All About Marmaduke

The full-length movie feature "Marmaduke" is coming out soon (I'd look it up but I really don't give a damn) so I figured I'd talk a little about Marmaduke in today's post.

First, my cousin has seen the movie because he is able to get passes to both good and crappy movies alike which is pretty cool. He wrote about "Marmaduke" yesterday and about the general decline in movies about funny animals and in reference to "Marmaduke" I thought this quote summed it up nicely:

No one go see this movie.

Marmaduke 6/6/10

Uh-oh. The comic strip has just become aware of reality. It's weird how no one in the strip ever calls Marmaduke a Great Dane, just a big dog. Shameless self-promotion. The only thing this strip doesn't do is mention that Marmaduke talks in the movie and the release date. And yes, Owner-Boy, Marmaduke can sing and dance--to Ke$ha's "Tik Tok" according to the trailer and that's something no one should hear.

The following panels are from the book "Marmaduke Rides Again" which is the second book in a line of Marmaduke books released a long time ago. All these are from 1957 or 1958 and the book proudly proclaims Marmaduke to be the world's most famous dog.




I love the permanent scowl on Marm's face in these early strips. He knows he was only put on this Earth to terrorize its citizens and he's going to be the best there is at what he does.


Unlike gang members who scare people by spraypainting useless gobbledy-gook on the side of buildings and cars, Marmaduke just breaks into people's houses and stands in the window staring off angrily into the distance.


How come Dottie looks angry. Maybe she poisoned the lemonade so she and Marmaduke could like happily ever after but now Marm has drank the poisoned lemonade. That's just too bad...


OH, NO! Marmaduke's system has grown accustomed to poison and it only makes him stronger and angrier!! In this panel, Marmaduke doesn't want to swim, he knows he's too big but he'll be damned if his Owner-Girl has any fun!