647: Garfield Plus High Art Minus Good Taste
| Garfield Plus High Art Minus Good Taste |
 Made by: Lubaf |
Explanation[edit | edit source]
Vincent Van Gogh, a famous painter, also famously cut off his own ear. Since Garfield, in the original strip, made reference to Jon imitating Van Gogh in his self-destructive behavior, this strip replaces Jon with Van Gogh.
The author writes:[edit | edit source]
To those who say, "Dude, not funny", I must plead Refuge In Audacity and that I'm merely taking the joke to its logical conclusion. See also Wikipedia's page on Vincent van Gogh for an explanation of the joke.
Original Strip: Script from 1998-01-08; art from Van Gogh's "Self-portrait as an artist", found on Wikimedia commons, and Garfield taken from 2004-11-04, as the 1998 strip was too "busy" to be cut from cleanly.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
Van Gogh: I'm feeling artistic! I'm going to paint a painting!
Van Gogh: Where to start?
Garfield: Cut off an ear.
