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Evangelion
Feb 28, 2008, 01:00 PM
WOuld you believe that i you take out Garfield from the comic, you actually get a better comic? see for yourself (http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/)


TEG
Feb 28, 2008, 01:04 PM
Funny.

So Jon's just a nutter then? Just talking to himself, GENIUS!!

TEG
PlaceofDis
Feb 28, 2008, 01:05 PM
i wouldn't say its better, but disturbing, yes. and hilarious. :p
Don't panic
Feb 28, 2008, 01:14 PM
equally not funny.
miloblithe
Feb 28, 2008, 01:27 PM
yeah, totally hilarious reinventing of a thoroughly unfunny comic strip. I love it.
Schtumple
Feb 28, 2008, 01:34 PM
Haha, Jon's propper mental then....

It's definitely a laugh, but not exactly side splitting, still, anythings better than the original strip...
~Shard~
Feb 28, 2008, 01:37 PM
Haha, that's pretty good. Throws a whole new light on Jon, doesn't it? ;)
Macaddicttt
Feb 28, 2008, 01:39 PM
equally not funny.

You've got to be kidding. I've never laughed so hard at a comic strip before.
Stampyhead
Feb 28, 2008, 02:51 PM
equally not funny.

Sorry, but it's freakin' hilarious.
Don't panic
Feb 28, 2008, 03:13 PM
do that to any strip and you get the same results.

but i'll concede it's less annoying this way.
miloblithe
Feb 28, 2008, 03:15 PM
Variation on the theme (randomizes three frames from different Garfield strips):

http://www.dougshaw.com/garfield.html

nowhere near as funny.
LinuXtreme
Feb 28, 2008, 03:21 PM
Saw this earlier on the Presurfer (http://www.presurfer.com). The ones I liked best were the one with Mrs. Feeny's card and the one where Jon says "Oh the pain!". They both stand exceptionally well on their own.

do that to any strip and you get the same results.

but i'll concede it's less annoying this way.

Actually I think Garfield is one of the best candidates for erasing a character along with their dialogue, because Jon is usually going off on a tangent anyway. The strip seems to be less about the jokes than gags.
Unspeaked
Feb 28, 2008, 04:01 PM
Actually I think Garfield is one of the best candidates for erasing a character along with their dialogue, because Jon is usually going off on a tangent anyway. The strip seems to be less about the jokes than gags.

Any strip with an obnoxious animal interacting with humans would probably work just as well.

And as a sad example of the state of our modern society, there's no lack of such comic strips...
Abstract
Feb 28, 2008, 04:16 PM
Much better.

This one reminded me a bit of Tom Cruise.
hotsauce
Feb 28, 2008, 04:20 PM
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What ruined Garfield for me was his voice. As a kid Garfield was one of my favorites beacause I gave him a funny voice. When I first heard his condescending, depressing voice it was no longer funny.
yetanotherdave
Feb 28, 2008, 04:36 PM
Found this the other day on digg, absolutely hilarious.
killerrobot
Feb 28, 2008, 04:41 PM
That's pretty good reading.:)
The writer of Zippy could learn a thing or two about making comics from this.
P-Worm
Feb 28, 2008, 05:04 PM
Those are pretty funny, but it doesn't hold a candle to this Garfield comic strip.

P-Worm
Stampyhead
Feb 28, 2008, 05:12 PM
Those are pretty funny, but it doesn't hold a candle to this Garfield comic strip.

P-Worm

I never got the point of that one, except maybe to give someone nightmares...
Thomas Veil
Mar 17, 2008, 06:00 PM
I want two minutes of my life back.

That was the single most pointless thing I've ever seen.
icanhasiphone?
Mar 17, 2008, 10:08 PM
oh man, thats the hardest i've laughed in a while. poor Jon.
iMpathetic
Mar 17, 2008, 10:16 PM
oh man, thats the hardest i've laughed in a while. poor Jon.

Aw, yeah, that was funny. It's a shame, Garfield was a riot in the 80s and 90s.