I enjoyed reading Garfield when I was kid. Then I grew up and stopped reading the Sunday comics because I felt they were all stupid except for Far Side. Garfield Minus Garfield has taken a whole new spin on the classic comic Garfield by subtracting the orange feline from the comic frames, leaving only Jon Arbuckle…
Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness in a quiet American suburb.
The new comic is wickedly funny and had me laughing out loud. Here’s just one example:
The internet and web are undoubtedly great things. I have found and digested a vast amount of information and visual stimuli as a result. I also think it’s a little funny at times how I’ve been able to see so many new things and so much of the world without setting foot outside. But I digress…
When I surf the web, I like to keep up with art. I like what’s old and I like what’s new. Past trends interest me as well as current trends. Lately, I’ve been keeping an online scrapbook of art that I’ve found online. I use a combination of Tumblr and Shareaholic and Firefox to scrapbook all these images. It takes less than 10 seconds to post an image to my scrapbook.
If you happen to visit my scrapbook, you’ll see a tile of images. If you hover over an image, you’ll see a plus mark pop up, which you can click on to view the full-size image. If you just click on the image, you will go to the original website where I found it. As you can see, I love all sorts of art. Architecture, furniture design, graphic design, illustration, photography, advertisements, paintings, logos, typography, and sculpture.
The world is full of beautiful and wondrous things.
