LYING.

October 27, 2015 10:27 PM

Garfield minus Garfield Plus Lying Cat. (SLTumblr) In this remixed comic, Jon Arbuckle lives with a very different but equally dubious feline.
posted by immlass (21 comments total)

Awesome concept--thanks for posting this! One of the best things about Saga is how many candidates there are for 'favorite character,' but Lying Cat's remix potential seems especially great.
posted by Monsieur Caution at 11:16 PM on October 27, 2015 [4 favorites]

Fiona Staples draws the shit out of that cat.
posted by Artw at 11:28 PM on October 27, 2015 [4 favorites]

Heathcliff is ripe for a reboot.
posted by rhizome at 12:18 AM on October 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

I hope to one day see Vaughan introduce Lame Cat, Lying Cat's stylish littermate. Instead of being able to instantly assess the honesty of any given statement, Lame Cat is able to make a perfect accurate value judgement as to whether any statement, thing, or person is lame.

Actually, you could make a whole spin off brood from Lying Cat....Dissembling Cat, Trolling Cat, Sarcasm Cat, Praise-Seeking Cat, Sympathy Cat...all monosyllabic in their own way...

Any artists there who want to start a cat based web comic? Let me know....
posted by LeRoienJaune at 1:19 AM on October 28, 2015 [4 favorites]

My family used to have sphinx cats, so Lying Cat always makes me smile. I wanna hug the adorable green skinkitty (ɴᴏᴛ ʟʏɪɴɢ).
posted by Gordafarin at 2:40 AM on October 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

If any character deserves the Pusheen-style Facebook sticker treatment, it's Lying Cat.
posted by oulipian at 4:07 AM on October 28, 2015 [11 favorites]

This is dumb in the best possible way. I love it.

But then, I love Lying Cat. I am a proud owner of the Lying Cat T-shirt, which was printed exactly once and basically immediately sold out. It's only three years old and I still get plenty of "Where did you get that?" or "Awesome shirt!" from people. It's totally a secret code to know who's cool.

I need to catch up on Saga, though. I may be two volumes behind at this point.
posted by darksong at 5:51 AM on October 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

Lying cat is the best.
posted by ocherdraco at 5:56 AM on October 28, 2015

I am still sad about Lying Cat's eye though. Poor kitty.

I'm behind on Saga also, I like to wait for the big hefty volumes and then binge read.
posted by emjaybee at 7:32 AM on October 28, 2015

Anything that adds another layer of WUT-ness to Garfield has my approval. Garfield minus Garfield is win-win. Let's take out Jon and Odie as well. Add more real cats.
posted by Namlit at 8:01 AM on October 28, 2015

Garfield minus Garfield
Garfield minus Garfield plus Garfield.
Garfield minus Garfield minus Jon.
Garfield minus Jon plus mathowie.
posted by eriko at 8:14 AM on October 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

I love Metafilter; everyone here immediately jumps to knowing where Lying Cat comes from. I'd never heard of Saga but am glad to say that a copy of volume 1 is on its way to me, in two days for less than $6 thanks to the wonders of Amazon. So hey, this unlicensed use on a Tumblr helped sell product!
posted by Nelson at 8:31 AM on October 28, 2015

This made me laugh so hard that I sputtered saliva all over my iPad and now it smells like stale spit.

[ picture of Lying Cat just staring disgustedly ]
posted by egypturnash at 8:58 AM on October 28, 2015

everyone here immediately jumps to knowing where Lying Cat comes from
QFT

"LYING!"

I had to powergoogle the whole thing, had no idea. Imagine. ME! (Mister Wow so Surprise!)
posted by Namlit at 9:07 AM on October 28, 2015

I thought this might have been edited, but no, that's a real comic. WTF, Jim-Davis-collective?
posted by CaseyB at 10:37 AM on October 28, 2015

twas a real shallow canyon is what I thought...
posted by Namlit at 10:51 AM on October 28, 2015

Fiona Staples draws the shit out of that cat.

Fiona draws the shit out of everything.

/me runs off to make Garfield minus Garfield plus Masturbating Dragon
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 3:39 PM on October 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

if she can't draw the shit out if it then it isn't in Saga, something that makes for a very strong collaboration.
posted by Artw at 4:31 PM on October 28, 2015

Garfield minus Jon plus John Garfield
posted by rhizome at 10:49 AM on October 29, 2015

Well, shit. Just when you think you have an original idea...
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 6:29 PM on October 29, 2015 [1 favorite]

I saw a version of that at least 20 years ago in National Lampoon, Spy or Bloom County or something.
posted by rhizome at 6:34 PM on October 29, 2015