5415: GA(rfield) Geijutsuka Art Design Class: English Release Dates Edition

GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class is a slice-of-life manga series originally drawn for Comic Gyutto!, with the instruction to draw a "4-koma" -- that is, a comic in which each strip is 4 panels -- "with cute and puni-moe(?) girls." Comic Gyutto! ceased to exist at some point, after which Manga Time Kirara Carat picked it up, and over time, it accrued a larger cast of characters, including a club with members that happen to have connections to the original five characters: This one is that one's childhood friend, this other one is another one's older brother, the former president is yet another one's big sister... The manga series has a 12+OVA-episode anime adaptation of several chapters from volumes 1-3.
Each of the seven volumes were released in Japanese first, then later in English. Because of this, the dates for this and the Japanese Release Date Edition are different.
Volume 1 - In the original, Jon was temporarily turning cooking duties over to Liz. Here, the temporary non-cook is Namiko Nozaki. The image is taken from the back pages of Volume 1, though the idea is inspired by Volume 2, page 16, in which Kisaragi Yamaguchi and Namiko describe their cooking styles as cubism and surrealism, respectively.
Volume 2 - In the original, Garfield said "doing good deeds". Here, he says "heat conduction relays". This refers to page 13, in which Kisaragi burns her hands on hot water. Miki Noda puts her hands to Kisaragi's to feel, and Tomokane -- given name unknown -- does the same to Miki's hands, each saying "It's hot!" in turn. Namiko refuses to do it, which they say is "being cold". Miyabi Oomichi just escorts her to the infirmary.
Volume 3 - In the original, the lap that Jon sat on belonged to a mall Santa. Here, the lap is that of Chikako Awara, president of the Art Club. The picture comes from page 49. Her head is covered by a box on which has been written "Sound Sleep Box" in Japanese. It was "installed" in volume 2 on page 103, replacing the "President's House" box seen on pages 94 and 95 of that volume.
Volume 4 - The appearance of the mouse as a gray pillow and Garfield as a flower is a reference to a chapter from page 79 to 86, in which Kisaragi lost her glasses along a route to class that wasn't her usual after inadvertently looking at the sun. Since Kisaragi has trouble seeing right without her glasses anyway, her surroundings become surreal to her, and she sees things as what they aren't, e.g., Namiko seems to be a sunflower, and pigtailed Miki looks like an octopus. Would the mouse from the original strip look like a pillow under such conditions? Or Garfield a flower? It's impossible to say, but this author thinks they might.
Volume 5 - Garfield's pun is borrowed from page 44, the last line of a chapter in which Tomokane and Kisaragi cat-sit Miki's cat Marshmallow. They say it as Miki leaves with Marshmallow afterwards.
Volume 6 - The use of a foal named Garfield was inspired by a strip on page 67, during which four of the five main characters visit the equestrian club to help Kisaragi sketch horses better. In the strip, they learn that Kisaragi and Miyabi share their names with two of the horses there. Thus, a foal legitimately named Garfield.
Volume 7 - In the chapter on pages 11-16, Kisaragi has decided to find a picture she has memories of. One aspect was that it had katakana all over it; one theory was that the "katakana" was actually something else. Here, the author turned a stick into a katakana no.
==The author writes:==
One day, I was perusing the SRoMG TV Tropes page when I had a thought. I had recently received the last — as in, the series is over — volume of the slice-of-life manga GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class, so I decided to use Garfield strips published on the release date of each volume of the manga. However, there are two dates listed on the Wikipedia page: The Japanese release date, and the English release date. Thus, a Japanese Release Date Edition and an English Release Date Edition.
For each strip, I tried to use something pertaining to the appropriate volume: a reference to something that happens, a graphic, something.
Gray pillow image from Pottery Barn.
Calendula officinalis image from Wikipedia.
Horse Garfield image from eurodressage.
Original strips: , , , , , , .
==Transcript==
Caption: Volume 1
Namiko: Guess what? I'm not cooking tonight... Liz is!
{Garfield gets on his knees with a big, toothy grin and raises his forelegs to the sky in thankfulness to be spared "surrealistic" cooking}
Garfield: We're saved!!
{Namiko just looks at him, and he dampens his enthusiasm}
Garfield: I mean, oh, really!
Caption: Volume 2
{Garfield walks to the right with his index finger up}
Garfield: Heat conduction relays will give you a warm feeling
{The section of ledge becomes empty as he walks off, then returns in a sweater}
Garfield: A sweater works, too
Caption: Volume 3
{Jon talks to Garfield as he walks away}
Jon: I still don't know what to get Liz
{Jon walks off-panel, and Garfield looks at us}
Jon: I think I'll consult with an expert...
{Next scene. Jon, who, might I remind you, is like 50 years old at this point, sits in the lap of a teenage girl with a cardboard box on her head}
Jon: ...and she's about this tall
{He holds his hand up to indicate height}
Chikako: Security!
{...He seems to be there against her will}
Caption: Volume 4
Gray pillow: Someday mice will rule the world
{...A pillow...?}
'Orange Prince' marigold: Then what?
{...Mari... what?!}
Pillow: We'll get to live in people's houses and eat cheese
Marigold: You don't say
{Transcriber, put your glasses on!}
Caption: Volume 5
{Garfield is walking along when suddenly...}
Garfield: BURP
{Garfield turns around and walks back in the direction he came from}
Garfield: See mew again
Caption: Volume 6
Garfield (the foal) {to Jon}: Maybe we should take separate vacations this year
Garfield: I will go somewhere fun
Garfield: Because you will not be there
Caption: Volume 7
{Terrified, Jon points at something on the ground}
Jon: Yaaah! Snake! Snake! Snake!
{Garfield calmly picks the letter up}
Garfield: Jon, it's a "no"
{Jon reflects on the experience as they proceed on their way}
Jon: That was scary!
{Garfield tosses the katakana behind him}
Garfield: You're scary
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