Transcript:

Jon: A mouse! Get it!

Jon: Garfield! you didn’t even try!

Garfield: Show me a good mouser, and I’ll show you a cat with bad breath.

Recycled for the June 21st, 1978 strip in the syndicated version:

This was the last comic strip published before United Feature Syndicate accepted Garfield

Confused about what this strip is? See the first post here