645: Balance: Comics for the Ear

Explanation
This comic is a reference to "Blue Murder", a track from the Art of Noise album Balance: Music for the Eye. The song contains the spoken lyrics "I love blue" and "I hate red", referenced here in the comic.

In the main original strip, Horace is about to remark that he hates Monday and loves lasagna, but is interrupted by his lawyer as not to infringe upon copyrighted material from Garfield. In this comic, Horace is interrupted from saying he loves blue and hates red, as not to infringe upon "Blue Murder".

The author's note links to the video-EP The Art of Debussy, an edited collection of the last several tracks of Balance: Music for the Eye set to video, starting with "Blue Murder". "Comics are a form inked into space" references the lyric "rhythm is a form cut into time."

The author writes
Comics are a form inked into space.

Original Dark Side of the Horse strips: 2013-06-19, 2013-06-24.

Transcript
{Horace is in a blue room, looking at something red in a pan.} Horace: Is it blue? I love blue. Is that red? I hate r... {His phone rings.} {He picks it up.} Horace: I... okay. If you say so. Horace: My lawyer says I hate blue and love red.