The oddly moving, and very much amusing, Garfield minus Garfield, got written up in the Times today:
Mr. Walsh does nothing to the panels except strip away Garfield and other characters — like Odie the dog and Nermal the kitten — to create a new, even lonelier atmosphere for Jon Arbuckle, the main human. Without the cutesy thought-bubbles of his lasagna-loving cat, Jon’s observations seem to teeter between existential crisis and deep despair.
Props to Garfield creator Jim Davis for being a good sport about it:
Jim Davis, the cartoonist who created “Garfield,” calls himself an occasional reader of the site, which he calls “fascinating.” He says he is flattered rather than peeved by the imitation.
“Some of them really work, and some of them work better,” Mr. Davis said in a telephone interview.
It is a bit odd though that the Times, in writing about this site, neglect to actually, you know, link to it.
