As part of an article on the popularity of garfield minus garfield, NYT found out the opinion of Jim Davis, creator of the original Garfield cartoons, on the site and the new attention brought to Jon Arbuckle. [WaxyLinks]

Mr. Davis, who has been drawing Garfield for 30 years, said that “Garfield Minus Garfield” has actually prompted him to take a different look at his own work. He compared Mr. Walsh’s efforts to the cerebral approach of Pogo, the comic strip by Walt Kelly.

“I think it’s the body of work that makes me laugh — the more you read of these strips, the funnier it gets,” Mr. Davis said. As for Garfield himself, “this makes a compelling argument that maybe he doesn’t need to be there. Less is more.”