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Transcript:

Garfield: Uh-oh, here comes Jon!

Transcript:

Garfield: YAWN

Garfield: That floor sure looks cold this morning

Garfield: Better not risk it

Trivia:

Recycled for the October 5th, 1978 strip in the syndicated version:

Confused about what this strip is? See the first post here

Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=3642

Strip by: Memes-In-Your-Dreams

{Garfield comes in holding three cat hairs}

Garfield: I will now be shedding day-to-day corresponding to the TREE function.

{beat as Garfield leaves the cat hairs on the table and walks out}

Jon {sweating slightly}: I dread tomorrow

The author writes:

TREE(1) is 1. TREE(2) is 3. TREE(3) is... in terms of cat hairs, it's house-explodingly, country-floodingly, planet-engulfingly big. You know Graham's Number? It's practically zero by comparison. For more information, watch this Numberphile video.

Original strip: 2002-10-10.

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background: https://lemmy.world/post/35953187

Darn, I still need to install that "Garfield" font...

Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2343

Strip by: MadDogBV

Jon: I'm no expert on anything...

Jon: So, I have nothing to say...

Jon: ...nothing at all...

Garfield: WHY does this comic strip exist?!

The author writes:

Garfield, in spite of its banality, remains one of my favorite comic strips of all time, from the perspective of having basic and easily identifiable humor, as well as possessing the potential for post-modern ironic derivative humor generated from productions such as Garfield Minus Garfield (as well as strips contributed by yours truly). However, it cannot be denied that in recent years, the original strip has hit somewhat of a lull in quality. As of lately, I've become enamored by a blog known as Permanent Monday, a journal that was focused on critical analysis of the Garfield strips. One particular blog post struck a chord for me and thus has served as an inspiration for the strip as shown here (http://permanent-monday.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html). I like to think that Garfield has finally become aware of the formulaic droll of the goings-on of his life, the routines of his socially pathological owner, and the existence of his dopey dog roommate. He takes a pained, sidelong glance at the reader, and - to quote Mezzafield - "and he asks the obvious question."

Why indeed.

Original strip: 2006-08-14.

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Transcript:

Jon: Hungry, Garfield?

Garfield: Bingo.

Transcript:

Garfield: Ah, a curtain upon whence to sharpen my claws

Garfield: I hate double-knit

Trivia:

Recycled for the July 7th, 1978 strip in the syndicated version:

Confused about what this strip is? See the first post here

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Transcript:

Jon: OH, GARFIEEEELD. Go fetch the paper.

Garfield: You gotta be kidding.

Jon: No paper, no breakfast.

Garfield: That's blackmail.

Jon: Good boy!

Transcript:

Garfield: I think I'll put that dog's lights out

SFX: scratch scratch scratch scratch

Trivia:

Recycled for the August 18, 1978 strip in the syndicated version:

Confused about what this strip is? See the first post here

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Transcript:

Garfield: Wax!

Garfield Could've used salt

Trivia:

Readapted for the September 1st, 1978 strip in the syndicated version

Confused about what this strip is? See the first post here

Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=208

Strip by: David McLeish

{A mosaic of Jon sitting on an armchair, with Odie to one side and Garfield on the other side. The individual mosaic tiles are panels from Garfield strips.}

The author writes:

This mosaic has fewer panels than the previous mosaic, with just 54×41, but has sub-panel detail. (The other one just matched the average colour for each pixel.) Again, a much larger version is available here: 10530×7052 pixels (14.8 megabytes)

Original strip: 2004-04-04:

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Transcript:

Garfield: Here's a national fat week diet joke: What would you get if you cross a dieter with a nine-foot gorilla? You get a gorilla who diets anywhere he pleases.

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Transcript:

Garfield: We fat people are constantly being discriminated against. Airplane and theater seats are too small. Designer clothing is not made in our size. But that's trivial. What this world really needs is a king-size sandbox.

Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=440

Strip by: Anonymous

{Garfield on a phone, with Maxwell's equations (in integral form) floating in the background.}

Phone: x1 127.44 (6.59) 176.36 55.32

Garfield: the

{Garfield holds the phone up for Jon and it sprays him with some sort of black bolts of energy}

The author writes:

Attached is one of the most insane renderings of a Garfield strip that I've ever seen. I can't remember which forum I found it at, but thought it was too good to let it languish in obscurity. It also fits the theme of this site well.

Administrator Note: If anyone knows who created this, let us know!

Original strip: 2005-09-09.

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Transcript:

Garfield: Oh boy, oh boy. Today is Thursday, an' that's lasagna day

Garfield: CAT FOOD!

Trivia:

The first strip to be labeled Garfield. Recycled for the July 20th, 1978 strip in the syndicated version:

Confused about what this strip is? See the first post here

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Transcript:

Garfield: This year, let's celebrate national fat week by stamping out fat jokes. Let's face it, fatties... We should be able to stamp out anything we wish.

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=138

Strip by: D Headshot

{Garfield is a real cat!}

Jon: I'm leaving for a few minutes, Garfield. You be good, hear?

SFX: SLAM!

Garfield: Good! Jon's gone! Now I can do all the fun stuff he won't let me do!

Garfield: I can run in the house.

Garfield: I can eat ferns and swallow without chewing.

Garfield: I can jump on the bed.

Jon: Garfield, I'm home!

Garfield: Thank goodness you're home! I almost funned myself to death.

The author writes:

Original strip: 1985-04-21.

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Transcript:

Garfield: Here's a national fat week handy fact... 60% of the people in our nation are involved in some way with the food industry. That's right. Eating is not only fun, it's patriotic.