I’m not 100% sure, but I think it’s funny for the following reason:
Ordinarily you’d expect the strip to be like: panel 1 Jon says something trying to be funny, panel 2 Liz says something in reaction maybe riffing off it or gently deflecting, panel 3 Jon says something back and maybe Garfield thinks something wry.
But instead, in panel 2 Liz shoots him down hard and says she isn’t going to put up with his BS. Jon’s only possible move is a quick retreat. It’s a subversion of the reader’s expectations.
I guess it’s probably the sort of stuff that only makes sense if you’ve read like a trillion Garfield strips -and specially about this flirting theme- before.
Am I too millennial to get this? Help please.
I’m not 100% sure, but I think it’s funny for the following reason:
Ordinarily you’d expect the strip to be like: panel 1 Jon says something trying to be funny, panel 2 Liz says something in reaction maybe riffing off it or gently deflecting, panel 3 Jon says something back and maybe Garfield thinks something wry.
But instead, in panel 2 Liz shoots him down hard and says she isn’t going to put up with his BS. Jon’s only possible move is a quick retreat. It’s a subversion of the reader’s expectations.
I guess if I read it every day for years that would make sense. Thanks.
I guess it’s probably the sort of stuff that only makes sense if you’ve read like a trillion Garfield strips -and specially about this flirting theme- before.