Garfield Minus Garfield: The Book

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Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life?

Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and methamphetamine addiction in a quiet American suburb.

Truth and Beauty Bombs forum had a more conservative idea while back: keep Garfield but remove all of his word balloons. Arbuckle does similarly, replacing Garfield with a normal, non-talking house cat. Or creative types can use the NIH-funded Garfield Comic Creator and make your own Garfield strips. In the end, though, can you ever go too far?

Similarly:

• Garfield minus Garfield with Garfield
• October 23, 1989 - Garfield awakes from his usual nap in a bleak future where Jon and Odie have vanished and his home has been abandoned.
• The Nietzsche Family Circus - Family Circus strips with text replaced by Nietzsche quotes