Slog - Comments on Garfield, With and Without http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without First, two years ago, came this thread that posited Garfield could actually be funny if you removed Garfield's thought balloons: Now, there's this blog that removes Garfield entirely from Garfield, making it a "comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life": And there's also Lasagna Cat, which adds real life, music, and some high-class editing to Garfield and is also very funny. Does this mean that Jim Davis is, in some way, funny?... Copyright 2008 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:38:14 -0800 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:28:08 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Aislinn Jim Davis, funny? I wouldn't take it that far.

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948055 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948055 ??!! Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:43:01 -0800 Comment by Graham I think that Garfield is much like b.c., in that it USED to be funny. However, they each became unfunny for different reasons. BC found the Jesus and Garfield found... found the unfunny.

I wonder how many other unfunny comic strips would become insightful if you were to remove characters. Would Blondie be funny if Dagwood were to be removed?

]]> Graham http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948058 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948058 ??!! Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:44:20 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Jim Davis sucks shit in hell.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948061 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948061 ??!! Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:46:50 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Jim Davis is funny in the same way that compost is vegetables.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948063 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948063 ??!! Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:47:29 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 Death to zombie/assistant run comics

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948066 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948066 ??!! Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:49:56 -0800 Comment by Andrew Garfield used to be funny years ago when I was like 10 years old but that was when I was like 10 years old and Garfield had only been out for a couple of years.

I still have a stuffed Garfield AND the one you stick in your car window.... I shouldn't admit to that last item.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948074 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948074 ??!! Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:55:32 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER I think what this means is that changing ANYTHING in a Garfield comic is guaranteed to make it funnier.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948075 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948075 ??!! Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:55:46 -0800 Comment by Jason Josephes That Garfield without Garfield comic is equal parts hysterical and disturbing. Of course it makes sense, seeing as how Garfield has been dead for quite some time. Oh, you didn't know?

http://garfieldisdead.ytmnd.com/

]]> Jason Josephes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948118 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948118 ??!! Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:19:46 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy The more of Jim Davis' work you remove, the funnier it gets...

]]> Eric Grandy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948132 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948132 ??!! Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:30:16 -0800 Comment by Primus This is easily the funniest thing I've seen all day.

@7 Well said

]]> Primus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948167 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948167 ??!! Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:44:29 -0800 Comment by usagi http://xkcd.com/78/

It's not too late...

]]> usagi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948390 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948390 ??!! Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:03:09 -0800 Comment by shub-negrorath Oh god, the "Right Now" video from Lasagna Cat had me ROFLing . . .

]]> shub-negrorath http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948595 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948595 ??!! Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:59:13 -0800 Comment by Greg I remember distinctly that Garfield was funny when I was 9 years old.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948835 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/garfield_with_and_without#c948835 ??!! Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:28:08 -0800