1685: Garfield Plus MS Paint Colours
Garfield Plus MS Paint Colours |
![]() Made by: Garfunkel |
Explanation[edit | edit source]
The author's notes reference the fact that, at the time (and still true as of this writing), the main GoComics archive did not colorize the original Garfield strip; the same is true for the still-extant secure-domain mirror of the now-busted link in the old strip crediting system (not recreated here to avoid redundancy). The author's notes explain the premise for this remix, pointing out 960: Gluefield #443 in the process.
GoComics once did feature a colorized version of the original Garfield strip as part of their now-defunct Garfield Classics archive (discontinued on 2023-12-01); it has been archived here, subject to the usual GoComics color discrepancies in comparison to other online Garfield archives.
It is unknown if this was true at the time this Square Root of Minus Garfield strip was first submitted, but extant material related to the former garfield.com strip archive (discontinued 2020-06-19) reveals a colored strip for the date in question; it has been archived on the Garfield wiki on Fandom here.
The author writes:[edit | edit source]
Strangely, there are two strips in the Garfield archive that were never coloured in. The first was pointed out, and this is the second. I gave it some MS Paint colouring, plain and simple.
Original strip: 1980-02-20.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
Garfield: The Caped Avenger sees an evil dog.
Garfield: {leaping off the table} The Caped Avenger springs into action.
Garfield: {splattered on the floor} The Caped Avenger hurts.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
The remnants of the old crediting system (not recreated here to avoid redundancy) visually miscredit the 1980-02-21 strip, but the busted link therein formerly led to the 1980-02-20 strip instead; the current crediting system both reads and links to the 1980-02-20 strip, which is the correct strip credit.