Garfield Minus Garfield
Garfield Minus Garfield, also known as Jon Arbuckle, is a comic published on the internet and created by Dan Walsh, a technology manager from Dublin, Ireland,[1] that received notably large attention during 2008. Each comic strip consists of a previous Garfield comic strip with every character except Garfield's owner Jon Arbuckle removed.[2][3] Dan Walsh says he was not the first to come up with this idea,[4] but was the first to popularize it.
| Garfield Minus Garfield | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Dan Walsh |
| Website | garfieldminusgarfield |
| Current status / schedule | Current |
| Launch date | February 13, 2008 |
| Genre(s) | Webcomic, constrained, |
Paws, Inc. publishes a similarly named and themed comic strip every Monday, Wednesday and Friday,[5] and later every Tuesday.
Content
Because Garfield is not present, the comic strips mostly show his owner, Jon Arbuckle, interacting with himself instead of Garfield. The comic strip's website calls this "a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb."[6]
Reception
Garfield creator and artist Jim Davis has said he occasionally reads the comic strip, it fascinates him,[1] and he finds it to be an "inspired thing to do".[7] Some variations of the idea have also been created, such as a Garfield Minus Jon Tumblr blog.[8]
Publication
On October 28 2008, Ballantine Books released a Garfield Minus Garfield book in full color, with the original comics alongside the edited ones.[9] It is credited to Jim Davis, who officially allowed it to be published, with an introduction written by Dan Walsh. However, most of the content inside the book consists of a section with "Garfield Minus Garfield Strips by Dan", ending with "A word from Jim Davis" and a small section of Jim Davis' own attempts at making Garfield Minus Garfield comic strips.[10]
Paws, Inc. published its own Garfield Minus Garfield from November 3, 2008 to July 21, 2010, and resumed publishing on April 25, 2012. Unlike Dan Walsh's version, Paws, Inc.'s version also includes the original Garfield comic strip underneath.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Doty, Cate (2 June 2008). "Is the Main Character Missing? Maybe Not". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/02/business/media/02garfield.html?ref=technology. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
- ↑ Party Ben (25 July 2009). "Interview: "Garfield Minus Garfield" Creator Dan Walsh". Mother Jones. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ↑ Party Ben (19 March 2008). ""Garfield Minus Garfield" A Troubling Lesson on Late Capitalist Anxiety?". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Kanin, Zachary (2009-01-07). "An Interview With "Garfield Minus Garfield" Creator, Dan Walsh: The Cartoon Lounge". The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonlounge/2008/09/an-interview-wi-1.html. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Garfield Minus Garfield Archived 2019-12-05 at the Wayback Machine, GoComics. Accessed 2013-12-21.
- ↑ Walsh, Dan. "Garfield Minus Garfield". Retrieved 31 October 2008.
- ↑ Orndorff, Amy (8 June 2008). When the Cat's Away, Neurosis Is on Display. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040303083.html. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
- ↑ "Garfield Minus Jon Tumblr blog".
- ↑ Marotta, Mike (5 August 2008). "Garfield Minus Garfield equals book deal". The Boston Herald. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
- ↑ Davis, Jim; Walsh, Dan (2008). Garfield Minus Garfield (paperback. Amazon. ISBN 978-0-345-51387-8.
Other websites
- Official website
- Dan Walsh's personal blog, Travors.com Archived 2019-12-05 at the Wayback Machine