72: Meditations on Garfield

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Meditations on Garfield

Made by: Matt Albrecht

Explanation

In the original strip, when Jon looked up to see what he thought Garfield was looking at, it was then that Garfield began to snore, causing Jon to realize that Garfield was actually sleeping.

Here, Garfield recites a Hindu mantra offering to Śiva/Shiva a respectful invocation of his name, preceded by the mystical syllable "Aum", often transcribed as "Om".

The idea is likely to have come from the similar appearance of "Om" to Jon's original "Oh".

The author writes:

Om Aum Namah Shivaya

Original strip from 1989-02-01.

Transcript

{Jon comes across Garfield, whose face looks upwards.}
{Jon turns to look upwards, at whatever it may be that Garfield looks at.}
Garfield: Aum Namah Shivaya.
Jon: Om.