Garfield Minus Garfield is a popular webcomic and meme format created by Dan Walsh in 2008, based on the original works of Jim Davis. By digitally removing Garfield from the comic strips, the focus shifts entirely to Jon Arbuckle, transforming the lighthearted comic into a psychological study of loneliness and existential angst. What was once a joke between a cat and his owner becomes a tragic, often surreal depiction of a man struggling with his own thoughts in an empty room. The meme resonates with internet culture for its dark humor and the surprisingly profound way it recontextualizes familiar childhood imagery into something deeply relatable and absurd.