Garfield Minus Garfield gets a Book Deal
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"Garfield Minus Garfield has developed a huge online following by erasing Garfield the cat and his thought bubbles from the original strips, making it appear that his owner John Arbuckle is talking to himself.
The result is an “even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life”, according to the site’s Irish creator Dan Walsh.
The blog - which publishes a new three-frame strip every day - has attracted millions of hits and rave press reviews since its launch in February.
Even Garfield creator Jim Davis, who came up with the idea for a comic about a lasagna-loving cat in 1978, was impressed.
Instead of trying to get the site closed down he has thrown his weight behind a new book that will publish his originals and Walsh’s versions side-by-side. "
That's pretty cool of Jim Davis. Not many people would let someone publish an edited version of their work that drastically twists the meaning in a surrealist way.
"Garfield Minus Garfield has developed a huge online following by erasing Garfield the cat and his thought bubbles from the original strips, making it appear that his owner John Arbuckle is talking to himself.
The result is an “even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life”, according to the site’s Irish creator Dan Walsh.
The blog - which publishes a new three-frame strip every day - has attracted millions of hits and rave press reviews since its launch in February.
Even Garfield creator Jim Davis, who came up with the idea for a comic about a lasagna-loving cat in 1978, was impressed.
Instead of trying to get the site closed down he has thrown his weight behind a new book that will publish his originals and Walsh’s versions side-by-side. "
That's pretty cool of Jim Davis. Not many people would let someone publish an edited version of their work that drastically twists the meaning in a surrealist way.