Garfield by Jim Davis for April 01, 1997

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

Funny!

i am sorry bumstead

dude read 20th anniversary collection

Look at Big Nate April-01-1997!!

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

This comic looks really weird!

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.

i looked at the big nate comic then at this wow

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

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.

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

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

anyone think davis went too far on this one?

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

…And Odie was where

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

lol

Infinaty war?

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

hey its blondie