1300: Falling Garfield Fixed

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Falling Garfield Fixed
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Made by: Jacek "Korodzik" Dobrzyniecki


Explanation[edit | edit source]

Contrary to what the author's notes imply, it is not known whether the original Garfield strip was even subject to a coloring error; while the colors in the third panel do indeed switch places compared to the first two, such differing color treatments were par for the course for that particular era, with all known digital archives of the original strip showing similar colors to each other. The shadow in the third panel could potentially be explained simply by Garfield standing up between panels two and three--he would not be casting the same shadows from an overhead viewpoint lying down as he would standing up. The author's "correction" simply involves making the floor and wall consistent between all three panels.

The author writes:[edit | edit source]

I've re-read the original 1994-01-03 strip a few times, trying to comprehend what in the world was going on, until I understood: the colourist screwed up! Both parts of the background (whatever these ambiguous rectangles are supposed to be - table and floor? floor and wall?) abruptly switch colours in the last panel, thus making it look (depending on what you think the background is) like Garfield either is suddenly standing on a wall in sheer defiance of gravity, or has suddenly teleported to the floor.

Here it is, then: the fixed version. However, it should be noted that Garfield suddenly casting a shadow in panel three, when there was none in panels one and two, looks rather messy. It would have been better if the viewpoint changed to show Garfield from the side, lying on the mysterious surface... except the colourist would probably screw up that, too.

Original strip: 1994-01-03.

Transcript[edit | edit source]

Garfield: Help! I'm falling!
Garfield: Just kidding.
Garfield: It's an overhead shot.