I remember someone noticing a seemingly new artist coming around late 2023 for the strip, which is why some days Garf's eyes look more tapered and egg shape like this
https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2023/12/24
According to Gary Barker, only he, Brett Koth, Dan Davis (no relation), Lori Barker (no relation), and Tom Howard are left after the Viacom buyout. None of their styles look like this (not to mention Tom and Lori don't do pencils), but it's noticeably only on Garf/Arlene
I suspect Andy Hirsch from the Garf Kaboom comics contributed/was hired later, noticed his later covers for the Kaboom comic compilations has the egg shaped eyes and tapered head
If that's the case I will say, he improved drastically for Jon/Liz. They look on model
https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2023/12/24
According to Gary Barker, only he, Brett Koth, Dan Davis (no relation), Lori Barker (no relation), and Tom Howard are left after the Viacom buyout. None of their styles look like this (not to mention Tom and Lori don't do pencils), but it's noticeably only on Garf/Arlene
I suspect Andy Hirsch from the Garf Kaboom comics contributed/was hired later, noticed his later covers for the Kaboom comic compilations has the egg shaped eyes and tapered head
If that's the case I will say, he improved drastically for Jon/Liz. They look on model
Statistics: Posted by Sonikku A — 08 Jan 2025 22:21