Thursday, March 27, 2008

Garfield Minus Garfield

Why is it, dear readers, that the comic strip 'Garfield' elicits such passionate homage in some of its readers?  Those horrific stuffed cats that hung in car windows, suspended by suction cups?  And who could possibly forget this?  I certainly can't.  It still haunts me.  What other daily comic has demanded such bizarre tribute?
 Now, we have been gifted what is almost a companion piece to the series above.  Something altogether different, and yet unquestionably the same.  Something dark and sad, and uncomfortably hilarious.  From the website: 

Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness in a quiet American suburb.

Behold!






Do you want more, you sick, sad freak?  Do you want to wallow in more misery and mental incapacitation?  Well, you can here!

1 comment:

Cheshire Cat said...

Lonely. Lonely. Lonely. Lonely. Lonely. Lonely. Lonely. Lonely.
Lonely. Lonely. Lonely. Lonely.
Lonely. Lonely. Lonely. Lonely.
Lonely. Lonely. Lonely. Lonely.
...etc.