Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for May 24, 2004
Transcript:
"What's with the locks on the panel frames?" "It's to keep Pastis out... We're taking this strip hostage." "Why?" "Because Rat is a comics superstar and Rat demands respect... So until Pastis starts compensating Rat appropriately, Rat is gonna lock himself in and take down this entire strip." "But how?" "Behold! The last four years of 'Garfield' punchlines!" "...I hate Mondays."
But Garfield is extremely repetitive.And the point is that saying Garfield punchlines will ruin the integrity of the strip.