53: Garfield Minus Jon

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Garfield Minus Jon
Garfield Minus Jon 53.png
Made by: Colin Foster


Explanation[edit | edit source]

Again, an author removes Jon from a strip, changing the explanation for why Garfield thought-spoke "Midnight." For all we know, without Jon there in his pajamas drinking his morning coffee, maybe it is about midnight instead of 17-18 hours earlier.

This strip was published only 5 strips (or 12 days, since these are the early days of Square Root of Minus Garfield) after a strip titled the same thing, linked to by David Morgan-Mar, since the author clearly only suspected there would be a strip with the same idea.

The author writes:[edit | edit source]

A pretty obvious idea. I wouldn't be surprised if somebody else did one of these before I did. (Ed: they did.)

Original strip: 1992-12-31.

Transcript[edit | edit source]

{Garfield walks into frame, wide-eyed and with a big grin, wearing a party hat and carrying a horn}
{Garfield stands silently, wide-eyed and with a big grin}
Garfield: {wide-eyed and with a big grin} Midnight.