Distractions

Puzzles, videos, and more


In our print issues, we run crossword puzzles, Sudoku puzzles, and other games designed to be secretly played during class. Here, you will find similar fare, but also a collection of ways the World Wide Web is trying to keep you from working while you are able to access it.

You Should Be Reading: Garfield Minus Garfield

Minimalist brilliance. But don't take our word for it; even Time sometimes checks out the Internets:

“Comic Stripped”

At garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com, old Garfield strips are republished without Garfield in the frames. The end result is a lonely Jon Arbuckle wandering throughout the comic strip. This site was founded by Dan Walsh of Dublin, Ireland who says, “when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and the empty desparation of modern life.” See if you agree after taking a look at this Garfieldless comic.

from “Wandering the Web: Comic Stripped.” Time 31 Mar. 2008: 83

While You're At It: Lasagna Cat

Garfield comic strips reimagined as surreal, live-action performances, each with an equally surreal music video. Go.

More Garfield?

This is what happens when an Internet meme takes off: lots of bizarre and funny riffs on the same idea. This one's called Realfield; here's another called Arbuckle. You can Google your way to finding strips with Jon removed, strips with all dialogue removed, strips with all characters removed and replaced by other, random characters, and plenty more.

Puzzles

The following links will take you to free, online versions of popular distractions. See if you can beat our work on the Sudoku puzzle -- x's for the win!

© 2008 Brewster High School.