Garfield Minus Garfield

[The Hitman]

Check this out, guys:

http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/

"Hilariously sad" or "Sadly hilarious"... You Decide!

[stumpy]

Yikes. Some are pretty funny. I wouldn't try that with Marmaduke.

BTW, is the Garfield comic strip still published? What strikes me as really impressive is Jim Davis' reaction.

[Silver Shocker]

I've never cared for Marmaduke.

I knew that people were making a version of this that didn't have Garfeild's dialogged/thought bubbles, but not one where Garfield is completely absent. In any case, it seems to be funnier and serves to make John seem even more pathetic. I know the Garfield comic strips have been taking a lot of lak in recent years for not being as funny anymore and not using the old supporting characters anymore. As a kid I used to love the old cartoon. 

I've always thought that Alan [Jon Cryer] from the sitcom Two & a Half Men would have been the perfect John for the Garfield movie.

[Kommando]

Arbuckle has been doing something similar for a while.  Fans submit redrawn comics, which have Garfeild in them minus his though bubbles.

[Glitch Girl]

Saw the same ref that Stumpy posted.  I think it's cool how Jim Davis reacted to it.  Don't see that often this day and age.

I'm a fan as well.  It actually got me to read Garfield in the papers, just to look for strips that worked better without Garfield.  :)

[GrizzlyBearTalon]

Wow kinda trippy and surreal in a way. It certainly makes one really feel for the deranged and depressed Mr. Arbuckle.