Garfield by Jim Davis for July 02, 2023

Ahh, grilling season!

Been a while since we’ve seen Jon’s family…

This might be the shortest Garfield Sunday strip

Love the line up of the cute family. Extra crispy burgers are welcome.

Jon aspires rather unsuccessfully as master griller.

Hey, look! The Arbuckle family and Liz in the same panel! Has this happened before?

Hold the charred eyebrows on mine, please.

who wants pop-tarts?

Jon the burger burner. Well, well! When he plays the chef, you should know what’s at STEAK…

Whose idea was it to make Jon the grillmaster?

Personally I just hit the Publix deli on the 4th nowadays for fried chicken, Cuban sandwiches and sometimes a mojo rotisserie chicken or mojo pork with the normal fixings like slaw and potato salad and guava pastelitos from the bakery.

Happy 4th of July to all!

Sort of a missed opportunity to have Liz being introduced to Jon’s family and the farm before this.

Even for Jon, a burger is kinda hard to mess up. Also, I like mine medium rare and marinated in worcestershire sauce prior to grilling.

Also known as “caramelized”…….

Just skip the grill completely and you have steak tartare. Much simpler.

I think this might be the first time we’ve seen Liz with Jon’s family since they started dating.

Some extra mayonnaise in the bun will solve that problem.

That’s no grill…

But rare hamburger is a recipe for E. coli, and extra crispy is carcinogenic.

Nice to see Jon’s family more often

Scary, but this 4th is the kickoff of America250 which is in 2026.

And thus is it perfectly explained why Jon doesn’t cook often

Never seen Liz with Jon’s family before…intriguing.

This is the funniest Garfield yet. I’ll be saving this one, for sure.

It looks like everyone knows Jon’s grilling technique, such as it is. Extra crispy. That’s a hoot.

Asking the chef to put salt on your burger for you seems odd. Just put some on yourself when it’s done.

I love the first panel!

Where’s Grandma when they need her the most? Especially when Jon is cooking.

Still sounds pretty darned good to The Count :9

The master of disaster, strikes again.

Sigh, if they wanted a burger done their way, they perhaps should have gone to a certain fast food establishment which touts that in one of their slogans…

The key to a successful cookout is not asking anyone how they want their burger cooked. Unless you are a professional short-order cook, it’s too complicated and everyone’s food get a ready as different times. Just cook every burger the same. Don’t overcook them – don’t undercooked them: it’ll be fine.

Say, what’s up with the background? It’s just a plain color like they are inside, but no one, not even Jon would put a grill inside of their house. Either Jim Davis needs to add more details to the sky, or he needs to think of these things.

Carcinogen. They say cook them indoors and do not burn them!

I see Jon is about as effective at grilling as Roger from “FoxTrot”.

I guess it’s time to order pizza.

There are grill masters, and then there’s Jon.

His burgers could double as hockey pucks.

My father-in-law does great barbecue!

Jon really needs a personal life coach to help him with these sorts of things.

My (Late) father-in-law did burgers just like Jon. Put the burgers on the Grill, Squirt on lighter fluid and light it up. Serve the charcoal briquettes on a bun with a pickle.

I’m just surprised with that many people there they let Jon cook. They all know him.

french dressing glaze? is that a thing?

“HOW DOES EVERYONE WANT THEIR BURGER?”

(imagines a different version of this part of the dialogue of this cartoon)

HOW DOES EVERYONE WANT HIS OR HER BURGER?

well he crankshafted that one

Nice to see Liz has met Jon’s parents, though it would have been fun to see that meeting in a strip after they started dating.

Still better than how Roger Fox would fare.

Fortunately, I do not like smoky, grilled food. Nasty.

Hockey Pucks!!! Extra lettuce, tomatoes, onions and cheese required!!

how about calling for pizza and avoid the doctor bills?

Hopefully, he’ll be able to tell the difference between a hamburger and a charcoal bricket

If I didn’t know any better, I’d say Jon got some grilling tips from Roger Fox of Foxtrot. Anybody wants some ham briquets? Plenty of carbon for everyone.

Jon’s family!! It had been a long time. Guess their burger requests weren’t quite fulfilled, but at least Liz is part of the group.

Uh … I’ll take my burger from a restaurant, or my home grill, please. [ha]

Leave it to Jon Arbuckle

I call that Hockey Puck style.

I thought she already met them. But I guess they didn’t.

has anyone noticed on how we should appreciate the art on the title for the Sunday comics???

Extra crispy hamburgers?

Im medium well extra salt and cheese

Jon: How does everyone want their burger done?Garfield: First bun, then patty, followed by ketchup, mustard, pickles, extra onions, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, and bun, in that order.