2094: Disaster Days
| Disaster Days |
 Made by: Lubaf |
Explanation[edit | edit source]
(The following was written by Lubaf, the author of the strip)
The author's comment explains most of the strip, but a few questions occur:
- Why in chronological order?
- Because I think the Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking trope is a bit too common; the intent here was to feel like I'd tried to pull a fast one by including the weak item in the middle.
- Why leave it as is?
- As the author's note implies, both the actual disasters were the result of management apathy about safety, and the movie chosen shows a similar level of apathy towards quality, so the strip showing equal levels of apathy about accuracy was probably fitting.
- Why "Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel"?
- I needed a movie released between the two disasters whose name was suitable as a punchline; "Squeakquel" was chosen for being the option with the title that sounded most like a punchline, and highest budget (an estimated $75 million) of the available movies.
The author writes:[edit | edit source]
I'm sometimes curious as to what Garfields ran on the date of certain disasters, so here are three panels from the Garfields that ran on the dates of three major man-made disasters: The Challenger explosion, the premiere of Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel, and the beginning of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Original Strips: 1986-01-28, 2009-12-23, 2010-04-20.
Edit by the author, after his mistake was pointed out shortly after release of this strip in this thread: In keeping with this particular strip's themes, it turns out I used the wrong date for one of the strips above: Instead of the intended April 20th, 2010, I instead accidentally used the strip from April 20th, 2011, a day on which nothing particularly disastrous happened. After consideration, I have decided to leave the strip as is, in keeping with all three disasters being the result of slipshod quality control and bad management practices.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
Garfield: It's fun to lie here and muse on the meaning of life.
Jon: {on phone} Ohh... That's too bad.
Garfield: Heck, I need an audience.
Notes[edit | edit source]
This strip was later redone in a rearranged order, to be in the more traditional "Strong, Strong, Weak" comedy formula.
