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Web Comic 'Garfield Minus Garfield' to Be Published in a Book

by Tim Stevens on August 5, 2008 at 10:27 AM

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Garfield, the lasagna-loving cat, is a cultural and comics icon to some. To others, though, he's just irritating and boring. The three-panel comic strips tend to be goofy and silly, with some banter between the seemingly depressed owner Jon Arbuckle and the abusive cat. Subtract the cat, though, and the comics take on a very different and disturbing tone. That's the idea behind 'Garfield Minus Garfield,' a new Web-only comic created by Dan Walsh. The cat-less updare to the comic series has so impressed Jim Davis, creator of the original Garfield, that he is helping Walsh's creations in a book along-side the originals.

The edited comic strips, with the cat removed, turn into "a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb" according to the 'Garfield Minus Garfield' site itself. Jon is depicted as talking to himself, appearing completely insane most of the time -- disturbing to say the least, and making you wonder when little animated men in white jackets will show up at the front door for him. [Source: The Telegraph]

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