The Hundreds is making Mondays just a little better with their Garfield collaboration

12:00 PM on 12.16.2010   |   Call Niero

Garfield was a large part of my childhood; between reading it in the newspaper every Sunday (before checking for sales on video games in circulars) and the TV series that I'd watch after school, I've always liked Garfield. I mean, he's a cat that loves to eat Lasagna, hates Mondays, has an adorable friend cat in Nermal, and a stupid dog companion, Odie. And let's not forget the epitome of forever alone, Jon Arbuckle, who is his owner (see Garfield Minus Garfield for further elaboration).

Many people seem to hate Garfield for no real reason, and that was, sadly, the case with this release as well. A few vinyl artists decided to take to Twitter to express their hatred of corporate tie-ins (since when is Garfield any different than a creation a vinyl artist came up with, but I digress...) as devaluing the format and culture of vinyl. Personally, I really don't mind when things like this happen; they take my love of vinyl and act upon things I loved as a child and usually end with great results, such as with Sanrio, Felix the Cat, Peanuts, and countless others.

If you love this 6" x 7" skateboarding, Adam-shirt-wearing Garfield and want to pick it up, pre-orders will begin on Monday on the Hundreds' website and The Loyal Subjects' website and he will be released in January. The regular edition will be a run of 400 and a black edition of 100, and both look to be rather detailed (see the fur on the black) and pretty flawlessly executed, like all The Loyal Subjects' releases. Are any of you Tomopeeps liking this Garfield, or do you side with the artists that feel like this is devaluing the culture?

[Via the Hundreds' blog]