Quickie on Comics II -- Jim Davis over-writes Garfield...

Jim Davis over writes Garfield. Evidence? Very often, the comic is actually funny when Garfield's thought balloons are removed. Perhaps that means the comic as it stands with Garfield imagining snarky comments have run its course, and reestablishing Jon Arbuckle as the protagonist is what is needed to vitalize the strip.

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