...If Garfield is dead who the

is that latest cat pushing Odie off of high places, scarfing lasagnas, and horribly being voiced by Bill Murry in the movies?
I don't think he's dead, Garfield was hallucinating/dreaming, and the author was just making a moral smackdown for the readers. And besides, didn't anybody catch the last strip when Jon was asking Garfield if he wanted breakfest? (when the cat snapped back into physical reality)