Bland like lukewarm oatmeal. I've identified nine jokes in the entire strip: Garfield hates Odie, Nermal, spiders, Feb, and Monday John can't get a date, getting old is not fun; John's family are hicks. Pretty thin comic gruel there and try repeating them for twenty odd years. Not even funny in that unintentional way that the Family Circus is. Bar none the worst comic on the page.

Awful beyond words. On autopilot for years now. I couldn't help but laugh when I saw him described on some site (can't remember where) as an orange merchandising turd!!! For those who love good strips, here is a measure of revenge: http://www.badmouth.net/archives/000006.php

I have always loved reading Garfield. I still have a small Garfield stuffed animal toy that I received as a kid. I used to love reading the books full of Garfield comic strips. Always fun and full of laughs. Odie is really fun, too !

It's past your bedtime, Garfield! Besides guys. Why not dislike a strip that may be old but cool. The money authors make could help Jim during his lifetime

This cat has been asleep for years.

Put it in the top 20 NOW!!!!!

The old ones are funny... the new ones are NOT

GEE AAA ARR EFF AII EEE ELL DEE

An overdone commercialized dog! ~Erg!

Funniest comics in the world.

Usually pretty funny.

Time this dated rubbish was canned like cold lasagne when the cheese has curled up at the edges. Instead they just keep microwaving it and serving it up again.

it used to be so funny and now it's all about profit and not making people laugh

Garfield is very cute, and I'll always like Garfield, but yeah, the strip is getting really repetitive and old. But, to be fair, it's been about fifteen years, I'm not expecting anything too fresh and new to come out from the comic. I'll be really sad when it happens, but I think it's about time to retire Garfield in all his lazy glory.

I love that style of drawing, and it's very funny sometimes. Of course, it doesn't hurt that Garfield and I have the same birthday.

I am sorry. I have failed Jim. But considering how positively LAME the strips are now, they make me ssick.It used to be mad funny, but they don't use Odie anymore(they meaning Jim's computers). Just repeated gags. I have seen Jim's rejected strips(sometimes they are not offensive or tasteless at all!) and they are SOOOOO funny, they made me wanna cry. Give up those jerks, Jim or give it up. You are already a billionare, Jim and your strip sucks now.

it so cool and funny

ENOUGH-!! Never funny. Irritating. Xerox art. Appeals to drones who occupy dark cubicles at work and eat limp salads from Tupperware, then drive their Cavaliers home and watch their tapes of General Hospital. KILL this strip and give someone else a shot.

Way past it's prime. Haven't found a single strip funny in several years

The strip ran out of ideas long ago. It's deteriorated from being a fairly funny comic strip to what it is now, merely a Garfield industry. Garfield bedspreads - kids' lunch boxes and other merchandise ad nauseum. Cartoonists *should* benefit from their creations, but only if they merit it. Garfield doesn't; it's running on air.

Pretty stupid...the same jokes over and over and over and over.

I loved it when I was 11, and I'm thinking that must be its target age group. Print it on the MiniPage and make way for something good in the comics, please.

I really don't see why it should be so popular in strip form -- the repetitions are horrendous. An occasional "nice touch" keeps this above the bottom rung.

Garfield is another comic strip that has not aged very well. The earlier strips are hysterical, but it has grown very stale in recent years. It's the same jokes over and over again. It's just not funny to me anymore. I love reading the books with the classic Garfield strips.

I love Garfield Odie and John. I grew up enjoying this cartoon and I really miss the holiday specials they used to put on television, I haven't seen them in a while. If anyone is really a Garfield finatic there is a cool web site my guy found for me (garfield.com) full of comics and games. You can even buy neat merchandise.

After all these years, I still like to check in on Garfield and see what he's up to.

this just proves that cats don't care about their owners and "cat people" have issues..dogs are the way to go

It's really too bad. This was a dynamite comic when it came out in 1980, but it has long since seen its day. There are no jokes in this one joke comic any more. Davis should really pack it up and call it a day.

It's hard to say this 'cause i used to love this strip so much.... but now it's not half as good as it used to be. Now it's just the same old punchlines over and over Maybe Jim Davis just ran out of ideas???

There was a time where I was a fanatic of Garfield. I read all the big book collections, watched the cartoon show as a kid, etc. However, the recent Garfield comics (the past 2 years) have been really stail. They're just not funny anymore. Each strip is like reading a punchline that only has a silent reaction (that or the reaction of "That's wasn't funny."). It appears that after 30 years, a long time mind you, Jim Davis needs to put down the pencil. At least he made it good for 20 years. For that, I applaud him.

Garfield is pretty cool, I think he is funny!!!!! Life would be pretty boring with out him