3108: A Week in a Sunday
| A Week in a Sunday |
 Made by: Jacob Huller |
Explanation[edit | edit source]
The first sentence of the author's notes tend to explain the strip's premise; however, the second sentence of the author's notes include inaccurate information, implying that the title card is of a style from the early 1970s (Garfield's debut would be generally agreed to be in the late 1970s) and incorrectly dating the title panel to a Sunday strip that is not known to have ever had a title panel.
Contrary to what the author's notes and strip credits state, the title panel used is certainly not from 1978-06-25. Not only is the Garfield design clearly from a few years later, Sunday Garfield strips are not known to have even used title panels at that point in Garfield's run; the first known Garfield Sunday strip to even have a title panel was 1981-03-29 (the title panel used is of the design type introduced on that date, but the colors themselves do not match that date).
The author writes:[edit | edit source]
Inspired by #754 and #227, I decided to take the most important beats of the Garfield Gets His Mouth Stuck in a Tree week-long arc and condense it into a Sunday strip, even squashing the panels to better match the Sunday formatting. The generic Garfield title card from the early 1970s has been used (specifically the one from 1978-06-25).
Original strips: 1978-06-25, 1988-07-05, 1988-07-06, 1988-07-07, 1988-07-08.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
{Generic Garfield Title Card}
{Garfield is suspended by the jaw from a tree branch. Odie is pulling on his legs}
Garfield: I don't think this is exactly the way to get me down, Odie.
{Odie bends down branch}
Garfield: Congratulations Odie! You did something right for a change!
{Odie allows Garfield to be flung off by the branch}
SFX: TOING!!
Garfield {later}: Well Odie, you almost broke every bone in my body, but you did get me down from that tree.
Garfield: Some day I hope to do the same for you.
{Odie is now suspended from the tree branch as Garfield walks away}
Garfield: But not today.
