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Re: The World of Subversive Garfield Spinoffs

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Post by scrollaway » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 5:23 PM UTC

vinceguidry wrote: post #4

scrollaway wrote: post #3

I'm surprised Silent Garfield wasn't mentioned: http://www.silentgarfield.com/

Weird, Garfield minus Garfield has the same premise, and was mentioned. http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/ Wonder which came first?

They have a very different feel. GMG actually modifies the text slightly when it refers to garfield by name and is basically the story of a guy going crazy talking to himself. SG just removes the Garfield lines and answers the question "What is Jon's point of view actually like in Garfield?".

This article is awesome, by the way. I was so addicted to dealing with garfield strips programmatically a few years ago. I wanted to work on a library which could analyze the images, reconstruct the layers and extract the text in order to do things such as removing specific characters, lines, randomizing extracting every single Jon/Garfield sprite and constructing animations out of it, etc.

I feel like Garfield is actually a very cool platform for this because there is a lot of data and not a lot of variations (garfield is extremely formulaic). Maybe this inspires someone to work on it.

(PS: Hint: If you are interested in working on it, scraping every garfield strip off the official website is extremely easy)

Re: The World of Subversive Garfield Spinoffs

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Post by protomyth » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 5:23 PM UTC

PVP did a sendup of the whole industry http://www.pvponline.com/comic/2009/03/02/ombudsmen

Re: The World of Subversive Garfield Spinoffs

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Post by acomjean » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 5:23 PM UTC

I read Garfield when I was a kid. I have some books. It's strange but there were characters, a roommate, a dog (odie),a cute kitten that was resented, trips to a farm. Those things were written out, and it became sameness all the time. I'm surprised it's still being written.

I love the remixes. Garfield minus Garfield is fascinating..

Re: The World of Subversive Garfield Spinoffs

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Post by davidw » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 5:25 PM UTC

protomyth wrote: post #10

What's with the starting diss of Charles Schulz?

Some people (myself included) find Peanuts insufferably boring and not all that funny.

Re: The World of Subversive Garfield Spinoffs

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Post by jecyll » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 5:30 PM UTC

Even if Garfield Minus Garfield is a little weird, I think it's fascinating how the absence of the cat creats such a obscure melancholia. Some of the stripes even become philosophical.

Re: The World of Subversive Garfield Spinoffs

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Post by reallynottheone » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 5:32 PM UTC

scrollaway wrote: post #3

I'm surprised Silent Garfield wasn't mentioned: http://www.silentgarfield.com/

"Barfield Loses His Lunch" has a special place in my heart, but I can understand why it never appears on these parody lists.

http://www.thereverend.com/barfield/index.html (kinda NSFW)

Re: The World of Subversive Garfield Spinoffs

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 5:35 PM UTC

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Re: The World of Subversive Garfield Spinoffs

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Post by rglover » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 5:35 PM UTC

jecyll wrote: post #15

Even if Garfield Minus Garfield is a little weird, I think it's fascinating how the absence of the cat creats such a obscure melancholia. Some of the stripes even become philosophical.

It's beautiful.

Re: The World of Subversive Garfield Spinoffs

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Post by fenomas » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 5:36 PM UTC

protomyth wrote: post #12

PVP did a sendup of the whole industry http://www.pvponline.com/comic/2009/03/02/ombudsmen

That was brilliant, thanks for posting!

Re: The World of Subversive Garfield Spinoffs

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Post by protomyth » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 5:36 PM UTC

davidw wrote: post #14

protomyth wrote: post #10

What's with the starting diss of Charles Schulz?

Some people (myself included) find Peanuts insufferably boring and not all that funny.

Ok, much as I find Charlie Kaufman's films the same, but why bother? Do people not get that you whittle down your audience when you go out of your way to insult things people value.