GARFIELD AS AN EXISTENTIAL STATEMENT.

December 31, 2008 at 7:24 PM · Literature

GARFIELD AS AN EXISTENTIAL STATEMENT. Annalisa gave Nick a book for Christmas, GARFIELD MINUS GARFIELD, which is based on this website. The site publishes Garfield comics from which Garfield has been removed. Without the cynicism and avowed laziness provided by the cat, we are left with the bleak life of Jon Arbuckle. The creator of Garfield, Jim Davis, writes about GARFIELD WITHOUT GARFIELD: “Essentially, Garfield does the color commentary on Jon’s hapless existence.” It turns out that in the background of GARFIELD, there was as much angst as PEANUTS ever had.

2 comments

Nick January 2, 2009 at 3:12 AM

They are hysterical. Although, Mom didn’t laugh at any of them, just felt bad for Jon.

Annalisa pointed out that some of those strips you don’t even need to remove Garfield for them to be thoroughly depressing.

Lee June 22, 2012 at 6:08 PM

I came across this depressing Garfield comic again in my Internet travels and remembered this post. [image: W5qXQ.jpg]