Stop us if you've heard this one: A popular humorous Web log is being turned into a paper book! This time it's Garfield Minus Garfield, the very funny—some might say Kafkaesque—tumblr by Irish musician Dan Walsh that features old Garfield strips from which Garfield himself has been surgically removed so that it looks like Jon Arbuckle is just talking to himself like a crazy person.

Ballantine, which has been publishing Garfield since 1980, will rush the book as a trade paperback for release in October, according to an announcement posted on Mr. Walsh's personal tumblr. Jim Davis, who created Garfield and owns all the copyrights, has given the project his blessing.  read more »

Not all copyright holders dislike their online détournment. In an article in today's New York Times about the website Garfield Minus Garfield, 'Garfield' creator Jim Davis says he's favorably impressed by creator Dan Walsh's alterations to his long-running syndicated comic strip about a lasagna-loving cat and his dimwitted human and canine companions.  read more »

In a few minutes, Mike Bloomberg will testify to Congress, from City Hall, about financial issues.

His name is Jim Davis and he's an NYPD detective.