History of r/imsorryjon

On October 22nd, 2013, artist Dubblebaby posted a comic in which Garfield consumed his owner Jon's house ​​​​​​In 2018, the character was featured in the SCP Foundation  as SCP-3166, added by SCP Foundation user Tanhony on February 25th.

On September 12th, 2018, Redditor /u/mnvz posted an original three-panel comic strip in which "Garfold" was reimagined as a horror creature in the /r/surrealmemes subreddit. The comic gained over 15,700 upvotes in six months. On September 14th, Redditor /u/idea4granted posted in the same subreddit a 3D animation of Garfield bouncing off the floor with the phrase "CONSUME LASAGNA" flashing on the screen, which gained over 12,600 upvotes.

On September 18th, 2018, horror artist William Burke posted a black-and-white drawing of Garfield on his Instagram page. The drawing depicted Garfield as a monster holding his owner Jon Arbuckle in its hand and demanding to be given lasagna. The post gained over 11,600 likes in six months.

Spread
Following the success of the first drawing, in October 2018 William Burke created four more artworks of Garfield as a horrible creature, each of them receiving over 10,000 likes on the artist's Instagram. The posts can be found here, here , here , and here.

The Will Burke's Garfield series has been multiple times reposted on Reddit, Twitter, and other online platforms. For example, an October 7th repost on the subreddit /r/me_irl gained 18,800 upvotes in eleven months and an October 12th repost on the /r/creepy subreddit accumulated over 57,600 upvotes in six months. [Wiki Note: The October 7th repost is the post orginally inspired the creation of the subreddit, with u/theymademedarko creating the subreddit in response to the post.]

On October 8th, 2018, subreddit /r/imsorryjon was launched, collecting original works dedicated to the character.

On October 29th, 2018, animator Lumpy Touch posted a video of a mockup game based on one of the images on YouTube. The video gained over 766,000 views in five months, with Lumpy Touch continuing the series in the following month.

The trend has since been picked up by other artists, including notable artwork by Omega Black.

Current Day
Today, /r/imsorryjon is a highly active subreddit, with almost 250,000 subscribers and 10 moderators at time of writing with an active Discord server. Many artists post series of artwork in which Garfield takes new forms or is seen in different settings.