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  • Rolando@lemmy.worldtoGarfield@lemmy.world30 June 1979
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    6 hours ago

    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.