Garfield minus Garfield [Bilag til Billy]

A single-issue Danish comic published by Hjemmet/Egmont in 2011, Garfield minus Garfield [Bilag til Billy] is a metatextual experiment that removes the titular cat from classic Garfield strips, leaving only Jon Arbuckle’s one-sided conversations with an absent pet. The result is a poignant, absurdist character study of loneliness and quiet desperation, reframing a familiar newspaper comic as minimalist art. Associated most closely with the original strip’s creator, Jim Davis, this one-shot stands as a curious, fan-driven reinterpretation that highlights the power of editorial subtraction.