The Marmaduke Challenge

Puh-leeze. You, and I, and anyone who's read Marmaduke more than twice know that this statement is patently false. You never have to tell him to relax? Except that half the Marmaduke "jokes" are about how he is so hyper and so large that his people have trouble keeping up with him. So, which is it? Yes, dogs can be lazy and then the next minute they can be hyper, but this strip doesn't work.

OK, let's think of a lazy comic pet. Hey, how about Garfield? Now, imagine this same one liner in Garfield . . . Close your eyes . . . imagine Garfield sacked out on top of his table like always. Jon and his buggy eyes says to us, "I never have to tell him to relax." OK, we get the picture -- Garfield is lazy! Thanks for pointing that out (again)! It's not funny, but at least it would make sense. In this strip, it's not funny, and it contradicts everything we already know about Marmaduke.

I guarantee you that at some point in the next week, there will be a Marmaduke strip where the point will be how energetic he is. Where the owner would like to tell him to relax. The challenge begins today.