America's favorite cat is back with this new value-priced edition of three-in-one comic strips (contains: Garfield Goes to His Happy Place [#58], Garfield the Big Cheese [#59], and Garfield Cleans His Plate [#60]) together for the first time in color and super-sized!
When one Garfield isn't enough - there's only one thing better than a Garfield collection: three Garfield collections!
GARFIELD GOES TO HIS HAPPY PLACE: To Garfield, happiness is a full tummy (followed by a long nap). Fans of the fat cat, hungry for laughs, can go to their happy place when they gobble up this latest treasure of pleasure!
GARFIELD THE BIG CHEESE: Head honcho Garfield takes charge in this latest collection of comics. The fat cat is up to his usual funny business--pestering Jon, punting Odie, and pounding down pasta--and it's a true labor of love!
GARFIELD CLEANS HIS PLATE: When it comes to eating--and entertainment--Garfield is a natural. Every time he opens his pie hole, something fattening goes in, or something funny comes out. Fans of the portly puss can follow his latest antics in this fun-filled new collection of comics.
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.
I have been a Garfield for literally decades now, and the strip can still make me laugh; very, very few even fail to make me giggle. I still look forward to the annual traditions: Garfield's birthday (and the grips about getting older), decorating the house for Christmas, etc. Even now that Jon is dating Liz (and miss all the ways that Jon got shot down by women, especially Elaine), I still enjoy all the misery the relationship causes, such as Jon's springtime dance.
Ellie is really into Garfield right now. She talked to the librarian who was taking down his Garfield fish tank and she ended up buying it from him. Now she has been on a reading binge of Garfield...krb 2/23/23
Quick impression: I had read before the three books contained in this collection over the years. However, what can I say? Garfield comics for me are comfort reading, and there are some very good strips here. I still love the idea of Garfield watching the Baby Laughter Channel (media companies need to get in on this). For libraries, this is a good value as you are getting three volumes at a time.