In A World where Garfield never existed, one man imagines that he does.
Garfield Minus Garfield is a strip adapted by Dan Walsh from selected
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.
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: the removal of all thought balloons; and the replacement of Garfield with a less stylized cat.
You find the site
here
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Interestingly, it turns out that
Garfield isn't the only franchise where removing the main character works wonders
.
This comic provides examples of: