Garfield's Guide to Everything

Garfield's Guide To

by Jim Davis

In Garfield’s Guide to Everything, the philosophizing fat cat weighs in on a whole kit and caboodle of subjects, from ecology to astrology, Shakespeare to stupidity.

Sleep — “The best 18 hours of my day”
Coffee — “Mother Nature’s Jumper Cables”
Dogs — “They contain 90% of the world’s drool supply.”
Love — “…is splitting the last piece of pizza.”
Exercise — “My favorite spectator sport.”
Mondays — “The armpit of days.”
Golf — “That’s Scottish for ‘AAARGH!’”

Genres: Comics, Humor, Fiction, Animals

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 26, 2004

About the author

James Robert "Jim" Davis is an American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip Garfield. Other comics that he has worked on are Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, Slapstick, and a strip about Mr. Potato Head.

Jim Davis was born in Fairmount, Indiana, near Marion, where he grew up on a small farm with his father James William Davis, mother Anna Catherine (Carter) Davis, brother Dave, and 25 cats. Davis' childhood on a farm parallels the life of his cartoon character Garfield's owner, Jon Arbuckle, who was also raised on a farm with his parents and a brother, Doc Boy. Jon, too, is a cartoonist, and also celebrates his birthday on July 28. Davis attended Ball State University. While attending Ball State, he became a member of the Theta Xi fraternity. He earned the dubious honor of earning one of the lowest cumulative grade point averages in the history of the university, an honor incidentally shared with Late Show host David Letterman.

Davis as of 2007 resides in Muncie, Indiana, where he and his staff produce Garfield under his company, Paws, Inc., begun in 1981. He was married to Carolyn, a singer and elementary teacher whom he met while both were attending college, and has a son named James with her. However, the couple divorced, and Davis since 2000 has been married to Jill, Paws' senior vice president of licensing, who has worked there approximately 25 years.

Ironically, Davis did not own cats when he started Garfield because of Carolyn's allergies, but they owned a Labrador retriever named Molly. With Jill, the family has expanded to include children Ashley and Chris; three grandchildren, Chloe, Carly and Cody; cats, Spunky and Nermal; and a dog, Pooky.

Reviews

[Lauren Qi]

i love love love the illustrations in this and how every chapter has a relevant garfield comic but the writing is so bad. garfield would never talk like that

[Isabel York]

Gotta love garfield

Garfield is undoubtedly the coolest cat ever. Love him, always. And odie is a good boy and deserves more treats.

[Kelly Wickham]

I give it a 3 as an adult, but as a kid, I definitely would have given this a 5+. In my older age, I find Garfield to be cheeky and overrated but as a kid, I loved every ounce of his self-centered superior wit. I read this with Arely and she enjoyed all the Garfieldism's like loving lasagna, hating Mondays, and making a fool out of foolish Odie. I also learned that even back in 2004 Garfield didn't like Trump so maybe I will change my score to a 4.

[Sylvia]

Huahahaha!!! *guling-guling*

[Allison]

Not as funny as the comic strips.

[amaya the cactus]

4½ stars


i got this for Christmas and am amazed i hadn't seen it before. it is a little outdated in parts, and it's clear that a team did the writing rather than Jim Davis himself, but it's still a really fun read. i've been a Garfield lover my whole life, and this is an excellent addition to my collection; i can see myself coming back to it when i need some laughs. ^_^

[Tapani Aulu]

Ei kyllä ollut oikeaa Davisia jotenkin. Liian pakotettuja ja väkinäisiä monet "hauskat" jutut.

[Arely Cortes]

This was a good book and I enjoyed it. This is just what Garfield thinks on everything. It was a funny book and it was just a good book to read.

[Dalaina Renee]

I loved it all such a cute funny little read!

Adorable

[Brianna]

made me laugh quite a bit. i love garfield🧡

[David Erkale]

Garfield gives his own insights, written by Mark Acey and Scott Nickel, about different topics ranging from coffee to heavy metal.

[Cort323]

The comic strips are good, but the text to each item does not sound like Garfield. And it's not funny.

[Simon]

Garfield's perspective on "EVERYTHING".

A lot funnier and interesting than the normal cartoons, I think. Great for all ages.

[Zizi]

loved it!!!!!