NEW YORK, NY – July 30, 2008 – Paws, Inc. and Ballantine Books, a division of the Random House Publishing Group, announced last week at Comic-Con International that Ballantine will publish a book inspired by the popular webcomic Garfield Minus Garfield...Good for you Jim Davis. Regardless of what you think about the original Garfield strips you've got to admire a guy who can not only see value in someone taking his original work, manipulating it and creating something else of worth but then going one step farther and endorsing it alongside your own. Tip of the hat to you sir.
The full-color book format will give readers the experience of having both the original and doctored Garfield strips together on the same page for comparison. Dublin, Ireland-based Garfield Minus Garfield creator Dan Walsh will provide the foreword to the book.
Garfield creator Jim Davis was intrigued by—and pleased with—the concept. “I think it’s an inspired thing to do,” Davis said. “I want to thank Dan for enabling me to see another side of Garfield.”
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Bravo Jim Davis. He's a great person. Did you see him throw the gang sign in Lazy Muncie? He's got a good heart, I think.
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