Garfield by Jim Davis for April 01, 1997

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    jperes moderator over 16 years ago

    Blondie’s Dean Young and Stan Drake took the helm for this April Fools strip.

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    zombiedragon  almost 16 years ago

    Funny!

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    rockoholic  over 15 years ago

    i am sorry bumstead

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    HEEMSHADOW  almost 12 years ago

    dude read 20th anniversary collection

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    SuperDavid  over 11 years ago

    Look at Big Nate April-01-1997!!

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    Garfieldiscool2  about 11 years ago

    There’s one where garfield said second’s up.

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    SkyDoesMinecraft  over 10 years ago

    This comic looks really weird!

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    weatherford.joe Premium Member over 10 years ago

    Not in this case since the artists switched comics for the day. This was known as the Comic Strip Switcheroo. On April 1, 1997 several of the comic strips switched writers and artist as an April Fools joke such as this one. There were others though.

    Dilbert switched with The Family Circus,

    For Better or For Worse switched with Mother Goose and Grimm

    Nancy switched with FoxTrot

    Shoe switched with Beetle Bailey

    Kevin Fagin didn’t switch with anyone for Drabble so he drew it with his left hand instead.

    You get the idea.

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    Smashedmelon618  over 8 years ago

    i looked at the big nate comic then at this wow

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    ModDude661  over 7 years ago

    Did Jim Davis and Lincoln Pierce switch comic strips for the day?

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    alecgiacometti  over 6 years ago

    And you’re here! This is a Garfield Easter egg that not a lot of people know about. It was part of something called Comic Switcharoo. It was an April fools thing where Blondie, and Garfield switch comics.

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    NathanSwan  almost 5 years ago

    The infamous Comic Strip Switcheroo. Garfield actually appeared in Blondie(another comic and the creator took over this for April Fools as it said) a second time in 2005 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of that comic

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    weatherford.joe Premium Member over 4 years ago

    The picture of Jon’s mother on the wall was a nice touch.

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    Destroyermc25  over 4 years ago

    anyone think davis went too far on this one?

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    Cedar the squirrel  about 4 years ago

    Jon looks bigger now and his eyes look creepy in the last panel

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    T&J Fan  over 3 years ago

    …And Odie was where

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    Little_Timmy (•ヮ•)  over 3 years ago

    Whoa Garfield holding a goldfish now that’s a bit weird

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    Zack Vladimirsky  over 2 years ago

    lol

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    camerondawson  almost 2 years ago

    Infinaty war?

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    Strawberry King  6 months ago

    Garfield’s gonna love Dagwood. He’s a food man himself.

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    maneater  8 days ago

    hey its blondie

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