340: Blindsided
| Blindsided |
 Made by: DanielBT |
Explanation[edit | edit source]
This strip condenses into 12 selected panels an arc taken over 6 days in which Garfield became stuck in a window blind.
The title is a pun on "blindsided", meaning "caught by surprise by an unforeseen, often unpleasant, eventuality".
The author writes:[edit | edit source]
This is a shorter version of an earlier "trapped Blind" strip before it was taken to its logical extremes years later.
Original strips: 1981-11-23, 1981-11-24, 1981-11-25, 1981-11-26, 1981-11-27, 1981-11-28.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
[SFX]: bat {Garfield bats a window blind}
[SFX]: fwip, fwip, fwip {the blind rolls up with Garfield caught in it}
Garfield: So I'm stuck in a window blind, big deal.
Garfield: The pain and humiliation I can handle.
{Garfield struggles to get out, but fails}
Garfield: I'd cry out for help.
Garfield: But I couldn't handle that.
Jon: I'm going to get you out, Garfield.
Jon: But I'd like to do it without hurting the window blind.
Jon: Voilà! One cat out of the blind.
Jon: There's no need to thank me, Garfield.
