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I think Garfield did kind of fuck with the minds of way too many people. The main reason there is such a hatred against it is mostly from people who are so sick and tired of seeing a Garfield shaped...anything at all to the point that it turns into hatred of the whole title. And now when they see merch and a comic title in the same paragraph they freak out and have flashbacks seeing Garfield shoes, wallets, keychains, and cups everywhere.

It's just the common assumption that merching a comic strip means it's going full Peanuts with stores full of nothing but Snoopy shit.