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No. 4274: Wring Odie's Neck, He Won't Care

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Wring Odie's Neck, He Won't Care

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=4274

Strip by: Theopold

{Marmaduke is looking confused at Garfield, who wrote SRoMG on the nearby fence, where the word Garfield used to be}
Garfield {in a very thin font}: Square root of minus Garf...!
Garfield: 💡
{Garfield walks towards Odie}
{Odie continues watching as Garfield walks past him... thrice}
{Garfield runs in a circle. Odie begins to spin}
{Garfield stops moving}
{Beat}
Garfield: That's driving me crazy!
Garfield {grabbing Odie}: STOPPIT, ODIE!
{Odie is still spinning, but after a beat, suddenly stops. His neck is twisted oddly}
{Odie begins to twist back again}
Garfield {still holding Odie} AAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!
SFX: WHIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
{Enter Jon}
Jon: I think I came in late again
{Exit Jon}
Garfield {stomping down, stopping Odie in his tracks}: That's good enough!
SFX: SCREEE
{Odie's neck is now twisted the other way}
Garfield: (I thought so...)
Garfield: Thanks for the exercise! {He proceeds to punt Odie}
Odie {chasing Garfield away}: BARK! BARK! BARK!

The author writes:

This is a fusion of two comics, with a third thrown in the mix. I thought those episodes were pretty similar, with the Odie spinning and neck-twisting. I also edited the title panel, which is something I'm going to attempt to keep doing for Sundays.

Original strips: 1979-03-16, 1980-01-13, 1991-03-31.