The heroes are lovable goofballs, the villains are try-hard failures.
But comics, of course, allow for a much wider range of tones and moods of storytelling.
Garfield will be 40 next year, and is himself reaching iconic status.
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North wrote the story, which Davis illustrated with the help of his assistants Gary Barker and Dan Davis.
Ryan explained to me, he wanted it to be done in our style.
He likened and wrote Galactus as Garfield and Norin Radd as Jon.
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That determined what they were going to look like, Davis says.
That was a natural.
Hes like Garfields herald.
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We were throwing stuff back and forth, and the initial sketches just werent working for Galactus.
I said okay, we gotta make him fat.
The guy eats planets, for gods sake!
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Once we do that, its a little less Galactus but certainly a lot more Garfield.
It looked more natural.
Obviously, Galactus has put on a few mega-tons for this strip.
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Unbeatable Squirrel Girl#26 hits stores Nov. 8.
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