Friday, June 11, 2004




Most folks who read this blog read Slate, but you may have missed Chris Suellentrop's wonderful piece on the marketing of Garfield. I was actually a fan of Garfield when I was very, very young--Pete Paradis and I watched one of the early 80's Christmas specials incessantly. It's humiliating to recount now, especially in light of what an utter marketing tool Jim Davis appears to be.