Garfield by Jim Davis for August 24, 2009

Why does Garfield eat birds but not mice?

Because they scare Jon???

Best reaction i’ve seen Jon have.

He screamed like a little girl.

But pretty good recovery.

Heck! I thought it was a mutation from docT’s nuclear coffee! RATS!!

Garfield’s got a blog?

That mouse must be more like a kangaroo.

There ya go! That’ll scare the mouse away. Or it’ll drink it and become some kind of uber mouse

Looks like you need to get another cat Jon. A “normal” cat that will kill mice.

saturntv said That mouse must be more like a kangaroo.

I am reminded of a great TV show … The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show, where Sylvester is trying to teach his boy how to hunt mice. One runs into the case of a Kangaroo and then hilarity ensues …

Many years ago, Garfield said, “show me a cat who is a good mouser, and I’ll show you a cat with bad breath.” That’s why he prefers birds to mice!

Hey Allan—I remember that episode!! Boxing was also part of that, if I remember correctly!

Wow, Jon has a delayed reaction.

@ Allan - I was thinking of it when I posted the comment. I’ve never seen it, but it came up in a conversation and sounded hilarious.

By Jon’s reaction in panel 2, it looks like that mouse tried playing Garfield’s tuba (from a previous strip).

HA! HA-HA! HO-HO, HE-HE-HE! um, I mean lol.

The Hot Pink background was a nice touch.

At the start of “Garfield” in 1978, the title character said to “show [him] a good mouser, and [he’ll] show [us] a cat with bad breath.” That could explain why Garfield doesn’t do mice.

Perfect “Garfield Minus Garfield” strip here. :-D

i had no idea jon had a nervous disposition

Wow, Garfield could actually do something else than eat and sleep!

1. ) Why do you have such a LLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGG name?

2.)MY FIFTH BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Garfields got a blog omg :0

…And my “saved comics” list

You would think Jon would be used to all the mice by now.

That’s priceless.