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| '''Joe Mathlete''' runs one of the best blogs in the world. How could a blog be good you ask? Well, it's not a blog that whines about [[Democrats]]/[[Republicans]]/[[Religion]]/[[America]], rather it's one making fun of famously unfunny comic, Marmaduke. Originally running on [http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com blogspot.com], Joe has since moved to [http://www.29-95.com/users/joe-mathlete 29-95.com] after a long hiatus. Because of his hotlinking of a comics site that throws images out after 30 days, Mathlete's comics from [[666|June 6, 2006]] til July 30, [[2006]] [[;_;|have been lost]]. The formula is pretty simple, Joe posts a Marmaduke comment and then explains its subtle humor for the sake of everyone being able to enjoy this wonderful comic. | | '''Joe Mathlete''' runs one of the best blogs in the world. How could a blog be good you ask? Well, it's not a blog that whines about [[Democrats]]/[[Republicans]]/[[Religion]]/[[America]], rather it's one making fun of famously unfunny comic, Marmaduke. Originally running on [http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com blogspot.com], Joe has since moved to [http://www.29-95.com/users/joe-mathlete 29-95.com] after a long hiatus. Because of his hotlinking of a comics site that throws images out after 30 days, Mathlete's comics from [[666|June 6, 2006]] til July 30, [[2006]] [[;_;|have been lost]]. The formula is pretty simple, Joe posts a Marmaduke comment and then explains its subtle humor for the sake of everyone being able to enjoy this wonderful comic. |
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| {{squote|1=I have received a number of emails about the missing images from the first month or so of this blog. When I first began this public service, I linked the cartoons from United Media's website (which is very similar to this blog, only it just posts the comic strips without giving them proper context). Then I figured out that after a month they switch out all of the Marmaduke comics with pictures of a little red X, most likely to piss off bloggers and the like.|2=Joe Mathlete|3=[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/09/dear-marmaduke-explanation-enthusiasts.html]}} | | {{squote|1=I have received a number of emails about the missing images from the first month or so of this blog. When I first began this public service, I linked the cartoons from United Media's website (which is very similar to this blog, only it just posts the comic strips without giving them proper context). Then I figured out that after a month they switch out all of the Marmaduke comics with pictures of a little red X, most likely to piss off bloggers and the like.|2=Joe Mathlete|3=[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/09/dear-marmaduke-explanation-enthusiasts.html]}} |
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| Like [[married to the sea|many]] [[electric retard|other]] [[morning glory|webcomics]] [[lego robot comics|in]] the lollersphere, Marmaduke Explained can be extremely polarizing. [[Sheneequa|I]] might find it hilarious while [[everyone|you]] might [[uncyclopedia|not get it]]. Either way, here's some examples. | | Like [[Married to the Sea|many]] [[electric retard|other]] [[morning glory|webcomics]] [[lego robot comics|in]] the lollersphere, Marmaduke Explained can be extremely polarizing. [[Sheneequa|I]] might find it hilarious while [[everyone|you]] might [[uncyclopedia|not get it]]. Either way, here's some examples. |
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| ''Images are the original comics, thumb captions are Joe Mathlete's explanations.''
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| ===[[2006]]===
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| {{Imageshow|Marmaduke2006||font-weight: bold;|[[File:Marmaduke2916120060807.gif|center|300px|thumb|Marmaduke asked for and was granted a rear entrance to his doghouse, just so his tail could fit out the back. Presumably his owners were willing to carry out such an asinine request because of how enormously impressive it must have been for a dog to communicate such a specific desire. ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/08/marmaduke-asked-for-and-was-granted.html]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2006229030810.gif|center|300px|thumb|Marmaduke attempts to trade his owner-girl his dog biscuit for her cookie, but she isn't having any of it, even though Marmaduke could probably just take the cookie if he wanted to and eat her for good measure (since, as today's strip clearly demonstrates by giving us a close-up of Marmaduke and girl next to each other, he is ABSOLUTELY FUCKING HUMONGOUS). ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/08/marmaduke-attempts-to-trade-his-owner.html]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2003053760816.gif|center|300px|thumb|Marmaduke is trying to let his owner-lady know that he wants to fuck her. His innuendo may seem blunt and crude, but in his defense, he is a dog. ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/08/marmaduke-is-trying-to-let-his-owner.html]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2006018322818.gif|center|300px|thumb|[[Catchphrase|Marmaduke is an asshole]]. ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/08/marmaduke-is-asshole_19.html]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2045807060829.gif|center|300px|thumb|Marmaduke's owner-lady implies to a jowly clergyman that her giant, napping dog is going to keep him immobilized for probably the rest of the day. She also brings him tea. ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/09/marmadukes-owner-lady-implies-to-jowly.html]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2006229030831.png|center|300px|thumb|''Marmaduke'' creator Brad Anderson has been alive for many, many, many years, and sometimes when people get really old, their minds start to get a little bit confused. Remember when Grandma tried to feed her poop to the cat? Yeah...<br /><br />
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| Don't be sad, though: Marmaduke creator Brad Anderson will be with God soon, and that's what we need to focus on in times like these. ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/09/marmaduke-writerartist-brad-anderson.html]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2006016287901.png|center|300px|thumb|Marmaduke caused his owner-man to get a traffic ticket, despite the fact that he was a pedestrian at the time of the offense. ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/09/marmaduke-caused-his-owner-man-to-get.html]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2006203590907.gif|center|300px|thumb|Marmaduke's fat, elderly neighbor-lady believes her phone to be ringing, but her husband tells her that it is probably one of Marmaduke's mobile phones (Marmaduke, for reasons still at large, owns a very large number of mobile phones). ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/09/marmadukes-fat-elderly-neighbor-lady.html]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2006016287908.gif|center|300px|thumb|Marmaduke ordered a pizza from 2 Ur Door Pizza! and tipped one of the delivery persons (2 Ur Door Pizza pizzas take two people to deliver them) a bone. As Marmaduke is a dog, and dogs consider bones to be very important and valuable, he no doubt was being earnest and generous in his offer, but the delivery boy has not encountered such before.<br /><br />
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| (A lesser strip would have pointed out the absurdity in a dog ordering pizza ("how can such a thing be?!?"), but the humor in ''Marmaduke'' is much more subtle and layered to settle for such an obvious chuckle. In the Marmadukiverse (c), this sort of shit happens all the time) ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/09/marmaduke-ordered-pizza-from-2-ur-door.html]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2040718060912.png|thumb|center|300px|Marmaduke planned on eating dinner with his fat, elderly neighbors, but they are having something he doesn't like to eat and he flips a shit. ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/09/marmaduke-planned-on-eating-dinner.html]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2006203590921.gif|thumb|center|300px|Marmaduke's habit of skulking about in the attic is not appreciated by his sleepy owners, who implore him to stop as he peers down at them through a small window they installed in their ceiling specifically for this strip. ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/09/marmadukes-habit-of-skulking-about-in.html][ [[ceiling cat|a challenger appears!]]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2006091357323.0.png|thumb|center|300px|Marmaduke has been in the peanut butter. As he left an giant bone in the jar, Owner-Lady was able to finger him as the culprit without the aid of a Sherlock Holmes. ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/09/marmaduke-has-been-in-peanut-butter.html]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2002714660927.gif|thumb|center|300px|''Marmaduke'' creator Brad Anderson is proving he is still relevant in the 21st century by tempering his usual blend of phantom humor and obtuse logic with a reference to a hit television program of which he possesses a vague awareness. ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/09/marmaduke-creator-brad-anderson-is.html]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2036648061010.1.png|thumb|center|300px|Marmaduke is disobeying his owner-lady's rule about having garden hoses in the house (they are not allowed). He is getting water all over the living room, which is probably one of the main reasons why Owner-Lady came up with the rule in the first place. ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/10/marmaduke-is-disobeying-his-owner.html]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2006114659013.png|thumb|center|300px|Marmaduke has a really stupid addiction ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/10/marmaduke-has-really-stupid-addiction.html]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2036648061024.gif|thumb|center|300px|SPECIAL THREE-PART INSTALLMENT:<br /><br />
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| I) Marmaduke stole Owner-Girl's jump rope (causation: Marmaduke is greedy and spiteful)<br /><br />
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| II) Marmaduke does not know how to properly operate a jump rope (causation: Marmaduke is a dog)<br /><br />
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| III) Marmaduke creator Brad Anderson refers to jump ropes as "skip ropes" (causation: Brad Anderson has not paid attention to current parlance since 1948) ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/10/special-three-part-installment-i.html]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2006111110625.gif|thumb|center|300px|Marmaduke is committing so many different breaches in drive-thru protocol at the local Pic-Up Burger that I don't even know where to begin. Also, judging by the prices of the various food items, Marmaduke creator Brad Anderson has not patronized a fast-food establishment since the 1980s. ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/11/marmaduke-is-committing-so-many.html]'']]|[[File:Marmaduke2610860061225.gif|thumb|center|300px|Marmaduke is about to do to Christmas what he does to most everything in his world: destroy it with the aid of some improbably-acquired props and/or costume pieces. ''[http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/2006/12/marmaduke-is-about-to-do-to-christmas.html]'']]}}
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Joe Mathlete runs one of the best blogs in the world. How could a blog be good you ask? Well, it's not a blog that whines about Democrats/Republicans/Religion/America, rather it's one making fun of famously unfunny comic, Marmaduke. Originally running on blogspot.com, Joe has since moved to 29-95.com after a long hiatus. Because of his hotlinking of a comics site that throws images out after 30 days, Mathlete's comics from June 6, 2006 til July 30, 2006 have been lost. The formula is pretty simple, Joe posts a Marmaduke comment and then explains its subtle humor for the sake of everyone being able to enjoy this wonderful comic.
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I have received a number of emails about the missing images from the first month or so of this blog. When I first began this public service, I linked the cartoons from United Media's website (which is very similar to this blog, only it just posts the comic strips without giving them proper context). Then I figured out that after a month they switch out all of the Marmaduke comics with pictures of a little red X, most likely to piss off bloggers and the like.
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Like many other webcomics in the lollersphere, Marmaduke Explained can be extremely polarizing. I might find it hilarious while you might not get it. Either way, here's some examples.
Other blogs
Joe Mathlete also has a few shorter run blogs, including Joe Mathlete Draws a Nipple on Ziggy's Nose So That His Nose Looks Like A Titty, Joe Mathlete Will Draw Anything You Want on an Index Card, and JOE MATHLETE'S GREAT AMERICAN BLOG. Naturally these are less hilarious than the Marmaduke blog, but ziggynipples might be worth some giggle humor.
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