Garfield Chews the Fat: His 17th Book (Garfield Classics) [Paperback]

Jim Davis (Author)

Book Description

Series: Garfield Classics | Publication Date: August 26, 2008

Who's back in the limelight again? It's Garfield! Leading the world in most naps snoozed per year, perfecting the art of eating without coming up for air, and discovering that dessert is the most important meal of the day. Garfield's back, and we've got him right where we want him!

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About the Author

Jim Davis was born on July 28th, 1945 in Marion, IN. He later attended Ball State University in Muncie, IN where he distinguished himself by earning one of the lowest cumulative grade point averages in the history of the university. (Incidentally, a fellow classmate named David Letterman earned the other). The Garfield strip was born on June 19th, 1978, syndicated in 41 US newspapers. Today it's syndicated in more than 2,500 newspapers worldwide with 263 million readers. Recently, Guinness World Records‘, named GARFIELD "The Most Widely Syndicated Comic Strip in the World."
Jim Davis has had many successes with GARFIELD including four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program and induction into the Licensing Hall of Fame (1998), but his most prized awards are from his peers in the National Cartoonist Society: Best Humor Strip (1981 and 1985), the Elzie Segar Award (1990), and the coveted Reuben Award (1990) for overall excellence in cartooning.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books; Reprint edition (August 26, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 034549170X
• ISBN-13: 978-0345491701
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 0.3 x 11.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,163,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Ambition gives me a nosebleed", December 28, 2008

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Eric S. Kim (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Garfield Chews the Fat: His 17th Book (Garfield Classics) (Paperback)

This seventeenth installment contains another jolly Christmas, a new year's resolution, Chinese food, Rip Van Garfield: the Story of a Catnap, a visit from Jon' parents, Garfield and Nermal vs. the kids in the neighborhood, Jon's way of impressing a blind date, the Sand Person, Garfield's insomnia, a bad day in the vanity department, Jon in the hospital, Garfield's 10th Birthday, getting stuck on a tree branch, and Garfield as the Mummy. This is an improvement over "Rounds Out" and the laughs get bigger and better. But it's too bad that the first panel of the Sunday strips have been left out; they're still essential to "Garfield".

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this one!, September 3, 2009

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Dave S. (Silicon Valley) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Garfield Chews the Fat: His 17th Book (Garfield Classics) (Paperback)

This has to be my all time favorite Garfield book! I laughed more reading this one than any other. And believe me, they're all funny! My favorite strips are: page 11, where Jon and Garfield eat take-out Chinese food and it all ends up on Jon's face; page 32, where Garfield treats Odie like a leaky faucet; and page 70, where Garfield once again can't seem to get those birds in the bird bath. I love this book in full color, but I still won't ever give up my original copies from the late eighties.