Garfield by Jim Davis for December 14, 2022

Shouldn’t the stripe be red or something?

Smooth touch, Odie.

Noooooo.. Not the dreaded black stripe

I’ve often wondered if some of the colorists aren’t overseas where they don’t share our cultural references, like when they make Moby Dick gray. Or the strip on a candy cane black.

That’s impressive to be fair.

That’s one tough doggie. He beats a black belt.

A licorice candy cane?

is that because of his breath?

Odie always finds a way to do the impossible.

But now what are you going to do with it, Odie?

I’ve seen green stripes

Hey, everyone has to have a talent

It’s a skill few have mastered.

I guess Odie either doesn’t like black, or licorice?

Impressive…

I can’t believe Odie actually can do something interesting.

I guess the candy cane’s flavor was black licorice

(senses a cartoon with a story worthy of being serialized)

I wonder if Jon would end up wrapped up in the stripe if he tried to do the same thing?

Anything is possible when you’re dumb. (Just look at TikTok.)

Score one for the dogs…for doing the impossible!

Dear Ask a Dog: Christmas edition

Garfield: “‘Dear Ask a Dog, I’m struggling deciding what to give my best friend for Christmas. What do you recommend?’”

Odie: Barks

Garfield: “Oooooh!…A big juicy steak!”

Odie grins and gives a thumbs-up

I thought candy canes were red

That’s more candy black licorice

Hammy can do it, I bet.

A candymaker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would be a witness, so he made the Christmas Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols from the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ.He began with a stick of pure white, hard candy. White to symbolize the Virgin Birth and the sinless nature of Jesus, and hard to symbolize the Solid Rock, the foundation of the Church, and firmness of the promises of God.The candymaker made the candy in the form of a “J” to represent the precious name of Jesus, who came to earth as our Savior. It could also represent the staff of the “Good Shepherd” with which He reaches down into the ditches of the world to lift out the fallen lambs who, like all sheep, have gone astray.Thinking that the candy was somewhat plain, the candymaker stained it with red stripes. He used three small stripes to show the stripes of the scourging Jesus received by which we are healed. The large red stripe was for the blood shed by Christ on the cross so that we could have the promise of eternal life.

American Pooches Got Talent.

is ma burfday

Looks to me like a pretty good trick. Don’t underestimate Odie!

Must be licorice. Aren’t the stripes red?

Such happened in this cartoon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOlyoD_EBUA

The groomer where my friend’s dogs went gave out candy canes to the dogs. They were rawhide. The cane part was uncolored rawhide, and there was a thin stripe of red or green rawhide wrapped around it. Yep, the dogs chewed the stripe off first, then chewed the rest of it.

Black? Licorice maybe?

Odie full of surprises.