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TexasTowelie

(112,230 posts)
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 01:47 AM Mar 2017

Debate prompts Garfield creator to clarify cat's gender

Garfield's gender has become the subject of an internet debate.

The Washington Post
reports (http://wapo.st/2m0vwOR ) Wikipedia locked changes on the animated cat's page after the site's volunteer editors battled over whether the animated cat is male or not.

The controversy bubbled up two years after Garfield creator Jim Davis told viral content site Mental Floss that as a cat, Garfield is "not really male or female."

Davis sought to clear up the controversy this week, telling the Post that "Garfield is male" and has a girlfriend named Arlene. Davis' spokeswoman tells The Associated Press that he also told the Post he likes animals because "they're not perceived as being any particular gender, race, age or ethnicity" and says the "humor could be enjoyed by a broader demographic."

Read more: http://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Debate-prompts-Garfield-creator-to-clarify-cat-s-10972121.php (Laredo Morning Times)

[font color=330099]Does this mean that Jim Davis will be drawing gonads on Garfield in the future?[/font]

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Debate prompts Garfield creator to clarify cat's gender (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2017 OP
"not really male or female." - poor thing got neutered eh? n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2017 #1
Exactly, I always thought mrs_p Mar 2017 #3
Garfield us a eunic Drahthaardogs Mar 2017 #6
Probably, but Davis wouldnt want to get tied down in case he wanted to add FSogol Mar 2017 #8
A small child being added is a sure sign that the shark has been jumped. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2017 #10
LOL, well he was obviously neutered Rorey Mar 2017 #2
At this time in history I would have proudly Doreen Mar 2017 #4
Ginger cats are usually male. Usually. IcyPeas Mar 2017 #5
I always thought of Garfield as male Hayabusa Mar 2017 #7
Garfield always had a male voice in the specials. bunnies Mar 2017 #9

FSogol

(45,488 posts)
8. Probably, but Davis wouldnt want to get tied down in case he wanted to add
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 11:30 AM
Mar 2017

Garfield kids to the strip in the future.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
2. LOL, well he was obviously neutered
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 01:53 AM
Mar 2017

I miss Garfield. I also miss Calvin and Hobbes. It was a sad day for me when I read Bill Watterson was quitting.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
4. At this time in history I would have proudly
Sat Mar 4, 2017, 02:21 AM
Mar 2017

told every one that Garfield is Transgender. Just to piss the Repukes who like him off. Imagine how they would feel knowing they have been enjoying the humor of a transgender cat for years.

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