About

Garfield Birthday Comic Zodiac refers to a social game in which people post the Garfield comic strip that was published on the day they were born.

Origin

On February 18th, 2019, Twitter user @eliklatt tweeted,^[1] "i don’t care about your zodiac sign- show me the garfield strip from your birthday." Following the post, they shared the comic that was published the day they were born (shown below).

Spread

The following month, on March 21st, Twitter^[2] user @butteredbagell shared a variation of the challenge (shown below, left). They wrote, "fuck ur zodiac sign, what garfield comic was posted on your birthday?" In April, another shared an autonomous Garfield comic challenge (shown below, right). On April 13th, Twitter^[3] user @Craps428 tweeted, "Forget your zodiac sign what Garfield comic came out when you were born?"

On August 29th, 2019, Twitter^[4] user @kacrackleslash tweeted, "fuck your zodiac sign what is the garfield comic that was published on the day you were born here’s mine." The tweet became the first to receive significant spread, garnering more than 7,500 likes and 1,100 retweets in less than one week (shown below).

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