Garfield by Jim Davis for September 10, 2023

It’s a quadruple whammy!

Jon has not learned to stay out of the water yet, let alone stay away from the beach!

I think that’s enough beach time for Jon

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It’s almost like Liz understood Garfield

Panel 5 should be dedicated to Don Martin.

Snip, Snippy, Snip, Snip? Guess there won’t be any Jon Jr.’s running around.

Good thing she’s a veterinarian. Those poor animals are going to need her help.

Sprinting on a public beach

Bug-eyed little boy with good intent

Snot’s running down his nose

Clawy fingers, colored funny clothes

Hey, Aquajon

Drying in the cold sun

Watching as he filly-like does run

Hey, Aquajon

Feeling like a dead duck

Fishing out pieces of his broken luck

Oh, Aquajon

Sun streaking cold

An old man no longer wading lonely

Taking his company the only way he can

All hurting bad

As he stands picked up a fish friend

He goes back to the sand and warms his feet

Feeling not alone

The critters on his bod

Starfish a la mode, stingray and an eel

Aquajon, my friend

Don’t you start to feel uneasy?

You poor old sod

You see, it’s only him (and an octopus and so)…

Seafood?

That’s zero points for Jon, 3 points for Garfield and Liz.

They must’ve been gambling, on the JonBet app.

Imagine your luck being so bad that people can bet on the result beforehand.

Jon is immortal like While E Coyote. An stingray and a eel and he is still alives.

Say where be them crabs? They must be on vacation. Not even one is bites Jon.

The new face of Jon………

Yep, lots of fun. Just not for Jon.

Hearing “octopus” turns me on because a little girl gave birth to it! I wonder if Liz would give birth to an octopus as well?

It looks like a new movie monster from the producers of Sharktopus. Star-ray-eel-topus?

Where is Odie?!?

At least it wasn’t some wave punishing Jon or some muscle burying Jon in the sand.

Safe to say Jon is the only one not winning in this game

Garfield must have suntan lotion on under all that fur…

I love swimming, but not in the ocean. I wish my pool had gotten up to 90F like the ocean did.

Poor Jon, helpless and hapless but usually hopeful.

Yeah, beaches are overrated.

Side note: Garfield’s arm extended so far in that last panel.

THERE’S A SHARK somewhere in these waters. ;)

Call it a draw.

Arthur curry would be impressed

what…NO SHARKS THIS TIME?

Jon has all the bad luck

I’m not going to the beach. A nice swimming pool for me.

Poor Jon! He tries. At least we see him and Liz taking a vacation together. Hubba hubba! LOL

It’s like the universe likes to conspire against Jon no matter what he does.

Jon has a new Halloween costume

It’s a tie. Does that mean Jon owes them both sodas?

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have winners! … And a loser…

I wasn’t aware starfish could be dangerous, but then, this is Jon…

Way to end Summer, with a sense of humor.

(feels saddened by this cartoon (especially by the longest panel of it near its bottom))

They do know their man……

Jon always thought of himself as a chick magnet. Turns out he’s a fish magnet.

“AquaJon” is destined for a royal flush!

that’s a weird Octopus…it’s like Jim drew half a Jellyfish before he realized his mistake and course corrected

There is no icon for I don’t like today’s comic, so “-” will have to do…

“—”…

Ah! It’s a moray.

It’s a good thing I read GoComics daily. The Sunday Comic Section of the local newspaper had a “Classic Garfield” entry instead. They switched out “Pickles” with a “Classic Pickles” a few weeks ago. I guess that the newspaper in running on fumes. ;-p

The eel looks so proud!

This could only happen to Jon

The octopus looks a bit stunned.

It’s kind of like everything the Coyote bought from Acme goes haywire at the same time.

One point for each! XD

What? No crabs? No snapping turtles?

Glad I only swim in pools

Didn’t Lady Gaga wear that on stage once?

Characters full body on screen? I forgot it could happen.

The eel must be at least 30 feet long and 350 pounds in mass.

How is he not dead? lol

Those sea critters sure love Jon!!

How does the jellyfish factor into this bet?

lol

That made me chuckle, I like a good chuckle

I would’ve gone with shark maybe manatee but maybe thats just me