Garfield Dishes It Out (Garfield (Numbered Paperback)) [Paperback]

Jim Davis (Author)

Book Description

Series: Garfield (Numbered Paperback) | Publication Date: February 14, 1995

A five-course meal of laughs!

The surest way to a cat's heart is through his stomach. Garfield knows this tasty fact from experience! After all, the only thing bigger than Garfield's heart (and his latest hearty slab of lasagna) is his darling "little" tummy. But when he's not eating between meals, America's favorite feline is dishing out ample helpings of humor. So whether he's triple-lutzing his way to supper or tap dancing with Odie by the light of the moon, Garfield was born to make us laugh well past dessert!

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1 edition (February 14, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345392876
• ISBN-13: 978-0345392879
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.3 x 8.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,121,942 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Garfield's 27th collection, August 3, 2007

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G. Hartman (Westchester, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garfield Dishes It Out (Garfield (Numbered Paperback)) (Paperback)

On June 19, 1978, there was born a "lasagna with fangs". At least, that's how Jon has described his cat Garfield.

Having been on newspapers' comic pages everywhere for almost thirty years, I'm sure I don't have to tell you what Garfield is. You may not have read his strip often (or seen his cartoons, movies, stuffed animals, calenders, inside-the-car-window-sticky-suction-cup-thingies and more), but I'm sure you know who he is if you're looking at the page, so I'm not going to review the comic strip, just the particular collection in this book.

In Garfield dishes it out (his 27th book), Garfield spends Christmas at the farm, has a few snowball fights, "clomps" a few spiders, and is otherwise his usual self. He remains fat, lazy, hungry and cynical. His passive slights at Jon's self-esteem are at their peak in this book. I've read this collection a few times now, and each time is laugh-out-loud funny. Garfield is extremely witty and it's all about the punchlines in this book. In many of the strips in this collection, the third panel is the funniest.

Bottom line: I would recommend any of Garfield's books (even the ones you already own!), but this book is probably one of the best. If you like Garfield, buy this book. If you don't like Garfield, buy this book for someone who does. If you don't know who Garfield is, then... um... well, you've probably been in a coma for the last twenty years, so maybe buying this book shouldn't be your top priority - but keep it in mind for when you get your life back in order.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, October 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Garfield Dishes It Out (Garfield (Numbered Paperback)) (Paperback)

This book, like every other Garfield book in the numbered series, is great because of all the jokes, but this one is very special because of a story inside. SWALLOWS HIS PRIDE was great because of the Run-Away-From-Home story, while ROLLS ON was special for the Garfield-Gets-United-With-His-Mom story, but this one goes over the top for the Christmas-on-the-Farm storyline, which is clever, hip, and funny.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GARFIELD RULES!, June 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Garfield Dishes It Out (Garfield (Numbered Paperback)) (Paperback)

Everybody out there keep buying Garfield books! They can be worth a lot of money someday and can become collector's items! I'm always going to keep all of mine so when I have kids they can read them!