Yes, the title came from a Happy Tree Friends episode, I'm a copycat, it's just one of my favorite HTF episodes due to all the nerd references.
In the mid-90s, there was an 8-year-old boy named Jimmy Davis who lived in Cincinatti. Jimmy loved to draw his own cat comics. He and his cabal of friends have always loved both cats and cartoons and they combined both their interests in the form of their own comic book series:Garfunkle. Garfunkle is a gray cat who doesn't do much, he likes to eat spaghetti and sleep. That's pretty much it. The stories are often a hilarious concatenation of events that oftentimes end in a punchline from Garfunkle himself. Garfunkle also has an owner named Jack and his enemy is a dog named Opie. Jimmy created these comics when he was only 5 years old and became a local celebrity because of them. One day, he walking home from school and a saw a sign advertizing this new thing heading towards his town called Comic-Con. It was going to be a convention showcasing the best comics of every genre from superhero to comedy to horror. The sign also said that creator of Spider-Man (who was also Jimmy's main inspiration), Stan Lee would be there. Jimmy was SO excited as he could possibly pitch his to idea Stan Lee. Stan Lee and the actor who played Spider-Man got into a serious schism at the time and Jimmy thought that he would make Stan laugh which would make him feel better. He looked closely at the sign and saw that the event would be that exact night at the convention center right to his house, he was super happy! Jimmy then rushed to his treehouse and packed two of the most hilarious Garfunkle comics he had written but little did he know that one of them had a serious lacuna in which there was no dialogue from any character. The comic was unfinished! Jimmy ran as he fast as he could practically zooming to the convention center and as soon as he got there there was an incredibly long line.
"Huh, it must be a diaspora of a rare tribe of people called nerds," Jimmy jokingly said practicing his comedy for when he would tell jokes in front of his idol. Jimmy stood in the line for what seemed like hours even though it only took 5 minutes, but to an incredibly excited 8 year old it seemed way longer than it was. As soon as Jimmy got to the front of the line he was greeted by a big tall muscular man wearing glasses with a Jack Skellington tattoo.
"Ticket, please," the man said.
"I'm sorry, I-I don't have a ticket," Jimmy told the man.
"No ticket, no entry!" he said. Jimmy then said
"Your shoes are untied," and the man looked at his foot and as soon as he looked down, Jimmy zoomed into the convention center.
"Dangit, I got schooled again!" the security guard said. Jimmy then looked around with so much alacricity but didn't see Stan Lee anywhere all he saw were people dressed like famous comic book characters. After that he started getting pretty hungry which was lucky for him as he was right next to the cafeteria. Jimmy looked over and saw his favorite burger joint, Dairy King had a station. He also noticed that the line wasn't long at all, in fact, he was only one there. Just to make sure he could get a sandwich in time before the long gets long, he ordered a burger and sat down in the cafeteria. As he was eating, a man said
"You like Dairy King too, huh?". The boy looked over his shoulder and saw a mustachoied man wearing dark sunglasses with light brown hair. It was Stan Lee!
"Oh my gosh, it's Stan Lee!" he shouted at the top of his lungs.
"What's your name?" Stan asked him.
"I'm Jimmy Davis!" the boy said with so much excitement. He then handed Stan Lee the comics and Stan started laughing really hard.
"Wow, I laughed harder than I have in days reading that!" Stan Lee said.
Stan then pointed out that one of the comics was unfinished which embarassing Jimmy a little.
"How would you like it if I helped you finish it?" Stan asked him.
"Boy would I!" Jimmy said with excitement. Jimmy and Stan spent the whole night making a hilarious Garfunkle comic together. Stan did the drawing and Jimmy did the writing. Years later when Jimmy was in his late teens, Garfunkle picked up and became one of the famous American comic series of all time next to Charlie Schulz's Walnuts. It even got two TV shows, numerous specials, and tons of merchandise. He created most famous indolent cartoon cat of all time!
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