And then this would later (since iToons wasn’t a thing yet) appear on iToons.

@ReloggingUser  
Well, there were older examples, but I didn’t want to have to keep searching for older comic strips from decades ago.

@Beau Skunky  
August 2009 is old?

@Prof.NightJack  
I see, but I guess that is weird when you’re used to the comics, and old cartoons. I kinda liked it better when Jon couldn’t hear Garfield’s cynical smart-remarks.
 
I hear they also kinda toned down Garfield’s cynical attitude, and “edge” in the newer CGI shows, which is also another reason some don’t like them as much as the old 2D ones.
 
I remember one of my favorite Garfield comic strips was the April 25th, 1983 one, (that came out before I was even born, I had it in one of the book collections as a kid) was one of the more “edgy” ones.
 

 
Probably won’t see that kinda humor in the newer modern show.

@Beau Skunky  
Ya, to me it’s not the look, the voices, or most other things I have seen people talk bad about with the new show that bug me, it’s only that the animals now TALK TO THE HUMANS!!

@Prof.NightJack  
Yeah, that seems quite inaccurate to the comic strip, and old cartoons.
 
I even remember a few old comics poking fun at the “fact” that Garfield can’t talk.

@Beau Skunky  
The CGI show has Jon talking with them, having real conversations with them, in fact all the humans do, Garfield even makes calls to order food even…

@Prof.NightJack  
Yeah, doesn’t Jon also understand Garfield in some of the newer CGI show/specials? That also seems weird to me.
 
But yeah the “thought dialogue” without the mouth-movements seemed a bit more like Garfield’s thing, and is more accurate to the comic strip sense he doesn’t “talk out loud” in it, and communicates in thought clouds.
 
@Prof.NightJack  
Yeah, the “U.S. Acres” gang were a bit more “anthropomorphic” then Garfield was at the time.

@Prof.NightJack  
Because nether Garfield or any of the animals actually talked in it, Orson’s Farm on the other hand they did talk with their mouths but that wasn’t played the same as with Garfield.

@Beau Skunky  
By biggest problem with the new one is one I had with the movies, when Garfield(or any of the animals) talk we have the mouths moving, also Jim Davis has Jon not understanding Garfield’s thoughts but rather his actions, and it made the fourth wall breaking a little more smooth as most time no one knew that Garfield was doing it as they didn’t hear a thing(and sometimes everything would freeze as he did it).

@Dr_Osaka  
I normally try not to let things like “nostalgia” taint my opinions, but I agree the new voices aren’t as good, and don’t seem to convey the same personalities the characters had as the old ones. They could’ve gotten better voices.
 
I even miss Desirée Goyette as Nermal, (she contributed to the songs in the old ‘80s TV speicals, as well) even if she made him sound like a girl, (leading to alot of confusion about Nermal’s gender) I liked how cutesy, and overly-perky she made him sound. (Which also kinda gave Garfield more reason to find said character annoying.)  
Nermal doesn’t sound cute, at all now.
 
The only returning voice actor in the newer Garfield CGI-programs, (wish they’d do a new 2D one, but I hear CGI is cheaper) is Gregg Berger as Odie. (Well, he doesn’t talk but he grunts, barks, snickers, and yelps.)  
Though, Frank Welker also did other bit-characters to in the old TV show, so it’s nice he’s still around to.

@Beau Skunky  
I totally agree, Lorenzo Music played the best Garfield. All that new crap nowadays isn’t what I grew up on. And it’s not just Garfield, John and Nermal sound pretty bad in those new cartoons as well.

@Prof.NightJack  
I don’t think Bill Murry had any say-so over the “Real Ghostbusters” cartoon, (Harold Ramis & Dan Aykroyd were more-so the creators of the original Ghostbusters movie) so not sure if he was involved.
 
Though, yeah I heard of that li’l interesting coincidence between Bill Murry & Lorenzo Music playing each other’s characters before.
 
Y’know, Corey Feldman (Donatello in 2 of the original Ninja Turtle movies) recently came back to voicing a TMNT character in the new Nick TMNT. He’s Slash.

@Beau Skunky  
It’s likely overshadowed by that fact of Lorenzo Music was the first voice of Peter Venkman in The Real Ghostbusters, Bill Murray didn’t like how he sounded and had him removed and replaced by Dave Coulier, and then for the live-action/GCI Garfield movies they had Bill Murray do the voice, coming off a lot like how Music did his Venkman voice.

@SaburoDaimando  
As much as I like Frank Welker, to me Lorenzo Music (R.I.P.) will always be Garfield to me.
 
Ironically, in an episode of “Garfield & Friends” titled “Garfield Goes Hawaiian” (Not to be confused with the ‘80s TV special “Garfield in Paradise”) there’s a parrot voiced by Frank Welker that appears, and at one point imitates Garfield’s/Lorenzo’s voice sounding much like the modern Garfield.  
Kinda funny in hindsight, surprised nobody at TVTropes noticed this yet.

Imagine the current voice of Garfield(Frank Welker) singing that.

Funniest Garfield I’ve seen in years.