5454: Garfield Suffers From Success

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Garfield Suffers From Success
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Made by: Linguanaut


Explanation[edit | edit source]

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'Sold out', of course, meaning both that he has licensed his image so extensively that even his reflection in a mirror is become a platform for sales - and, in the sense that the image has proved so popular that he is not even able to procure himself a copy for the strip. Maybe a bit absurd and dystopian...

Original Square Root of Minus Garfield strips: 2023-02-12, 2023-10-29.

Original strip: 1988-11-14.

Transcript[edit | edit source]

{Garfield walks along a wall, where a mirror is propped against the skirting-board}
{Garfield stops to regard himself in the mirror; the mirror displays the notice 'Sorry! Product temporarily unavailable; check back later!'}
{Garfield turns to face the audience}
Garfield: Oh no, I sold out