323: Accidental Garfield
| Accidental Garfield |
 Made by: qvaak |
Explanation[edit | edit source]
The original base is the 1993 comic. The first two panels are entirely unchanged. In the third panel, however, qvaak changed Jon's head to his head in the third panel of the 1989 comic, changed Garfield's thought bubble to the one from the second panel of the 1989 comic, and removed the magazine.
It seems that the author's pause -- of whatever nature -- put his work-in-progress in a different light, and he decided to submit it as it was.
The author writes:[edit | edit source]
Imagine, if you must, reminisce, if you can. You are making a Garfield mash-up. You have an idea and you hunt through the strips looking for a right word balloon, right arrangement of characters or right expression. You cut and paste the needed elements together. Half way through you pause to take a cup of tea, maybe just to sneeze, maybe to relieve your bladder. You turn back to work and there before your eyes is a mash-up you have not meant to make, have never consciously seen. Such an immaculate born thing is a wonder to behold. It might be a bit like a random generated mash-up, but still different. It certainly is something no-one would ever intend to make.
The strip above is of course such a comic. I had hardly even read the first two panels - I only needed the last one, but saw no need to cut the two off just yet. The thing truly felt like a comic right out of the blue, when I turned my gaze back to the screen. I'm not saying this is the best example of an accidental mash-up. Mostly the things have a much more half-finished look on them, if you present them as they were. I've meant to offer a strip like this for some time and actually had a lot rougher candidate I lost changing a computer. Now I got this, though, and it has to do. It's a true thing. No post-production.
Transcript:[edit | edit source]
Jon: There's an article here about cats
SFX: snatch {Garfield grabs the magazine from Jon's hands}
Garfield: Bless you, Jon. {lying in Jon's lap}
Based on strips: 1993-10-29, 1989-11-02.
