History Webcomic / GarfieldMinusGarfield

* BeatPanel: With Garfield gone, a lot of panels are left empty, or at the very least include no action or dialogue. [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/52632656 This works]] [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/63002549 surprisingly well]]. A variation of this involves a [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/53988817 single panel of Jon]] [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/46688966 doing something]] [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/81692788 zany or eccentric]], surrounded by two empty panels. Oddly enough, the empty panels make it funnier.

** Before that, he made [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjW8lpvrwYc An Arbuckle Christmas]]. There's also a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXZuhbufkrk version of the Christmas video]] that incorporates the discharge sequence from ''Series/{{Lost}}''.

* MinimalistCast: Jon is literally the only character, with Garfield, Odie and Liz removed. Other minor characters appear occasionally, however.

* DeconstructiveParody: The series as a whole is a deconstruction of its source material, but it's a Deconstructive Parody because it's played for laughs and a parody of the original. Seeing as though WordOfGod apparently stated that Garfield never talked in the comic, both that and this show just how much of a wreck Jon really is.

* {{Deconstruction}}: The series as a whole is a deconstruction of its source material. Seeing as though WordOfGod apparently stated that Garfield never talked in the comic, both that and this show just how much of a wreck Jon really is.

-->--Jon Arbuckle commenting on the webcomic

-->--The original summary for the webcomic

''[[http://www.garfieldminusgarfield.net Garfield Minus Garfield]]'' is a strip adapted by Dan Walsh from selected ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strips. In this edited version, Jon is the only main character; all other main or non-essential cast (and their associated dialogue) have been removed. However, Jon still behaves as though they, most often Garfield, were there.

Other people have made edits to Garfield strips, these edits including, but not limited to: putting random Garfield panels together; ''Silent Garfield'', which removes all thought balloons; ''Realfield'', which replaces Garfield with a photo-realistic cat drawing, and ''Garfield As Garfield'' which replaced Garfield with the 20th President of the United States, James A. Garfield. These predate ''Garfield Minus Garfield'' by a few years. Dan Walsh admitted he was not the first to come up with the idea of editing the strip or removing Garfield entirely, but he was the first to put the edits on one site as opposed to assorted forums and imageboards, and so got the most attention.

Other people have made edits to Garfield strips, these edits including, but not limited to: putting random Garfield panels together; ''Silent Garfield'', which removes all thought balloons; and ''Realfield'', which replaces Garfield with a photo-realistic cat drawing. These predate ''Garfield Minus Garfield'' by a few years. Dan Walsh admitted he was not the first to come up with the idea of editing the strip or removing Garfield entirely, but he was the first to put the edits on one site as opposed to assorted forums and imageboards, and so got the most attention.

* LiveActionAdaptation: College Humor edited clips from the actual ''Garfield'' movie into [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/5945411/remix-garfield-minus-garfield this]] adapted trailer.

* BlackComedyBurst: The end of the above Thanksgiving edit. [[spoiler:Jon realizes that Liz put him on a diet, goes crazy and '''kills Liz with a chainsaw''' ([[GoryDiscrectionShot although offscreen]]), and then it goes back to more Jon talking to non-existent pets]].

* GenreShift: It's amazing how deleting Garfield from the strip immediately changes a comedy into a commentary of one man's losing battle with isolation and depression in suburban America.

** Before that, he made [[http://vimeo.com/8689159 An Arbuckle Christmas]]. There's also a version of the Christmas video that incorporates the discharge sequence from ''Series/{{Lost}}'', but [[MissingEpisode it's nowhere to be found on the internet]].

* SanitySlippage: Some of the comics in the video compilation linked in the [[YMMV.HomePage YMMV]] tab show that Jon is slowly going mad. Examples include smushing ice cream cones into his face, [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/40406640 dressing up for a date... that's in three weeks]], [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/78032638 ''jumping in the streets dressed as a pink clown'']], [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/81381173 chasing cars in the manner of dogs]], [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/503880743/try-g-g-in-book-form breaking]] down sobbing at the most random times, [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/30759171 Madness Speak]], and, finally, [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/69159474 being sent to a Mental Hospital]].

''Garfield Minus Garfield'' has been published in a book, which contains the original strips alongside their "Minused" versions, as well as a foreword by ''Garfield'' creator Jim Davis (who not only openly approved of the concept, but made several ''GMG'' strips for the book).

Other people have made edits to Garfield strips, these edits including, but not limited to: putting random Garfield panels together; ''Silent Garfield'', which removes all thought balloons; and ''Realfield'', which replaces Garfield with a photo-realistic cat drawing. Dan Walsh admitted he was not the first to come up with the idea of removing Garfield entirely, but he was the first to put the edits on one site as opposed to assorted forums and imageboards, and so got the most attention.

Other people have made edits to Garfield strips, these edits including, but not limited to: the removal of all thought balloons; and ''Realfield'', which replaces Garfield with a photo-realistic cat drawing.

* GenreShift: It's amazing how deleting the titular character from the strip immediately changes a comedy into a commentary of one man's losing battle with isolation and depression in suburban America.

** YourMileageMayVary on this being funnier. Some people might find Jon's actions to be annoying.

* DadaComics: If only the original Dadaist were around today -- they would surely dig the starker strips.

** [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/28296406 Others]] come across as [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/161525440 euphemism]].

* SanitySlippage: Some of the comics in the video compilation linked in the {{YMMV}} tab show that Jon is slowly going mad. Examples include smushing ice cream cones into his face, [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/40406640 dressing up for a date... that's in three weeks]], [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/78032638 ''jumping in the streets dressed as a pink clown'']], [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/81381173 chasing cars in the manner of dogs]], [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/503880743/try-g-g-in-book-form breaking]] down sobbing at the most random times, [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/30759171 Madness Speak]], and, finally, [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/69159474 being sent to a Mental Hospital]].

[[caption-width-right:250:[[GenreShift From a funny comic to a depressing a psychedelic experience in one eraser move]].]]