4268: Gray Sunday
| Gray Sunday |
 Made by: Michael Jacoby |
Explanation[edit | edit source]
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This strip, as explained in the author's notes, is mostly a reversal of the premise of the original Garfield strip, in that here the strip is in full color except for the newspaper until the final panel goes black-and-white. Also as stated in the author's notes, the author also drew inspiration from a previous fan-colorization effort of the same strip.
The author writes:[edit | edit source]
Inspiration for this one came from #1686 and the original strip. I also think I might be tapping into an old childhood dislike of Sundays, which were often boring and usually meant going back to school after a weekend off, hence the last panel.
And yes, before anyone asks, I noticed in the last panel of the original strip, the floor was light pink, not purple. Again, I based the interior scenes on the color schemes from the TV specials and Garfield and Friends as a tribute to them.
Original strip: 1995-09-10.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
{The whole thing starts off in vivid color, particularly based upon the animated Garfield specials and Garfield and Friends}
{Garfield is asleep}
{He awakens and yawns}
Garfield {scratching himself}: I hate Mondays. Mondays are boring. Woe is me...
Jon {off-panel}: Get the paper, Garfield
{Garfield sulks out to the front}
Garfield: Sigh... yes, master
{Garfield notices that the colorless, black-and-white (no offense!) newspaper}
{All of the color is now removed, leaving a black-and-white illustration of Garfield skipping happily around among a joyous, vernal scene of flowers blooming and birds and bees flying around merrily}
Garfield {overjoyed, despite the monochromatic scene}: It's Sunday!
