Recently, a link to Garfield Minus Garfield has been making the rounds. Someone removes garfield from every frame of a Garfield strip, and (it is said) hilarity ensues.
I don’t know of anyone who has pointed out that something similar–and much funnier–was done a couple of years ago: removing Garfield’s dialogue from Garfield strips. This time, hilarity really does ensue.
Well. I just wanted to note that.
-FrL-
I just found this. It’s called “Arbuckle.” Basically, it invites people to take a Garfield strip, remove Garfield’s dialogue, and then redraw the strip themselves in whatever style they like.
Results vary from stupid to bizarre to profound to funny.
-FrL-
The best parody is Lasagna Cat. What do you get when you cross Garfield with avant-gaurde music videos and a man in a Garfield suit? Lasagna Cat.
My. God. This one led to the following conversation:
Jake, my Three Year Old Son: Daddy, are you crying?
Me: No, I’m just laughing really hard.
Jake: Do you got a owie?
Me: No, I’m just laughing so hard it almost hurts.
Jake: Oh.
[pause]
Jake: Stop laughing!
-Kris
The parody where Garfield’s thought bubbles are removed reminds me of Tom and Jerry.
Not exactly the same, but some papers switched up Far Side and Dennis the Menace captions with hilarious results.
Better than the original captions really.
https://imgur.com/gallery/xECam