When I was a kid, I used to love to read Garfield cartoons. As I grew older, I might stumble across the occasional Garfield strip in the newspaper, and they still managed to get a smile out of me, but they tend to be rather formulaic. Garfield eats a bunch of food and annoys Jon. Garfield torments Odie and annoys Jon. Garfield lays around being lazy and annoys Jon. Guess I was easier to amuse as a kid.
Until now. Some comedic genius discovered that you can completely change the meaning of Garfield cartoons by, well, removing Garfield. Here’s an example:
That’s right — by removing Garfield from Garfield comic strips, you’re left with a portrait of Jon Arbuckle as a lonely, bitter, depressed, and even schizophrenic man. This piece of internet comedy gold is known as “Garfield Minus Garfield.”
Now that I’ve seen this, I’ll seek out the Garfield strips in the newspaper, and mentally remove Garfield from them. I’m sure it’s not what Jim Davis intended, but often the result is quite hilarious.
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