[HN Gopher] Garfield Minus Garfield
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       Garfield Minus Garfield
        
       Author : mike1o1
       Score  : 417 points
       Date   : 2025-04-10 17:21 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | jsheard wrote:
       | Garfield Minus Garfield is good, but Lasagna Cat is on another
       | level.
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh9oLs67Cw
        
         | bitwize wrote:
         | I'm sorry Jon
         | 
         | https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N8RDNd92sK0
        
         | fullshark wrote:
         | Can't believe those first videos are 17 years old...I remember
         | them...man
        
           | jsheard wrote:
           | They posted the original series all at once 17 years ago, and
           | the second series all at once 8 years ago. Maybe they're due
           | to come back...
        
             | distances wrote:
             | And in the second series there's a video of Garfield and
             | Odie making a home video. They created YouTube channels for
             | the in-video characters with actual character relevant
             | content, including that home video, 5 years before the
             | second series was posted. Absolutely amazing work, hats
             | off!
             | 
             | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3NLa4ebX4E
        
         | alabastervlog wrote:
         | Guy's monologue after the initial opener reminds me of the Log
         | Lady from Twin Peaks. The content and delivery, both.
        
         | darepublic wrote:
         | I regularly have this on in the background while working. The
         | music is good and I can tune in and out of it without losing
         | focus
        
           | z0r wrote:
           | I'm not the only one sometimes does this... Now where could
           | my pipe be?
        
       | noman-land wrote:
       | Since I'm too lazy to do this myself, I'm putting it out there
       | for the world to make for me.
       | 
       | I want to see Rogan Minus Rogan and Lex Minus Lex podcasts where
       | all the host's speaking parts are cut out and you only hear the
       | guest's replies.
       | 
       | Thanks in advance.
        
         | fossuser wrote:
         | Lex minus lex would be really great
        
         | almosthere wrote:
         | I want to see Lex replaced with Rogan and Rogan replaced with
         | Lex
        
           | kridsdale3 wrote:
           | Well that's easy since they talk to a lot of the same people.
        
         | abeppu wrote:
         | I think Lex also has recycled some questions / topics across
         | several guests. I'd enjoy a virtual panel supercut where we see
         | only all the guests' responses to the same prompt.
        
         | randomtoast wrote:
         | There was at least one podcast featuring both Rogan and Lex.
         | This would result in an hours-long podcast of pure silence.
        
           | rzzzt wrote:
           | _Angry John Cage noises_
        
           | kridsdale3 wrote:
           | Jamie would still pop in once in a while. I like Jamie.
        
           | 9dev wrote:
           | Now that sounds like the kind of show where both of them
           | finally have something good to contribute!
        
         | itishappy wrote:
         | What about Rogan vs Lex where it's just them shooting probing
         | questions back and forth and exchanging vaguely related
         | anecdotes?
        
         | circles_for-day wrote:
         | Tim Ferriss minus Tim has long been a dream of mine
         | 
         | After discovering Dwarkesh, Lex and Rogan have struck me as
         | tragic waste. At worst a laundromat for psychopathic
         | distortions, and at best a lazy unguided exhibition of the
         | guest's choosing.
        
         | eej71 wrote:
         | You might enjoy Charlie Rose interviews Charlie Rose.
         | 
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFE2CCfAP1o
        
           | btucker wrote:
           | And then, The Charlie Rose Paradox:
           | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqW9sexNdZg
        
           | PyWoody wrote:
           | Paul Rudd Interviews Paul Rudd
           | 
           | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbLcY0XeVY4
        
             | flysand7 wrote:
             | Alok Kanojia vs Kok Alonojia (aka Dr.K interviews himself)
             | 
             | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXG2h3RWTPE&pp=ygUGI2RrYWl0
        
               | 0xbadcafebee wrote:
               | Jordan Peterson vs Peter Jordanson
               | 
               | Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buD2RM0xChM Part
               | 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juts9IlrixQ
        
         | codetrotter wrote:
         | Rogan minus guest.
         | 
         | "Huhuhuhuhh." "Wow." "You wrote that?" "Who?" "Where is that
         | from? What show is that from?"
         | 
         | Very interesting listening material I am sure
        
         | mightybyte wrote:
         | In this same vein, Hot Ones minus Sean might be pretty
         | entertaining as well.
        
         | banana_giraffe wrote:
         | The timings are a bit off, but here's one attempt at it:
         | 
         | https://qlymwesmrj.s3.amazonaws.com/temp/joe_without_joe.mp3
        
       | rufus_foreman wrote:
       | Calvin and Hobbes, minus Hobbes:
       | https://calvinminushobbes.tumblr.com/
        
         | georgeburdell wrote:
         | I mean this one is just reality. I'm not sure Garfield is a
         | figment of Jon's imagination
         | 
         | Edit: if you want to ruin your day, check out this C&H fan art
         | https://www.reddit.com/r/calvinandhobbes/comments/6vwll2/is_...
        
           | arnarbi wrote:
           | Garfield is certainly (meant to be) real, but I've never seen
           | a strip that confirms that Jon can actually hear Garfield's
           | thoughts. I think that's why Garfield minus Garfield works so
           | well.
        
           | the_af wrote:
           | > _I mean this one is just reality. I'm not sure Garfield is
           | a figment of Jon's imagination_
           | 
           | It's not reality. Hobbes it's not unambiguously stated to be
           | a figment of Calvin's imagination either.
           | 
           | That's a fine interpretation but it's not canonical.
           | Watterson wanted the ambiguity, as Wikipedia mentions (sorry,
           | I don't have the interview with the direct quote where
           | Watterson states this):
           | 
           | > _" [Watteron] gave an example of this in discussing his
           | opposition to a Hobbes plush toy: that if the essence of
           | Hobbes' nature in the strip is that it remain unresolved
           | whether he is a real tiger or a stuffed toy, then creating a
           | real stuffed toy would only destroy the magic."_
        
       | nickvec wrote:
       | > Garfield Minus Garfield is a site dedicated to removing
       | Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the
       | existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle. It is 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.
       | 
       | Did not think I would be relating to Jon on a Thursday morning.
        
         | system2 wrote:
         | I was about to bash before I read this. Now I feel depressed.
        
           | mrexroad wrote:
           | Try zsh instead!
        
             | foobahify wrote:
             | Oh my!
        
               | s1mplicissimus wrote:
               | grml!
        
           | 0xdeadbeefbabe wrote:
           | You'll feel worse if you use tcsh
        
             | gorjusborg wrote:
             | It could be worse: csh
        
               | flysand7 wrote:
               | Don't cry, I am just a fish
        
         | erk__ wrote:
         | Its also pretty interesting given that the original title for
         | the comic that would become Garfield was simply "Jon"
         | 
         | There was a small YouTube documentary about finding the old
         | comics in libraries and scanning them in. I the description of
         | the video there is links to scans of all the ones they were
         | able to find: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxiwjaUSYJM
        
         | m463 wrote:
         | Now it makes me wonder what would happen if you did something
         | like removing all the superheroes from a movie.
         | 
         | or took soem movies and made all the villains super-attractive
         | and the heroes ugly and dressed in black.
        
           | minikomi wrote:
           | One of my favorite additions by subtraction:
           | 
           | https://youtu.be/jKS3MGriZcs?si=RRlSVL0jwi5sDl3f
           | 
           | Removing the laugh track from the big bang theory
        
       | stuckinhell wrote:
       | kind of spooky and sad
        
       | jonathaneunice wrote:
       | _Way_ , *way* darker than I imagined.
        
         | alabastervlog wrote:
         | I think the most surprising thing about it is that it's good.
         | Not just good as a curiosity, but _actually_ good, in ways and
         | to a degree that would be pretty hard to replicate if you set
         | out to create it from scratch, without existing Garfield strips
         | to lean on.
        
         | rconti wrote:
         | did you follow the "20 darkest" link?
        
           | kayge wrote:
           | I did! And it started to make me wonder whether the same
           | shenanigans could be applied to make any interesting Calvin
           | minus Hobbes strips ... but my guess is it wouldn't turn out
           | quite so dark
           | 
           | https://screenrant.com/15-dark-garfield-minus-strips-jon-
           | dep...
        
             | whartung wrote:
             | Heck, after reading that thing, I'M trying not to jump.
        
       | klaussilveira wrote:
       | This is brilliant.
        
       | yoyohello13 wrote:
       | I love how this turns the comic into psychological horror.
       | 
       | Super Eyepatch Wolf actually did a really interesting analysis
       | about how Garfield entered the horror genera
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2C5R3FOWdE. I click on the video
       | randomly out of curiosity, but I got really sucked in.
        
         | louwrentius wrote:
         | Thanks that was wild
        
       | tdeck wrote:
       | This is a combination of entertaining and engaging.
        
       | teach wrote:
       | (2008)
        
       | basketbla wrote:
       | This is hilarious. Reminds me of this old pete holmes Garfield
       | sketch (looks like the original got taken down).
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayjz18d8Kpo
        
       | rfarley04 wrote:
       | Obligatory tangent of Friends without the laugh track:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgKgXehYnnw
       | 
       | Similarly creep and unsettling.
        
         | alabastervlog wrote:
         | MASH is available without the laugh track.
         | 
         | Really changes the tone, though in that case it doesn't ruin
         | it, just makes it different.
        
           | chuckadams wrote:
           | Alan Alda has mentioned in interviews that he prefers it that
           | way.
        
           | KerrAvon wrote:
           | I feel like removing it removes some noise, but doesn't
           | affect the tone. Story is, the MASH showrunners didn't want a
           | laugh track, but the network insisted, so they used the
           | lowest-fidelity one they could get away with.
        
           | dingaling wrote:
           | Thankfully it was broadcast in the UK without the laugh
           | track.
           | 
           | Obviously it still wasn't as darkly observant as the movie,
           | but it did have a edge.
        
         | triceratops wrote:
         | They filmed in front of a live audience in a theater and those
         | are real people laughing. It's unsettling because the actors
         | pause between lines until the laughter stops.
         | 
         | Reflexive dismissals of shows with laugh tracks are lazy.
        
           | rfarley04 wrote:
           | To each their own! When I watch Ross ask how to beat up a
           | woman in the street with eyes bugging out of his head there's
           | a pretty big difference between a laugh track and no laugh
           | track. Just like Garfield comics hit very different when you
           | realize that John is actually talking to himself.
           | 
           | I don't "reflexively dismiss" all shows with a laugh track.
           | Some of Friends is genuinely hilarious. But a lot of it is
           | only funny, to me, when surrounded by others laughing.
        
       | almosthere wrote:
       | Is this done with a GAN or manual?
        
         | alabastervlog wrote:
         | The earliest ones are from 2008.
         | 
         | So, at least for the vast majority of these: manual.
        
         | itishappy wrote:
         | Pretty sure it's being done the hard way. The site's been
         | running since 2008, so it'd be one of the earliest examples of
         | a GAN in the wild if so!
        
       | grepLeigh wrote:
       | I found this years ago, during the "Stumbleupon" era of the
       | Internet (does anyone remember this time sink?). I'm so glad it's
       | still alive!
        
         | dingnuts wrote:
         | yes, I wasted hours of my life using it until one day I landed
         | on some site called Reddit
         | 
         | Kagi has brought it back (kind of): https://kagi.com/smallweb
         | has a random button (Next Post in the top left corner)
        
           | tomrod wrote:
           | I love small web!
        
           | shikshake wrote:
           | Setting it to the new tab page is a neat idea, I will follow
           | your lead
        
         | echelon wrote:
         | Slashdot, StumbleUpon, Everything2, del.icio.us, Digg
        
           | natebc wrote:
           | FWIW Digg is in the process of reinventing itself which ...
           | is hopeful? We'll see!
           | 
           | https://reboot.digg.com/
        
             | Mistletoe wrote:
             | I'm ready to be hurt again. I gave my email address. It
             | would have to be better than the current version of Reddit.
        
               | natebc wrote:
               | I signed up a while back and got an invite today so
               | things are happening. It'll be interesting to see what a
               | Digg looks like on today's internet. Things are much less
               | innocent these days.
        
               | Mistletoe wrote:
               | I was unaware this had happened so I'm kind of hopeful it
               | could be something good.
               | 
               | https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/kevin-rose-and-alexis-
               | ohan...
        
               | natebc wrote:
               | I think that being posted a few weeks ago on HN was what
               | lead me to go chuck in my email. Exciting to see where it
               | goes!
        
         | rectang wrote:
         | When Garfield Minus Garfield was being published regularly, I
         | was a regular. I couldn't get enough of its dark, sardonic
         | undermining of the comic aesthetic.
        
         | accrual wrote:
         | I loved Stumbleupon. It was a fun way to just explore the
         | internet and truly find many gems I otherwise would have never
         | noticed.
         | 
         | Pretty interesting timeline of events in their Wikipedia
         | article:
         | 
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon
        
         | el_benhameen wrote:
         | I think (worry?) that stumbleupon rearranged my brain much like
         | drugs or alcohol rearrange the brain of an addict. Once you've
         | been there, you can't go back to being able to have "just one"
         | beer or, in my case, "just one click" on a link aggregator. I
         | think the novelty-seeking part of my brain was always there,
         | but SU helped pathologize it. I found some cool stuff, but I
         | kind of wish it had never existed.
         | 
         | HN has a gentle enough design that I can enjoy it without it
         | sucking me in, but I make a conscious choice to avoid Reddit,
         | twitter, et al.
        
           | grepLeigh wrote:
           | Eh, if you hadn't found Stumbleupon then you would have
           | experienced the same effect from one of the zillion other
           | competitors in the attention economy.
           | 
           | You're right that this kind of novelty-seeking content has a
           | profound impact on the brain. It's really interesting to see
           | finally see longitudinal research, plus research on
           | screens/novelty on child development (search for $thing +
           | "psychosocial development").
           | 
           | One of the most encouraging thing I've taken away is that
           | neutral pathways are still quite plastic well into adulthood.
           | 
           | For example, here's an experiment to try if you wake up and
           | scroll in bed. After you do your morning routine, jot down a
           | mood score (-1 feeling crummy, 0 meh neutral, +1 feeling
           | good). You can do this for a week or two if you want to
           | collect control data. Then, force yourself to get out of bed
           | without looking at your phone (buy an alarm if you have too).
           | You should see changes in your mood log within a week. Sleep
           | regulates/replenishes dopamine levels, and scrolling through
           | a dopamine wonderland first thing in the AM can result in
           | dopamine dysregulation for the rest of the day. Try it!
        
         | dcsan wrote:
         | I so fondly remember StumbleUpin, but I'm trying to recall what
         | was so amazing about it. Was it just something of a novelty at
         | the time or the autocuration of the decentralized web would
         | still be relevant?
         | 
         | it seems like a few social media sites took over from the
         | random delight of finding someone's little weblog or side
         | project.
         | 
         | I hear they're trying to buy it back and restart with their
         | uber gains
        
         | chneu wrote:
         | There's a site called cloudhiker that kinda does the same
         | thing. The idea is the same but there was something special
         | about early days Stumbleupon. Idk if we'll ever recapture that.
        
         | sanderjd wrote:
         | Loved stumbleupon! I think when I realized that I was no longer
         | stumbling upon anything interesting was the leading indicator
         | of the long downhill trend of interesting content on the web.
        
         | dfabulich wrote:
         | It's so strange that StumbleUpon died but TikTok thrives today.
         | 
         | TikTok's algorithm is based entirely on when you click the Like
         | button and when you linger on a video, exactly like
         | StumbleUpon's algorithm. StumbleUpon even had a video product,
         | StumbleVideo, that was basically just TikTok.
         | 
         | But, in 2018, when StumbleUpon shut down and sold their assets
         | to Mix, the prevailing wisdom was that people didn't want to
         | use StumbleUpon because they wanted to use Reddit and Facebook,
         | to follow curated feeds of links, instead of random links that
         | other people like.
         | 
         | If that wisdom were true, TikTok should have failed too,
         | because TikTok just gives you "random stuff that similar people
         | like," just like StumbleUpon.
         | 
         | I guess it just goes to show that there's no accounting for the
         | rise and fall of social media apps/networks.
        
           | dylan604 wrote:
           | TikTok was mobile device centric, and the people that glommed
           | onto it quickest were young mobile users. StumbleUpon was
           | just a website that the "olds" used. Maybe I'm wrong, but did
           | SU have a mobile app? If so, they did a very bad job of
           | getting it into the hands of those that TikTok did.
        
       | junek wrote:
       | Garfield Minus Garfield has the same bleak sense of desolation as
       | Goya's "The Dog". Just wonderful.
        
       | nizarmah wrote:
       | I am always fascinated how people get ideas as creative as this.
       | 
       | I didn't know I needed this, but now that you shared it--I NEEDED
       | IT!
        
       | gnfedhjmm2 wrote:
       | I wonder how such a rare article was discovered.
        
         | checker wrote:
         | I wonder why this is on HN and not Reddit.
        
       | jf wrote:
       | Something that I find delightful about this project is that Jim
       | Davis approves of it!
       | 
       | From Wikipedia: "Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield, approved of
       | the project, and an official Garfield book (also called Garfield
       | Minus Garfield) was published by his company. It was mainly
       | edited comics by Walsh, with some comics contributed by Davis."
        
         | omoikane wrote:
         | See also "What Jim Davis thinks of G-G" (linked from the bottom
         | of the page):
         | 
         | https://garfieldminusgarfield.net/private/61669516/fSymsOGXO...
        
           | jf wrote:
           | This is the link that I had in mind when I was writing my
           | comment, thanks so much for posting it here!
        
           | m463 wrote:
           | Also makes me wonder if people talk to their cats...
        
         | xivzgrev wrote:
         | Jim created Garfield for money[1]. It's not surprising that he
         | likes anything that can make him more money, he isn't
         | personally tied to the character.
         | 
         | [1] Garfield was originally created by Davis with the intention
         | to come up with a 'good, marketable character'
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield
        
           | KerrAvon wrote:
           | It's still notable that Jim Davis has that level of chill
           | about it. Someone with a mercenary capitalist attitude toward
           | their work can be just as much a control freak as Bill
           | Watterson. (Not being judgmental; Watterson's position is
           | completely valid too.)
        
             | cogman10 wrote:
             | It honestly seems a little silly to worry about the purity
             | of the intent of an artist.
             | 
             | That Davis did it for the money is just "meh". Most people
             | work for money.
        
               | formerly_proven wrote:
               | we at hacker news work for first principles instead
        
               | standyro wrote:
               | I wish there was a hacker news minus hacker news
        
               | wlonkly wrote:
               | I can give you hacker news minus hackers?
        
               | the_af wrote:
               | I don't think the concern is that Davis "did it for the
               | money", and that's not a fair representation of why some
               | of us mock Jim Davis.
               | 
               | I don't think anybody is arguing comic authors shouldn't
               | make money out of their work.
               | 
               | The concern is that Garfield is the product of conscious
               | market research and not whatever we imagine a comic
               | artist goes through when creating their comics. You can
               | dismiss this as some ridiculous search for "purity", but
               | wouldn't you say most people imagine Watterson, Schultz,
               | etc. went through a process more or less "I liked these
               | other cartoons, and wouldn't it be cool to make something
               | about <idea>/<childhood memories>/<something that
               | inspired me>/<something that worries me>" vs "hey, let's
               | make money, what kind of character would make me the most
               | money?".
               | 
               | Davis is not the only one, of course.
        
               | weard_beard wrote:
               | Art without money is madness. Money without art dies on
               | the vine in obscurity or pays its dues in criticism
               | through time.
               | 
               | 99% of everything commercially produced is somewhere
               | between these and, if made by a person, part of a cannon,
               | a body of work that grows and changes as the person does.
               | 
               | Just because an artist invites us into their mind does
               | not mean we don't owe them the respect we'd give a
               | stranger. At least that's how I look at it.
        
       | lanna wrote:
       | The concept would be more interesting and realistic if they
       | removed only Garfield's thought bubbles (after all, Jon can't
       | hear Garfield's thoughts anyway) but still left Garfield in the
       | comic.
        
         | losvedir wrote:
         | I agree! I've always wanted this, since seeing Garfield minus
         | Garfield back in the day.
        
         | rikthevik wrote:
         | That was a thing! Boingboing had an article about it, but it
         | looks like the original tumblr is no longer around.
         | 
         | https://boingboing.net/2014/03/09/garfield-without-garfields...
        
         | seeEllArr wrote:
         | The somethingawful forums started this with garfield in the
         | comic before "Garfield minus Garfield" was a thing. I agree
         | that the original gag is much better.
        
       | WorldPeas wrote:
       | [obligatory "garfield where is my pipe" joke here]
        
       | throwme0827349 wrote:
       | Love GMG, glad to see it at number one here. It's really quite
       | amazing how much funnier and yet more profound it is without
       | Garfield. If you like this, you might also enjoy Nietzsche Family
       | Circus: https://www.nietzschefamilycircus.com/
       | 
       | I used to have one stuck to the door of my doom room. No one
       | laughed. :(
        
         | rikthevik wrote:
         | I'd like to submit Time is a Flat Circus as well
         | 
         | https://www.tumblr.com/timeisaflatcircus
        
       | mcbuilder wrote:
       | Funny I was just thinking about this yesterday! Now it's on the
       | top of HN.
        
       | astura wrote:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield_Minus_Garfield
        
       | trhway wrote:
       | They should have removed the human instead. Garfield only
       | Garfield.
        
       | casenmgreen wrote:
       | This is better than the original.
        
       | brailsafe wrote:
       | Clicking on the image on this post leads to a wild NSFW 404 page.
       | Not sure I was expecting to get an extremely sus, probably
       | illegal, asian porn site. Wth
       | 
       | https://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/19400379301/i-made-a-...
        
         | acureau wrote:
         | Just did the same thing at the office. Nice!
        
       | Levitating wrote:
       | https://www.reddit.com/r/garfieldminusgarfield/
        
         | checker wrote:
         | This is where this belongs.
        
       | fideloper wrote:
       | May I recommend a follow up fun Garfield themed thing:
       | /r/imsorryjon (research its history, it's kinda fun)
       | 
       | And if you like "garfield minus garfield" then perhaps I can also
       | introduce you to Chief O'Brien at Work
       | https://chiefobrienatwork.com/
        
       | chuckadams wrote:
       | I used to have a small bookmark collection of "anti-comics", and
       | this was on the list. Others included Dinosaur Comics, Partially
       | Clips, and Pokey the Penguin.
        
       | roland35 wrote:
       | If you want another Garfield related internet horror binge, I'm
       | sorry Jon on Reddit has some great comics
       | https://www.reddit.com/r/imsorryjon/
        
         | tmountain wrote:
         | Came here to say this. Excellent content there if it's your
         | sort of thing.
        
       | snissn wrote:
       | I'm impressed with how easy it is to recreate this effect using
       | AI tools. I made this on my iPhone in the photos app by circling
       | Garfield a few times: https://i.imgur.com/YVOZlj8.jpeg based on
       | https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2025/04/10
        
         | Delk wrote:
         | The physical act of removing the Garfield figure from the
         | frames is the least interesting part.
         | 
         | (It probably also isn't particularly difficult in many cases,
         | considering the monochrome backgrounds.)
        
       | dimal wrote:
       | Remember when the internet was all goofy shit like this instead
       | of algorithmically optimized social media angst?
        
         | lanfeust6 wrote:
         | All the big social media platforms were around when this
         | started. The dominance wasn't in full swing yet but it only
         | took a few years for vbulletin and everything else to dwindle.
        
         | eestrada wrote:
         | I miss the old internet. I'm pretty sure anyone old enough to
         | have experienced it misses it.
        
           | Loughla wrote:
           | And the people who were there before the old Internet missed
           | that too. Something something eternal September.
        
         | standyro wrote:
         | there was still angst then, it just was more targeted in single
         | directions, not like now where the angst is aimlessly directed
         | at society, sponsored by squarespace
        
           | weard_beard wrote:
           | Sounds like a cologne.
           | 
           | Angst, by Squarespace
        
       | nimish wrote:
       | excellent blast from the past
        
       | HeliumHydride wrote:
       | Also check out the square root of minus Garfield:
       | https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/
        
         | nvader wrote:
         | I definitely recommend this one, it has greater longevity due
         | to the wider number of schticks the author is able to engage in
         | over the different comics.
         | 
         | E.g. here's a quirky image effect:
         | https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=13
        
       | russellbeattie wrote:
       | My favorite type of humor is the absurd non-sequitur. The more
       | incongruous the better. Like when out of no where someone asks,
       | "If you could trade your shadow for a parrot, would you do it?"
       | Or, "What's your opinion on invisible bicycles?"
       | 
       | So to me, G-G is absolute gold.
        
       | lqstuart wrote:
       | This is really old
        
       | b3lvedere wrote:
       | I liked Gramfel more : https://www.boredpanda.com/garfield-
       | comics-gramfel-cycle-nel...
        
       | AdmiralAsshat wrote:
       | What's missed from the popular take on GMG is that it's not
       | always depressing. Sometimes Jon finds joy in mundane things that
       | Garfield isn't there to damper.
       | 
       | https://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/27763465
        
       | windowshopping wrote:
       | I find the dating on this website confusing. It says Jan 27 AND
       | Nov 03, and when I click previous comic, in order it goes: Feb 04
       | / Jun 14, May 31, Oct 13, Aug 02, Jan 08.....I'm so confused.
       | 
       | A. Why are there 2 comics per day? B. Why are the dates seemingly
       | random?
        
       | qingcharles wrote:
       | Also good:
       | 
       | https://www.reddit.com/r/GarfieldMinusJon/
       | 
       | And if you want to get weird:
       | 
       | https://www.reddit.com/r/AlzheimersGroup/top/?t=year
       | 
       | Full list:
       | 
       | https://www.reddit.com/r/garfieldminusgarfield/comments/gxl2...
        
       | analog31 wrote:
       | A similar take on "Peanuts" where the last frame of each strip is
       | removed.
       | 
       | https://3eanuts.com/
        
       | msarnoff wrote:
       | I always liked Realfield better.
       | 
       | https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/7zfbr3/realfield/
        
       | dailydetour123 wrote:
       | This is great to see on the front page! I include it as part of
       | the newsletter I run on the best/nostalgic side of the internet
       | so it's cool to see it resonating with people here for that
       | reason.
        
       | schlauerfox wrote:
       | There's also a bot account on mastodon replacing garfield word
       | bubbles with song lyrics. sometimes it's pretty substantial.
        
       | atleastoptimal wrote:
       | Now where could my pipe be?
        
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