Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 16, 2009
Transcript:
Rat says, "Check out this comic?It's called 'Garfield minus Garfield.' The guy takes a normal 'Garfield' strip but deletes 'Garfield.' So you're left with just Jon talking to himself?it's great." Pig says, "Ohh, gee?I think I prefer normal 'Garfield.'" Rat says, "Will you excuse me for a moment?" Pig says, "Sure." Stephen Pastis says, "No, I will not delete pig from the strip."
I’m surprised no one has mentioned calling it “Pearls without Swine.”