Garfield minus Garfield was a curated collection instead of an ongoing daily thing. Garfield minus Garfield was to show how existential things can get. This is nothing like that. This is showing that the comic is almost exactly the same even without the titular character.
Taste is subjective. Some people just don’t like absurdism. That’s fine.
Garfield without Garfield was a brilliant idea. This is not only derivative, but also just not very entertaining
Garfield minus Garfield was a curated collection instead of an ongoing daily thing. Garfield minus Garfield was to show how existential things can get. This is nothing like that. This is showing that the comic is almost exactly the same even without the titular character.
Whether it’s entertaining or not is subjective.