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A classic comic sans its title character »
“Garfield minus Garfield” creator Dan Walsh finds the weirdness and angst in Jim Davis’ achingly banal comic strip Garfield by erasing the title character, plus selected word balloons from other characters, in order to leave Garfield’s owner Jon Arbuckle alone in the strip. The results are surreal and depressing: Jon talks to himself, attempts to amuse himself, and bursts into tears, or just winds up staring blankly at walls. But Walsh isn’t just creating nonsense, he’s pointing out that Garfield is a cat, cats can’t talk, and Jon really is just talking creepily to himself whenever he “converses” with his grouchy pet. (via The A.V. Club)
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