46: Garfield's Inferno
| Garfield's Inferno |
 Made by: John Wallace |
Explanation[edit | edit source]
On October 23, 1989, the first strip in a series of very different Garfield strips ran. These strips were not intended to be humorous, but to face head-on the fear of loneliness. This series, particularly the strip for October 28th, has led to the theory that every strip since then has been part of a hallucination that Garfield is having as he slowly starves in that chilly, abandoned house.
Thus, this strip. The original is a strip in which Jon pretends to be Garfield's guilt over food theft, evoking thoughts of A Christmas Carol in Garfield. Here, Jon's dialogue is edited to make him a Divine Comedy reference, as is reflected in the title. Jon attempts to portray the Roman poet Virgil, who becomes Dante's guide through the afterlife.
Jon's depiction is so bad, however, that Garfield considers it proof that he's not dead (refuting the aforementioned theory).
The author writes:[edit | edit source]
Original strip from 1999-09-15.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
Jon: Woooooooo! Gaaaaaaaarfield!
Jon: I am Virgil!
Jon: I have come to take you on a tour of the afterlife to change your sinful ways!
Garfield: There goes you 'I'm dead' theory, folks.
