Garfield (Without Garfield)
Some time ago, I remember someone altering Garfield comic strips by removing the cat's thought bubbles. Jon became delusional, attention-starved and even more pathetic.
Now, it's been taken a step further with Garfield Minus Garfield - as you might imagine, they've removed the title character entirely. This time, Jon collapses into pathological oblivion!I guess someone will eventually paint Jon out as well, or replace both of them with other characters, like Sigmund Freud and Keanu Reeves.
Labels: comic strip, comics, garfield, garfield without garfield, meta comic, web comic, webcomic
posted by Jeff Pidgeon at
12:59 AM
2 Comments:
I love this conceit, the comics are almost always 400% funnier, and often more thought-provoking.
I agree, though I really did like the strip for the first few years (see Garfield At Large, Garfield Gains Weight, and Garfield Bigger Than Life).
Wildly excessive licensing didn't help the strip, but ultimately I think the true cause of its rapid depletion was its small cast and limited scope. Most of the classic strips have larger casts to help sustain a long run, but Garfield's characters didn't multiply or evolve that much.
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