"Welcome to Digital Funnies, dedicated to preserving the history of this most neglected of art forms and reintroducing it to scholars and new readers alike. While several well-known titles such as Krazy Kat, Gasoline Alley, and Peanuts are being given their proper due in published form, there is still much of the rich history of comics and cartooning that will more than likely never see print again and worse, fade away with time."
The truth about Garfield is that it was designed to be bland and inoffensive for mass appeal - here's a very interesting article about Jim Davis and how he keeps Garfield popular but not too popular: http://www.truthandbeautybombs.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4997
But it can become a work of truth and beauty to rival the classics if Garfield's thought bubbles are removed. Then it becomes the sad tale of a lonely man who talks to his cat... True genius. http://www.truthandbeautybombs.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4997