Dr. Gustav Stitch - Tumblr Posts

i hear everyone in the Garfield fandom talk about how Lyman is the forgotten character of Garfield, no one remembers him, his disappearance is mysterious and he never appeared in the strip ever again after a cameo in 2013, and like that's epic and all, but i bet none of you guys have ever considered the TRUE lost character of Garfield who never even got a chance to appear in the syndicated strip at all, Dr. Gustav Stitch from the original prototype 'Jon' strip!

this guy is essentially a recycled character from Gnorm Gnat named Dr. Gougo, and he only appeared in two strips ever before never appearing in another comic ever again. Dr. Gougo's character ended up being more developed than Dr. Stitch's ever was, as the bug appeared in more strips and obviously got more dialogue, but it's clear from the two strips Stitch was in that he essentially had the same loopy personality and very questionable medical practices. i think there should be more fan stuff of this guy, partly because it'd be funny but also because i just think he's an interesting example of a long-abandoned character in Garfield history.