the funnier pages

i must confess that when i was in junior high i checked out every garfield collection that my local library had.

i think he first few years of the strip were quite inspired.

but around year 5, is when i think garfield became more a corporate icon and less a unique comedic expression.

mickey mouse suffers from this same affliction.

however, that does not mean that the strip cannot be reinterpreted or reimagined to great effect.

witness the website, garfield minus garfield.

basically it's garfield strips with garfield and odie photoshopped out so it's just jon, the owner, talking to himself.

check it out.


here is the site description.

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. Jon Arbuckle. 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.

i find it disturbing and hilarious.

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