Talk:Marmaduke

Character
This article is about Marmaduke the strip, but shouldn't there be an article on Marmaduke the character as well? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.233.73.251 (talk) 07:14, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Submissions
One thing that always confused me was the fact that, although "Dog-Gone Funny" is supposedly drawn from fan submissions, never once (to my knowledge) has a submission address been published. An admittedly brief online search for a submission address also came up empty. Isn't it possible that these are simply made up by the author to fill space? Antepenultimate 19:19, 27 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, he does have a publicly available address at the United Media website. My guess would be he distributed his address some other way before then, perhaps in his books. GarryKosmos 08:06, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Marmaduke is also a personage in the books of Jack Vance. Another Mr. Marmaduke can be found in Clifford D. Simak's book The Goblin Reservation.

Could someone add these to the stub, please? --Oop 19:17, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)

Why don't you?

Also, what is the definition of marmaduke as a regular noun?

Can someone please create a disambiguation page for all articles named Marmaduke? See. --Geopgeop 12:34, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone else think that marmaduke is the dumbbest comic ever? pinky
 * No, Heathcliff is -65.122.209.140 20:56, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

What about a reference to Monk, and how he always makes comments about it

Perhaps a mention of a "Marmaduke" reference in an episode of The Big Bang Theory? --The_Iconoclast (talk) 07:30, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

If you have or are around dogs, Marmaduke is funny. If you are a cat person you should not read Marmaduke and should stick to Garfield, because you are just not going to get it.

Does anyone think a passage about the prevalence of online humor sites making fun of Marmaduke would be a good addition?

I do not know a single person who likes marmaduke, including several dog lovers. I've actually asked. Nearly every single strip consists of various versions of "bark" and "woof", followed by a one liner involving regular dog behavior. I'm sorry if I can't find that amusing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.141.191.32 (talk • contribs) 23:44, 18 February 2007
 * And I'm sorry the Wikpedia isn't your personal blog, so yes, I removed your "trivia" entry about Marmaduke not being funny. I personally can't stand Marmaduke either, but WP isn't the place to get on our soapboxes about it. Also take a look at our policy against Original Research and our aim to present a neutral point of view. -- Antepenultimate 00:00, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Criticism?
Some guy working on a webcomic says he doesn't like it, and it is enough to be written in this article as criticism? I don't think so. I'll delete it in a week, if no one has any reason not to.GodShiru 01:02, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * That guy, David Malki, and his webcomic, Wondermark, are both WP:Notable. You might instead consider balancing the criticism by adding a "Praise" section with some citations.  --CliffC 04:08, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I respect your opinion, as you have been here far longer than I have, and know more about the rules and guidelines than I do, or rather admittedly, care to learn, but isn't WP:Notable for articles, rather than sources? And I do think that just because someone has a bad opinion on a comic strip and they are known, it doesn't mean a section should be devoted to it. I would take your suggestion and add a list of people who personally like it, and sources, but that would sort of detract from the point of this article, to let people know about Marmaduke, not those who like it or not. But, if you really are sure nothing should be done about it, I'll leave it all be. GodShiru 15:25, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * As far as sources go, it's just a comic strip, so we're probably not going to turn up many Noam Chomsky quotes. For that matter, none of the rest of the article is sourced.
 * I've learned not to be too sure of anything around here, so I took a look at WP:Criticism. That guideline encourages criticism (IMO, without criticism we wouldn't have much of an encyclopedia), but generally discourages separate criticism sections, suggesting instead incorporating criticism into the body of the article, or as an alternative naming the section something more neutral than "Criticism".  I thought of renaming it "Reviews" or "Reception" but those didn't sound right.  If anyone has a renaming idea, please go ahead.  Meanwhile, reviewing the Malki quote we use, its style seems out of balance with the rest of the article so I have shortened it.  --CliffC 17:43, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I, for one, think it should be integrated somehow into the main body. You have removed most of it already, and it is merely a sentence now. It definitely isn't worth a whole section, especially if it cannot be named for what it really is, criticism. "Reception" and "Reviews" are not befitting, as there is only one person who 'reviewed' it. So, the only way to keep it, in my humble opinion, would be to just integrate it. However, I cannot think of a good way to do it. I am guessing something along the lines of "Some people, notably David Malki[source], creator of the webcomic Wondermark, dislike it, while others, such as Monk series creator, Andy Breckman, who deems it worthy of mention in the aforementionned series, think differently." It sounds very, very wrong to my ears, however, I have no other idea. GodShiru 15:51, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


 * WP:Criticism doesn't say articles "cannot" have a criticism section, it's just generally discouraged. I don't have a problem with incorporating the current bit of criticism somewhere else in the article, as long as its text and links are kept intact.  It's already been bowdlerized from"In his psychological analysis of the strip at Wondermark's The Comic Strip Doctor, David Malki ranks Marmaduke among 'the worst newspaper comic strips' and comments, 'In my local newspaper, the crappy square strips -- Marmaduke, Heathcliff, Dennis the Menace, and Family Circus -- all appear together, in a sort of matrix of suckitude.'"to the G-rated and rather innocuous In his psychological analysis of the strip  at Wondermark's The Comic Strip Doctor, David Malki ranks Marmaduke among "the worst newspaper comic strips".
 * If you use Breckman for balance, I'm guessing he mentions Marmaduke in some ironic way, or to show off an unusual character trait, similar to when Matt Groening has Homer Simpson silently read the comics at the breakfast table and chuckle to himself "Oh, that Marmaduke!"


 * Once you have the pro and con quote(s) collected, maybe keep the separate section but name it "Critics and supporters"? Just a thought, and not meant to dissuade you from integrating them into the article.  --CliffC 15:57, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * As I don't believe we can truly reach a compromise, I will just abdicate and let you handle it, as you know more about it than I do. I know you are probably right, it just doesn't seem right to me, and probably never will. Also, I have to admit that what you says and have done makes more sense. Therefore, we will go your way. Thank you for enlightening me on how it should be done, I will keep it in mind the next time. GodShiru 20:10, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree with the very first statement in this line of conversation. Did you read the guy's article? He's totally off-base, talking about Marmaduke and rape. Please, it's a cartoon from most people's childhoods. I think his criticisms are more for humor than for actual literary value. If you direct people to this garbage, then you might as well add a criticism section for every single movie, show, book, etc. ever made. And just because a person is wikipedia notable doesn't mean that you need to mark down every thing they ever criticized. -SCW —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

Anyone who doesn't see that Malki's article is intended to be humorous and not actual criticism is a moron.--Josh Miles —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.179.173.51 (talk) 13:28, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Isn't it common knowledge that Marmaduke is constantly criticized? Everyone who is involved with comics or comedy at all has always known and commented that Marmaduke is among the worst of syndicated comics. MAD's 50 worst things about comedy lists always rank Marmaduke highly, and whenever I have seen it brought up, everyone basically agrees that Marmaduke stinks. I am not sure how extensive a critism section has to be on this article, but I believe it is worth a mention, and perhaps add at least three sources to that section alone. It shouldn't be too hard to find them. 64.130.204.173 (talk) 17:05, 12 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Yea, I think so too. In fact, just today: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/some_old_man_still_churning_out

Criticism section is too vague
The section on criticism contains referenced notes about people saying that the comic sucks, but has no information about why they think it sucks. In fairness for the comic itself, shouldn't there be some further, more specific details in this section? --Bando26 (talk) 01:47, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
 * The "Joe Mathlete" quote struck me as being unprofessional so I went to read the actual source... for goodness sakes people, this quote has been allowed to remain in the article? I'm fine with the other one but this Mathlete thing is a blog quote from a guy who dedicates an entire blog to hating a comic.  If that's allowed, what's to prevent anyone from creating their own blog and quoting themselves in a Wiki article?  Quite frankly, nothing.  If there's no (Reasonable) objection I'm removing this within a week. AncalagonTB (talk) 21:08, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I've removed it. Anyone disagreeing with the change should please respond here. --Iliaskarim (talk) 21:34, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, Marmaduke Explained is a pretty notable blog and pretty well known in webcomic culture. I don't really know how to demonstrate that this meets the criteria, but I'd strongly wager that a lot of people coming to this page would expect to see some sort of reference to it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Baligant (talk • contribs) 16:35, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed, but Wikipedia hates Blogs for some reason because blogs could be above them in Google search engine rankings so they blocked them. Lame. Joe Mathlete explains Marmaduke is the #1 blog on the INternet, I hope all youse die. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.117.123.222 (talk) 04:14, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't know who put that section back in, or when, but I've taken it out again. A "criticism" section should begin with describing the consensus more mainstream reviews and such; only after that fundamental is covered should we be worrying about adding personal opinions from fringe elements like bloggers&mdash;they may still be notable, but they don't impart the same sort of understanding to the reader that a discussion of mainstream reviews' consensus does. I'm not trying to defend Marmaduke&mdash;I don't really like Marmaduke, and I do like Wondermark, but nevertheless I don't think Wondermark is an appropriate place to be looking for material on the reception and/or criticism of Marmaduke. People can add that stuff in to the article if they want, but not until the more basic stuff is covered. &mdash;Politizer( talk • contribs ) 06:21, 13 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I restored it, minus the blog section, before noticing your message. Please help in looking for some mainstream reviews.  --CliffC (talk) 13:51, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I still think Malki's review should be kept out of the article until a more "normal" review/reception is written, as having Malki's as the only one mentioned in the article gives it huge undue weight. I did a quick look around for reviews and the problem I seem to be running across is that Marmaduke has been around for so long there aren't really mainstream reviews, I've mostly just seen a few random kids' blogs.
 * I would also like to mention that the fact that a source is notable does not mean it's a good source for getting information on this topic. Britney Spears has a Wikipedia article; that doesn't mean I would put her opinions in other articles.
 * On a side note, the page that is actually linked doesn't refer to Marmaduke as one of the "worst comics"; it's only at the index page  that he refers to it as that.
 * Anyway, I don't mind if someone adds Malki's two cents to the article after something more has been written (it doesn't even have to be super-complicated; even a single sentence along the lines of "Marmaduke has attracted much criticism for not being very good" with a single reliable source mentioning that lots of blogs/reviewers don't like Marmaduke, would do), but until such time I do think it should at least be commented out. &mdash;Politizer( talk • contribs ) 15:20, 13 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't necessarily agree with you and would need to find time to do the research necessary to prove Wikipedia-style something we all already know, unless some onlooker here can come up with a source first. To that end, I suggest you insert your exact sentence, "Marmaduke has attracted much criticism for not being very good", followed by a 'citation needed' tag,  . --CliffC (talk) 20:59, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I've tried to post information about Marmaduke Explained, a relatively popular blog which lampoons Marmaduke several times. Here are several links to websites which validate my claim that people criticize Marmaduke:


 * http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1723880 only minimal mention of the blog &mdash;Politizer talk / contribs 08:44, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l%253D216520%2526a%253D216536%2526po%253D54,00.asp?p=y
 * http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6153865
 * http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/cc_insider/2007/01/marmaduke_expla.html
 * http://fbdev.collegehumor.com/tag:marmaduke-explained/articles is nothing but an RSS feed &mdash;Politizer talk / contribs 08:44, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * http://godonnybrook.com/home/?p=608
 * http://www.bestweekever.tv/tag/Marmaduke
 * http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/05/01/roflcon.sidebar/index.html
 * http://www.knowledgehunter.info/wiki/Marmaduke wikis can't be used as sources &mdash;Politizer talk / contribs 08:44, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

The last website is an article from a competitor of Wikipedia. I feel like these websites are more than ample proof of the existence of a blog which criticizes Marmaduke and would appreciate it if everyone stopped cockblocking me.

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yournumbertwofan (talk • contribs) 08:38, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

For real? A wiki doesn't count as a source on WIKIPEDIA? Ugh, what the fuck.


 * No, it doesn't, because wikis are edited by anybody and for all you know that wiki page was written by 14-year-old kids who pick their noses. There is good reason that wikis aren't accepted as sources here.  You may want to see Wikipedia's information on Reliable sources...you know, if it's not too "condescending" of me to give you a link to that. &mdash;Politizer talk / contribs 09:03, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

(outdent) A note to other editors reading this: I just want to remind everyone that, even if you do think notability has been demonstrated with the above links, WP:UNDUE still applies to this blog. It may be appropriate to mention the blog and say in a sentence or two what it says about the comic; it would not be appropriate, on the other hand, to give it a long paragraph that focuses more on the blog than on the comic (since this article is about the comic). Yournumbertwofan (talk • contribs) is already in violation of 3RR for insisting on adding unnecessary detail about the blog when it's not necessary or relevant to this article (that revert war could have been avoided if this user hadn't ignored my requests that he read WP:UNDUE and WP:3RR), so I just wanted to make it clear to everyone what factors are in effect when it comes to how this blog should be mentioned in the article (if it should be mentioned at all). &mdash;Politizer talk / contribs 14:50, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Critique section
My edit was reverted, though it was an edit that expanded what the article said. To quote the article, "Marmaduke the dog is the rape fantasy taken flesh; he is the overpowering force that conquers your will and thus leaves you inculpable. You physically cannot resist; therefore you are absolved of responsibility. It is not your fault. (The tacit implication is that you are then free to enjoy it guiltlessly.)"58.174.227.44 (talk) 00:00, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Please remember that David Malki's site is satire; it's not meant to be taken seriously. Polit i zer talk / contribs 00:56, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * In any event, that edit seems to be a copyright violation. --CliffC (talk) 01:43, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Breaking news, syntax, wind
Looks like there's a Marmaduke movie on the way, one news story here. A bit of broken syntax in its description of the star brings us "...a mischievous Great Dane who lives with the Winslow family in 1954", which seems to explain a lot. Also note that "The studio also has 'We Bought a Zoo' and the Farrelly brothers' project 'Walter the Farting Dog' in development." Sadly, none of this can be included in the Marmaduke article due to policy Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. --CliffC (talk) 15:26, 7 March 2009 (UTC)


 * A second reading of WP:NOTCRYSTAL seems to say that mentioning the movie would be okay; I have done so. --CliffC (talk) 19:59, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Reception section
I rewrote the reception section slightly, after searching for quite a few sources. Since this touches on some of the same content discussed above, it is probably necessary to make a few comments. Firstly, as best as I can determine, it seems that most of what is written about Marmaduke is critical of or pokes fun at it, so it would be wrong for us to ignore or misreport it; the right thing to do, in order to meet Wikipedia's goal of being an accurate summary of published material, is to report the reception as it is. Blogs and the like are not inherently notable, but when several mainstream media sources have reported on a phenomenon, it is worth noting. Shreevatsa (talk) 06:52, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Is there a connection?
April 12, 1954 there was a Walter Lantz cartoon called "Dig That Dog" (available on youtube) about a Great Dane so big it overwhelmed it's owner.(84.236.152.71 (talk) 16:15, 28 March 2014 (UTC))

Brad Anderson died "unexpectedly"?
I deleted my post out of respect for BA's family. I'm sorry I don't know what I was thinking.2602:30A:2C52:C170:51C:1EDB:3232:1E59 (talk) 10:50, 11 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes, that is indeed what the reference says, which you could easily check for yourself. People don't just expect to die once they reach some magical age; if Anderson expected to pass soon, due to some illness or failing health, one presumes he would have arranged to end the strip or smoothly transition it to another author. Cause of death is not listed so we go with what the ref says. Antepenultimate (talk) 23:32, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Cat's name
Is there a source for the cat's name of "Carlos"? The only recurring cat character I know of in recent years is the Siamese "King Tut". Whether he belongs to the Winslows or not I don't know, but Barbara is seen petting him on the couch in today's strip. Powers T 17:11, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

In the live-action Marmaduke movie, they renamed King Tut Carlos, which is probably the source of the confusion 198.84.189.204 (talk) 02:40, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Film Characters
Why should this article, which is about the comic strip, have a section listing characters who only appear in the film? The film has its own article, the characters who appear in it can be listed there. It doesn't make any sense to include them here, and it creates confusion because of the whole King Tut being renamed Carlos in the movie issue. --198.84.189.204 (talk) 08:26, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

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