First strip where Nermal is bipedal. I prefer quadropedal Nermal better, he was actually cute in his early strips (1979-1984), and out of all Garfield designs, the current bipedal Nermal is my least favourite. The proportions just kind of weird me out. Abnermal from the 2008 Pet Force movie is designed slightly likeable, but in the original Pet Force comics where he is even more humanoid is a big no-no for me.
The last panel reminds me of the old 1978/1979/1980 comics where it had Garfield walking away on all fours in a similar motion, for example: http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1978/ga780706.gif
Am I the only one who thinks Jon is always eating sandwich in early strips? No, that’s not two slices of bread, that’s a sandwich as http://garfieldcollectibles.com/products/daily-comic-strip-giclee says. Type in sandwich into the search bar of it and it will give you strips with sandwiches an this one is in it.
I actually think Nermal is cute when he is on all fours. And whatever you say, the 3rd panel is really cute.