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Remove his thought balloons<\/a>. <\/p>\n

No, really, it’s uncanny. Suddenly, Jon is standing there talking to himself, and all we get are occasional Garfield expressions back. It becomes slightly surreal, and much more entertaining than the “club you over the head with a pan of lasagna” humor the strip usually has.<\/p>\n

Less is more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remove his thought balloons. No, really, it’s uncanny. Suddenly, Jon is standing there talking to himself, and all we get are occasional Garfield expressions back. 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