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In an act that should qualify him for the brilliant editors hall of fame, Dan Walsh discovered that if all traces of Jim Davis's lazy, lasagna-scarfing cat were expunged from his own comic strip, Garfield became a funnier, much darker series, about a desperately lonely, self-loathing man's existential despair. Walsh started posting his altered strips at garfieldminusgarfield.net. And in an act that definitely qualifies him for the good sport hall of fame, Davis not only didn't sue him but approved of the project. This collection of the best de-Garfielded strips prints Walsh's altered cartoons next to Davis's originals; Davis even throws in a couple dozen Garfield-minus-Garfield strips he's done himself. Interestingly, Davis's stabs at the concept are mostly just gags about Garfield's owner, Jon Arbuckle. The gist of Walsh's approach, on the other hand, is to completely alter Davis's jokes—a strip in which Garfield displays a single hair, announces this is all I'll be shedding today and marches off before Jon delivers a punch line, after Walsh gets through with it, becomes two panels of Jon silently glancing around before haplessly declaring, I dread tomorrow. If Samuel Beckett had been a strip cartoonist, he might've produced something like this. (Nov.)
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It’s Garfield–as you’ve never seen him!

Come savor the existential adventures of Jon Arbuckle in Garfield Minus Garfield. Based on the phenomenon ignited by Dan Walsh’s hilarious and wildly popular webcomic (beloved by The New York Times and The Washington Post, and hailed as “inspired” by Garfield creator Jim Davis), Garfield Minus Garfield takes everyone’s favorite fat cat out of the picture, leaving us with only the lonely ennui of Jon as he’s left to voice thoughts about his own existence into an empty void.

With a Foreword by Dan Walsh, creator of www.garfieldminusgarfield.net

Product Details

  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books (October 28, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345513878
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345513878
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #20,826 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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57 of 59 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Garfield Minus Garfield... minus the laughs? Not a chance!, November 10, 2008
Let me get this out of the way first: I am a huge fan of the Garfield Minus Garfield website [...]. In retrospect, I am surprised noboby had thought of it earlier; Jon Arbuckle was talking to a cat this whole time, and with Garfield's removal, Jon's sad, lonely life becomes shockingly apparent. Some strips make Jon appear depressed, while others, he appears to be losing his mind. For almost a year now, Dan Walsh has been removing Garfield from the strips, and I cannot thank him enough for making me laugh with nearly every new update. Essentially, I felt I owed it to him to purchase this book.

Fast forward to the present, where Jim Davis (the creator of Garfield) has embraced Walsh's work and creativity, eventually leading onto the release of this book. In glorious colour and with entertaining, interesting written remarks by the two creative talents, I had nothing but huge anticipation for getting my hands on it.

What surprised me is that the majority of the book contain Garfield Minus Garfield strips already featured on the website, shown against the original comic (where Garfield and others are still present). This is not a bad thing at all; it is obvious that the strips were handpicked with care, essentially leaving us with a 'best of' from the archive found on the Internet. Whether Jon is talking to sock puppets, splattering ice cream into his face, or contemplating how he has wasted his life, you'll laugh yourself to death reading them. It's a great way for those new to the edited strips to get into the craze, or for current fans to revisit their favourites.

At the end of the book are Garfield Minus Garfield strips that Jim Davis himself is responsible for. These strips, while not quite on par with Walsh's work, are still quite amusing, and certainly a commendable effort.

Garfield Minus Garfield is simply a brilliant concept, and has finally received justice by being published into a book. I hope that it sells well, and I hope that you enjoy reading it. And who knows? Maybe you'll see a bit of yourself in Jon Arbuckle's life... although I sure hope not!
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5.0 out of 5 stars He wasn't there all along, December 19, 2008
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Taking Garfield out of "Garfield" is a clever concept, and also a pretty insightful recognition that -- as with Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts," but on a much less profound level -- there's an awful lot of sadness at the heart of this strip. When you start from the premise that cats can't talk, and that therefore Jon never shares in Garfield's interior monologue or the (alleged) punchlines of the jokes, all you're left with is a man struggling with failure, rejection, and the occasional runaway electric toothbrush. It's kind of like The Book of Bunny Suicides. Funny, but also a disturbing.

But not to get too heavy. "Garfield" is still a comic strip, and there are a few laughs to be found here. What I am particularly impressed by, though, is not only Jim Davis' ability to see the joke, but also his willingness to run with it instead of sending in the intellectual-property attorneys with cease-and-desist orders. That raises him quite a bit in my estimation. Of course, in keeping with the spirit of the Big Orange Cat Empire, Davis is making a buck off this book -- it's his name in the byline, with Dan Walsh, the guy who had the insightful recognition in the first place, granted but a Foreword. Still, for "Garfield" fans who want to see the strip in a new, and perhaps unsettling, way, or for readers who enjoy a sort of meta-analysis of a long-running media presence, "Garfield Minus Garfield" has a surprising amount going for it.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Even Sock Puppets will laugh..., October 28, 2008
This is my first enounter with Garfield Minus Garfield, and it has left me in awe. The approach of taking Garfield out of Garfield, leaving Jon to his self depreciating monologues is inspired genius.

Dan Walsh, in his foreword, notes that people have written in citing GMG as mirroring bi-polar disorder. Pretty weighty stuff for a comic strip. Who hasn't had thoughts about watching TV for a whole year? Or done silly walks in private just for a private laugh? I haven't put a plunger to my face yet though (yet).

This is great book that will make you and your sock puppet laugh. [...]
Tim Lasiuta
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Books like this re-establish my faith in human-kind. It is an innovative, creative approach to an arguably warn out comic formula. Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars Garfield minus Garfield
although nice to have in book form, this offers little more than what is available online. questionable profiteering.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very clever, indeed...
Some of the strips in this book are worth a half-smile...but others are worth a full-on out-loud laugh. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Schadenfreude
Garfield Minus Garfield is a hilarious look at Jon Arbuckle's life without Garfield. Without a personal life to speak of, his cat the primary speaking partner, any other person... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Reminds me of me...scary
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good condition... interesting book.
My only complaint for the book was that it was much too short (I'm sure there were plenty of other gems to add), and that they put the original comics underneath the altered one... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant on the level of Kafka or Nietzsche or Arthur Miller
Simply brilliant. On the surface it's a silly internet meme that seems to attack the Garfield comics we loved during our simple un-jaded youth. Read more
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