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Garfield Eats His Heart Out (Garfield (Numbered Paperback))

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Garfield is one of my favorite comic book characters. I highly reccomend this one!!!

Garfield Forever!!!

Garfield Eats His Heart Out (#6) contains all daily comics from June 8, 1981 through January 10, 1982. The Second Garfield Tresury contains all of #6's sunday strips in color.

Here we have the six installment of the Garfield comics. "Garfield Eats His Heart Out" has the same slapstick and ironic humor that's found in the last five books, but this is slightly funnier. Here, Garfield has to battle a cat leash, fulfil his urge to climb trees, escape Aunt Gussie as John leaves on vacation, and find ways to escape the window blinds. As for Jon, he's still hopelessly flirting (and asking for a date) with Liz. 12/19/1981 should'nt be too hard to look at.

I prefer the comics of the 90's and late 80's, but the 70's and early 80's are still great ones no doubt.

This is a good book to get.You'll see the following:

more of Garfield's dog put-downs! more gluttony more adventures and of course: more lasagna

So if you're a true Garfield fan like me get this book

For better or for worse, this is the Garfield that has become a staple of comic strips across the nation.

As another reviewer mentioned, this is one of the earliest books in which Garfield's appearance is fine-tuned-- in previous books, he is fatter and uglier than the Garfield we know today.

What can you say about the humor of a Garfield comic? He's lowest common denominator funny, but at least the humor is well done within those limitations. Garfield is sassy, but not offensive. The jokes often depend on some droll comment, or a visual gag (like Garfield pulling Odie's ear until one is much longer than the other). He will never push an envelope of any kind. Like the lasagna he loves, Garfield is comfort food for the mind.

One nice thing about Garfield is the breadth and depth of his world, and of his character. He is sometimes mean, and sometimes nice. He is generally selfish, but occasionally generous. He has a wide range of likes and dislikes, many of which appear to be arbitrary.

The supporting cast is diverse and extensive. Nermal the cute cat, Arlene the girlfriend cat, Jon the owner, Jon's farming parents and, of course, Odie the mute sidekick dog.

This particular book is fairly classic. There are a few running themes, but more stand-alone fragments. You can find the strips online for free, but if you're looking to own them in book form, here it is.

There is nothing funnier than an fat, orange tabby cat with black stripes sleeping thirteen hours a day (or more), stuffing his face fat full of food, and getting stuck in a tree. When I read my morning paper, the first thing I go to is the comic section and read my daily Garfield strip. I own all 40 books of collections of Garfield strips from the last twenty five years. The animation in Garfield's first few years is a bit on the crude side but he was still funny nevertheless. It is weird seeing Garfield physically evolve until "Garfield Takes the Cake" and "Garfield Eats His Heart Out". I think Jim Davis really defined Garfield's appearance in the 5th and 6th books. Jim has yet to fail me with Garfield's antics. I love it when Jon puts Garfield on a diet or tries to go on a vacation without his lazy cat. Of course what is Garfield without a visit from Nermal, the world's cutest kitten? One of my personal favorite moments in the book is when Jon wakes up and is startled to see Garfield wearing his reading glasses. Another great moment is when Jon and Garfield visits Jon's parents on the farm, and Garfield falls into a pig waller and gets covered in mud. Garfield is hilarious when he makes some snide remark about his girlfriend Arlene's gap between her teeth. There is never a shortage of laughs in any Garfield book. Jim Davis never seems to fail me with his abilities to make me laugh through his famous fat cat.

This was the funniest collection I have read yet! Poor Odie