Garfield by Jim Davis for June 23, 2024

Hey look, Lyman and (possibly) Orson appear in the newspaper

Jon got hammered!

Lyman’s in the paper… again… what is he up to?

cool title frame, pardner!

L Y M A N ?

And not even one dent in the donut?

Reminds me of the 02/17/1979 strip.

This is one of those times I’d throw Garfield out the door!

Garfield might not want it now that you got your germs on it.

GUYS THATS LYMAN ODIES FIRST OWNER! also probably orson from us acres

garfield talk about the donut or the hammer?

Stretches the credibility that the doughnut was undamaged. But the only way I can imagine to fix it would have been to move the plate away from the edge and hit the hand before it gets to the plate.

One have to admire Garfield perfect control of his strike! To smash Jon’s hand like this, without even messing the donut icing, can only come from a Master of the ancient art of Glutton-do (and a long life of practice).

So Lyman is not in the basement.

Cowboy Garfield knows the ropes.

Lyman!! What’d he do to get on the front page of the paper!!

I’m hearing the Jaws theme for some reason.

Jon’s eyeballs in the second last frame are also a subtle delight before the final reaction.

Knowing Garfield he probably did that entirely on purpose

OK, Jon, though I never did, it’s time for you to lock the toolbox.

I like Garfields way of thinking

Garfield will go to any lengths to take any food from Jon, no matter how underhanded the tactic.

Caught the Lyman.

Do you still want that donut, Jon? Or does Garfield have to go Whango ze Tango on your hand again?

Donuts are smashing.

They hammer hunger.

Whango??

Wait, people still read print newspapers at the kitchen table? For that matter, who goes through the trouble of placing a donut on a plate instead of plucking it out of the box or bag? When the most realistic thing in the strip is Garfield making a play for the donut…

We know there were no injuries, cuz the hammer went “whango.” Now, if it had gone “splat”, we would know there were broken bones.

So why didn’t Garfield just take the donut?

Lyman in the Missing section.

Actually, it’s the blow with the mallet he doesn’t want, not the donut.

Drawing this strip must have been hard. Just look a all of those newspaper lines and the way his hand is jiggling. I can’t even draw a straight line or decent stick people.

Garfield getting violent.

“Whango”?

Ouch.

Stop! Hammer time!

Love the western panel and Odie’s cute bull horns.

How did that not squish the donut?

I wonder if Garfield wielded the Mallet of Forethought? More mighty than Thor’s legendary Mjölnir!

This looks like something Don Martin would come up with.

Somehow the donut remained intact.

That dance that Jon is doing is the Whango Tango.

Soundtrack for this strip: Also Spracht Zarathustra.

Bad Kitty!

Garfield you are mean to Jon

Yeah, whack the hand that feeds you, Garfield…..

OK. So we know who Lyman and Orson are, but who is the football player?

If Garfield, or any cat for that matter, did that to me, the next thing to happen would be seeing how long the cat can hold his breath under water.

• Thanks to comments I reexamined to see Lyman and Orson.

• Garfield was terriblely evil in this. Bad Garfield.

• Critical remark: I would replace one of the panels of Garfield waiting with a final panel showing Garfield reaching or eating the donut himself. I know it is implied but rather see it than assume it.

Don’t bite the hand that feeds you

Lyman and Orsen been a while since we’ve seen them.