Garfield by Jim Davis for August 20, 2009

Well, there goes Jon’s hearing.

I like the implied horns coming out of Garfield’s expressions in the first and last panels.

Boring and deaf too.

he’d probably take song requests if offered pans of lasagna!

Boy, that Garfield really has some brass…

There’s nothing more subtle than a brass instrument.

Dry, you need to recruit him!!!

The day is about to get a lot more interesting

Luv Garfield in the third panel. He looks like he’s taking enough air in to blow harder than a hurricane.

Hi-la-rious !! Best one in a long time !! Naturally, Garfield has a tuba lying around for just such an emergency ! Ha Ha Ha ! Be sure to get enough air in you now, G !

::ROFL!:: Jon, ya shoulda kept your mouth shut!

Ah, poor … nah, stupid Jon … you know Garfield will find a way to break the boring quiet day, why mention it? Here, have some ear plugs….

Morning Dry and JFri

Jon better learn sign language quick since he’s about to go deaf.

John Phillips Sousa

jajajaja… Jon look like me on one of my boring days at work…. jajajajaja

Love Garfield!!!!!!!

Macushlalondra, I’ve been away for a few days; just found your lasagna recipe. Thank you so very much. I will try it this fall when the weather cools down a bit.

Ah the evil note of Garfield. Hehe.

Yes, JFri excellent idea! Hear that Doc?! Huh? :-D

Boredom seems to be the theme today. See Garfield Minus Garfield.

Where did Garfield get $9K for a Sousaphone (not a tuba)?

I think Jon being deaf would make him happier because he wouldn’t have to here all the women turn him down for a date…

And a onea and a twoa….Jon’s lucky Garfield didn’t think of a bagpipe! Then the whole neighborhood would be entertained!…Panel 4 is Jon peeling himself off the ceiling!

garfield will be eating tofu from now on….with rasins

Frodo, that is a tuba. A Sousaphone wraps around the player, a tuba is held in the hands.

I wonder if Garfield is neutered. If not … Jon might start considering it …. LMAO.

Yes, Garfield. The cymbals are getting old for that gag.

I don’t know who has the bigger mouth, Jon or Garfield?!

Actually, Jim Davis took a little liberty here, not that it matters a h3ll of a lot. A tuba would have the bell straight up, I believe, while the Sousaphone points forward, as here, and yes, it’s designed to be “worn”, but this one here also has no valves. So it’s a Garfield/Davis hybrid, eminently suitable for a comic strip.

Welcome nancy ! Interesting indeed !

Garfield has practical trick to scare Jon out of sh*t!

In the 3rd panel, is Garfield going to blow into the tuba or eat it?

I don’t know about a tuba, but my old cat LOVED waking me up with the big horn I use to keep in my house. nothing like a 5:30 Wake up call from the other end of the house with a horn screeming, lol.

i played a tuba for a couple of years in my high school band. it was not the sousaphone which wrapped around the body, but the bell did point forward. when we did instrument demonstrations at our concerts at grade schools, i would lift it over my head rather than carry it to the front of the band. it was actually quite a versatile instrument. i used to play the opening bars of the “Marseillaise” to demonstrate the range of notes you could get, and i once heard a recording of “duelling tubas” (a tuba version of “duelling banjos”).

Actually, I think it’s a French horn, with the bell turned - there’s just not enough tubing for either a tuba or a sousaphone.

What a wakeup call…..

Hey, why should Garfield care what it is, so long as it is affective for his intended purposes? Beside that, it’s probably something Jon had made for himself, and he had absolutely NO idea what for.

Holy picky Batman…WHO CARES WHAT THE HECK IT IS, Sousaphone, tuba..whatever!..call it a Garflona…It;s a COMIC People, any resemblance to reality is purely a coincidence….sheesh!

Let’s hope he can play.

Good i guess

yyyguy I’ve heard where some gather around play those instruments, tubas, and they where good. For bagpipes I’ve heard them as well and played right they are good. We where in this park where different town area gather called samplers fest and the tent my sister and brother-in-law where in they have a booth, well behold there was a school band with a tuba playing as well you could not here yourself think.

Hey, Opus the Penguin could make it a duet.

(In “Bloom County” he played the tuba in the band “Deathtongue.” Opus interpreted “heavy metal” to be synonymous with “weighty brass.”)

Don’t worry, Jon. Garfield can fix that.

Cartoon physics (in this case, acoustics) strikes again. :)

Found this one in an old newspaper whilst cleaning the workshop and actually laughed out loud – it’s a rare comic that can make me do that :D

3…2…1…

GARFIELD!

YOU ARRE SCREWED JON. Garfield my man. Jons going to need hearing aids after this. Only unless he is dear T-T

deaf

I spat out my coffee

3rd panel be like: 10 haunting photos taken seconds before disaster

I don’t know why but this reminds me of the Garfield show

Garfield don’t you dare! Hee hee.

have we got a show for you!