Someone sent me a link to garfield minus garfield one day, and i was immediately struck by the simplicity and the honesty of the concept. Minus jon plus jon is garfield minus garfield with dr. The results are sometimes hilarious, often odd, and occasionally sad. Compared to the mindmelting horror of rimsorryjon, garfield minus. Take the webcomic garfield minus garfield for example. Nothing makes jon arbuckles garfield funnier than the absolute absence of garfield or the punchline, in general. Essentially, garfield does the color commentary in jons hapless existence. For example, what if garfield comics were really dark. Surreal, terrifying garfield comics are suddenly everywhere. Despite how bland the strips were, there is no denying garfield is a merchandising juggernaut and it somehow stayed in pop culture with garfield wout garfield and those horror illustrations. After all, the strip turned 40 a few days ago, and there are only so many times an orange cat can maul a lasagna before your audience begins contemplating the void. In this edited version, jon is the only main character.
See more ideas about garfield comics, comics and comic strips. Other talk garfield minus garfield who would have guessed that when you remove garfield from the garfield comic strips. Deep space propulsion a roadmap to interstellar flight astronomers universe books pdf file. Garfield minus garfield creator makes the strip better by removing the main character. Funny animal pics, gifs and videos funny pictures cheezburger. The blog itself hasnt been updated in a while, but creator dan walsh still occasionally updates the garfield minus garfield twitter feed. This weeks comic strip is garfield minus garfield, a funny take on the longrunning classic garfield. Scott mcdarmont scott91777 is an instructor of english at radford university, radford va, an. Thanks for sending the link for garfield minus garfield, because i have already emailed the site onto a few friends as well as some coworkers that i know are going to be in stitches over how well the theory of john arbuckles schizophrenia plays out.
What makes this comic which is the second part of a hopefully ongoing series so great is the fact that galligan gives the character jon some actual, well, character. Garfield and anything he holds or interacts with directly must be removed. As demonstrated by dan walshs website garfield minus garfield, the strip can be hilarious or even thought provoking if you simply remove any trace of the useless title character or anyone but jon, making it seem like hes talking to himself. But if i told you the joke, id have to kill you, he deadpans, before.
Garfield may be completely devoid of humor, but his owner jon is a different story. Checks and balances are not what they are cracked up to be. It is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet american suburb. Whens the last time you laughed at a garfield strip. Garfield minus garfield is a brilliant piece of deconstruction, a powerful, but above all elegant, exploration of the quiet desperation of jon arbuckle.
Square root of minus garfield be like meme, garfield, square roots, wtf face. That is why i never have time to actually post things. Garfield creator jim davis explains why cats rule the. Jim davis comic strip catlicensing cash cow garfield famously hates mondays and, less famously, birthdays. If you look at the normal garfield strip it makes a lot of sense, especially the characters. Garfield minus garfield is a site dedicated to removing garfield from the garfield comic strips.
Garfield garfield garfield garfield minus garfield garfield comics garfield and friends garfield his 9 lives garfield games garfield christmas garfield the movie garfield president garfield characters help garfield battle against. Titled the sky cracked open, its a fun and uplifting collection, and she made. Sometimes i see a terrible post so i click and look back at every post that person has ever made. The game, developed by sega, was released in 1995 for the sega mega drivegenesis and sega game gear, and in 1996 was released for windows pcs. However, jon still behaves as though they, most often garfield, were there. Garfield has been in our cultural vernacular since 1978, but only recently. Caught in the act is a platform game starring the comic strip cat, garfield. Garfield is not the worlds most exciting newspaper comic.
Pez lot simpsons easter bunny charlie brown garfield ebay. Based on the phenomenon ignited by dan walshs hilarious and wildly popular webcomic beloved by the new york times and the washington post, and hailed as inspired by garfield creator jim davis, garfield minus garfield takes everyones favorite fat cat out. Garfield creator jim davis is well aware of the internets cat obsession. Its like a cheap 20th century version of poes the raven, and i. Garfield minus garfield by jim davis nook book ebook.
View the comic strip for garfield minus garfield by cartoonist paws, inc. This is where youll see my tribute to garfieldminusgarfield. In posting a new garfield minus garfield entry every day, mr. But if i told you the joke, id have to kill you, he deadpans. Based on the phenomenon ignited by dan walshs hilarious and wildly popular webcomic beloved by the new york times and the washington post, and hailed as inspired by garfield creator jim davis, garfield minus garfield takes everyones favorite fat cat out of the picture. Garfield crack garfield and friends video dailymotion. Jim davis comic strip catlicensing cash cow garfield famously hates. Strip away garfields superfluous comments, and youre left with the stark reality of jons bleak existence. When i saw the newest strip in my sunday news, i knew it would be prime for remixing. Some of it is masterfully simple, like dan walshs garfield minus garfield series, in which walsh simply removed garfield from the strips entirely. How this cartoon made everybody love garfield again. Garfield minus garfied is the real garfield strip details.
Garfield minus garfield is a site dedicated to removing garfield from the garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of a certain young mr. Garfield minus garfield after months of recovery in the wake of his christmas psychotic break, things are finally looking up for jon arbuckle. Garfield minus garfield is a strip adapted by dan walsh from selected garfield strips. Hes not a whiny, apathetic, dogsemenguzzling loser in this world hes an artist and teacher who, after a long spell in the artistic wilderness, gets drawn into the modern world of comics, one in which conventions, social. If you edited the post, you should provide a link to the original. Garfield minus garfield an arbuckle thanksgiving with. Itll be interesting to see how they attempt to modernize the characters now that they have full control over the ip. Some of it is masterfully simple, like dan walshs garfield minus garfield series, in which walsh simply removed garfield from the strips entirely, transforming the entire atmosphere of the comic from vanilla corporate schlock to a revealing microscope into jon arbuckles chronic depression. Dan walsh takes original strips by jim davis and removes the title cat completely. Garfield garfield garfield garfield minus garfield garfield comics garfield and friends garfield his 9 lives garfield games garfield christmas garfield the movie garfield president garfield characters help garfield battle against time to get the house back in order before jon comes home.
Jason powell has taken on the yeomans job of doing an issue by issue analysis of chris claremonts 17 year uncanny xmen run in an effort to make me feel bad for saying morrison invented all kinds of things he did not in his new xmen run, and for spelling claremont clairmont in my superhero book. What if garfield minus garfield is johns real life, and all the other characters except lyman and odie in the regular strip are just figments of his imagination. Based on the phenomenon ignited by dan walshs hilarious and wildly popular webcomic beloved by the new york times and the washington post, and hailed as inspired by garfield creator jim davis, garfield minus garfield takes everyones favorite fat cat out of. Each strip consists of a reprint of a past episode from the comic strip garfield, from which all the characters except garfields owner jon arbuckle have been removed through photo manipulation. Its just garfield comic strips with the character of garfield removed. Its just like the original webcomic, only the roles are reversed. Mystery of the garfield telephones appearing in france. Unfortunately, this is all my cracked mind could come up with. Davis carefully studied the marketplace when developing garfield. Garfield eats food off jons plate behind jons back odie eats salad behind jons back garfield eats lasagna behind jons back odie eats salad behind jons back jon eats up remainder of dinner plates sfx. The picture has to be well edited, bad photoshops will be removed. Garfield minus garfield is much funnier than the original strip. Please read garfield minus garfield and tell me it isnt jonathan sims head.
That smug smile all cracked and weathered with its unblinking, unrelenting gaze. Come savor the existential adventures of jon arbuckle in garfield minus garfield. Garfield minus garfield also known as jon arbuckle is a webcomic created by dan walsh, a technology manager from dublin, ireland, which received considerable attention during 2008. Theres the lasagna cat site, and the existential crisis of john in garfield minus garfield. Walsh said he deliberately picks strips that will work in the format he has set up, one that makes jon seem as metaphysically. How garfield spawned some of the internets weirdest memes vice. Julius arnold schwarzenegger and vincent danny devito are back, and this time their love is deeper than ever. Pez lot simpsons easter bunny charlie brown garfield see photo for exact contents of this lot.