Jim Davis Ponders Garfield Minus Garfield

Posted by Miss Cellania in Cartoon & Comic on June 4, 2008 at 9:21 am


Dan Walsh publishes Garfield comic strip at his site Garfield Minus Garfield with one difference -he takes out all the characters except Jon (featured previously at Neatorama). Garfield creator Jim Davis calls the creations “fascinating”.

Mr. Davis, who has been drawing Garfield for 30 years, said that “Garfield Minus Garfield” has actually prompted him to take a different look at his own work. He compared Mr. Walsh’s efforts to the cerebral approach of Pogo, the comic strip by Walt Kelly.

“I think it’s the body of work that makes me laugh — the more you read of these strips, the funnier it gets,” Mr. Davis said. As for Garfield himself, “this makes a compelling argument that maybe he doesn’t need to be there. Less is more.”

Link -via Geek Like Me


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18 comments to "Jim Davis Ponders Garfield Minus Garfield"

  1. matt
    June 4th, 2008 at 10:00 am

    The best Garfield tribute is this:

    http://www.youtube.com/lasagnacat

  2. jmp478
    June 4th, 2008 at 10:07 am

    Funny, I just read the article on what Jim Davis thought of the website before coming here :)

  3. Tony
    June 4th, 2008 at 10:43 am

    "Mr. Davis, who has been drawing Garfield for 30 years.."
    Riiiight.
    Now that's funny.

  4. Ali S.
    June 4th, 2008 at 11:03 am

    It's a bit creepy when you read them. It's as if Garfield passed away and Jon just hasn't realized it. :(

  5. shroom davis
    June 4th, 2008 at 11:24 am

    Maybe Jim Davis should try some shrooms and he would actually have a new perspective on his comics, Garfield died LONG ago.

  6. kid_icarus
    June 4th, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    i always liked odie the best even though i'm a cat person...

  7. Sheldon
    June 4th, 2008 at 1:26 pm

    In reality, Garfield would be dead, so it makes total sense. And a weird guy like Jon just can't function without his beloved pet.

  8. twodollars
    June 4th, 2008 at 1:26 pm

    @Matt

    Wow I love those videos! Acted out by real people shows how lame it really is and the music videos after are surreal

  9. Christophe
    June 4th, 2008 at 1:37 pm

    *ahem*...
    http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/garfield-comic-without-garfield/

  10. Christophe
    June 4th, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    Darn, I just realized that I'm addicted to Neatorama
    ;)

  11. Miss Cellania
    June 4th, 2008 at 1:47 pm

    Christophe, what's the *ahem* for? The previously featured link works for me.

  12. Ira
    June 4th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    I'm guessing the ahem has to do with the fact that this same site was reported on Neatorama a little over three months ago. But I still don't think an ahem is warranted since this article is about Jim Davis' reactions more than anything else.

  13. Thomas
    June 4th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    Agreed. Totally legit post. I'd been wondering what Jim Davis thought of the morphing of his comics. I'm kinda glad he likes it, because its about a hundred times funnier than regular Garfield.

  14. ted
    June 4th, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    Deja vu.

    When you consider that his conversations are all one-sided even with Garfield in them, it makes about the same sense.

  15. Christophe
    June 4th, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    Yes the *ahem* was not really what I wanted to mean, it looks a little harsh :( sorry about that Miss C.
    Next time I'll post in silence ;)

  16. willswords
    June 4th, 2008 at 10:43 pm

    How refreshing (and surprising) that an artist would find a derivative of his work beneficial. I wonder if they entered into some kind of mutual agreement.

  17. nach
    June 5th, 2008 at 5:12 am

    I've started to feel like I'm looking through Garfield's eyes when I see these strips.

  18. planetsurfer
    June 14th, 2008 at 2:43 am

    Josh Millard of metafilter fame creates another Garfield comic hack, this time integrating advanced computer language algorithms
    http://www.planetsurfer.net/2008/06/13/surrealistic-garfield-comic-str ip-generator/


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