Garfield Souped Up: His 57th Book

Garfield #57

by Jim Davis

Go, Cat, Go! Garfield shifts the laughs into overdrive in this latest collections of all-new comics. Whether he's booting Nermal through the front door or battling Mrs. Feeny's lawn gnome, the fat cat keeps the mischief and mayhem coming fast and furious. Let the wild ride begin!

Genres: Comics, Humor, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Animals, Cats

96 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 28, 2014

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

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

funny

[Jenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tweeting Garfield, oh my....

[Thomas Andrikus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Garfield is so lazy that he socializes with mice!

[Jalen · Rating 5 out of 5]

G. R. E. A. T. That stands for great report exciting amazing terrific. That was a G. R. E. A. T. Book.

[Farhana Faruq · Rating 5 out of 5]

So good! Garfield is hilarious!

[Hazel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE GARFIELD!!!!!!

[Ann L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I rate this a 5 because it made me laugh a lot.

[Michael Kiripolsky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Souped up? Yeah he was!

[Ella · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE GARFIELD ❤️!!!!!!

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter absolutely loves these Garfield books. We have been reading since book #1 this past spring I think, and the end is finally in sight.

[Abraham Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

nice collection of garfield comic strips!