87: Square Root of ((Minus Garfield) Squared)

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Square Root of ((Minus Garfield) Squared)

Made by: Richard L. Dodson

Explanation

The first strip. We're all familiar with it. This edit removes Garfield, but moves the source of Garfield's thoughts to Jon.

The author writes:

If we take the square root of -[Garfield^2] we get Imaginary Garfield [(Garfield)i]. It's like Garfield Minus Garfield, but different.

Here is the imaginary version of the first Garfield 1978-06-19.

Transcript

{Jon sitting alone in an artist's office}
Jon: Hi, there... I'm Jon Arbuckle. I'm a cartoonist, and this is my cat, Garfield.
Jon: {thinking to himself} Hi, there. I'm Garfield. I'm a cat, and this is my cartoonist, Jon.
Jon: Our only thought is to entertain you. Jon: {thinking to himself} Feed me.

Later references

• #91, #95, #97, #483, #509, #535, #555, and #572 all do the same with various strips.