(I can't believe this comic strip exists... and, having seen proof that it exists, I can't believe how depressing it is.)

In February of 2008, Dan Walsh started trotting out a unique webcomic--Garfield Minus Garfield, a reworking of Jim Davis's Garfield strips that systematically excises Garfield from the storyline. The resulting strips, featuring Jon Arbuckle, Odie, Nermal, etc., "create a new, even lonelier atmosphere for Jon Arbuckle... Jon’s observations seem to teeter between existential crisis and deep despair" (according to a hopefully tongue-in-cheek review in the New York Times).

Now, thanks to Davis's Paws, Inc. and Ballantine Books, readers will be able to enjoy Garfield Minus Garfield in full-color book format. The book will feature both the original and altered strips, as well as an introduction by Walsh, and will come out in October.

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