The Eighth Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack [Paperback]

Jim Davis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 20, 1998

GARFIELD BY THE POUND
GARFIELD KEEPS HIS CHINS UP
GARFIELD TAKES HIS LICKS

JUST LIKE GARFIELD--THE BOOKS GET BIGGER! (AND BETTER!)

GARFIELD's bursting at the seams, and you're in for an outrageous time as he explodes with feline frenzy and fun. So whether he's crash-landing into a bowl of soup, modeling his favorite sandwich fashions, or prying his head from the cookie jar, GARFIELD always gets the last bite. And you'll be sure to get the last laugh!

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

A few months after settling in to my new job as a Copy Assistant here at Ballantine Books, I got to dive into the fun stuff: writing cover copy. And not just any cover copy. My inaugural copy-writing assignment was the Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack #8. I can't imagine a more pleasurable task! I combed through the hundreds of cartoons compiled for the book, laughing a lot as I looked for those classic tubby tabby moments that would translate well into copy for the back cover. After I had written the copy, my job got even better--I got to chose the funny cartoon frames that were to join the copy on the back cover to complete the package. When I told my friends what I was doing, no one could believe it: I was getting paid to read Garfield!! This collection remains one of my favorites.

--Cassie Nylen, Copy Assistant

From the Inside Flap

GARFIELD BY THE POUND
GARFIELD KEEPS HIS CHINS UP
GARFIELD TAKES HIS LICKS

JUST LIKE GARFIELD--THE BOOKS GET BIGGER! (AND BETTER!)

GARFIELD's bursting at the seams, and you're in for an outrageous time as he explodes with feline frenzy and fun. So whether he's crash-landing into a bowl of soup, modeling his favorite sandwich fashions, or prying his head from the cookie jar, GARFIELD always gets the last bite. And you'll be sure to get the last laugh!

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (January 20, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345426010
• ISBN-13: 978-0345426017
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.9 x 8.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top Marks for the Top Cat, November 19, 2000

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Mathew (Wales) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Eighth Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack (Paperback)

I love Garfield and always have. I have noticed the change in him as he has gotten older but nothing has changed in his personality. I love all the characters in the series but one thing I love is the expressions that the characters have in the strip. Be it Jon looking wide eyed when Garfield will do something odd, or Jon looking smug and Garfield looking, well, looking normal is enough to me make laugh. I think he is at his best with his Chandler Bing comments. He will say nothing for the whole strip and then at the very end will give a little comment, maybe even 5 words and he will have me laughing my head. I think that is when he is at his best.

I think it is incredable that after 20 years he is still funny. Jim Davis is a genius and to be constantly funny, and be funny in three little pictures takes something special.

The fattest cat in the world and the best. Garfield rules!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of many Jim Davis masterpieces!, September 30, 2005

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L. Pam Smith "by Nathan" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Eighth Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack (Paperback)

This is one of the many "Fat Cat 3-Packs" avaliable. All of these books contain hilarious comics about our orange, Striped friend in an easy to read format. Some of the really earlier ones do not show the fancy title for the Sunday Comics, but this one, as with many others, does. In this book you get to see everyting from Garfield replacing the bird bath with a barbeque, to Odie's tongue wrapping around everything in the room, to seeing Irma not sure about weather to include a plate with Jon's dinner or not. No matter which one you buy, Garfield will keep you rolling on the floor for a long time!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, January 6, 2012

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K. Snipes (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Eighth Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack (Paperback)

I have a ten year old who loves Garfield. He reads the books over & over & over again. I have read a few pages & found myself chuckling. If you like Garfield you can't go wrong with the books.