Garfield Treasury (Garfield (Unnumbered)) [Paperback]

Jim Davis (Author)

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Series: Garfield (Unnumbered) | Publication Date: June 12, 1984

Garfield in 100% color. What could please Garfield fans more than this special collection of the best of Garfield's Sunday comic excursions? Whether he's taking a bath, avoiding a vitamin, or using Jon's leg for a scratching post, he's the same lovable feline he always was.

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Garfield in 100% color. What could please Garfield fans more than this special collection of the best of Garfield's Sunday comic excursions? Whether he's taking a bath, avoiding a vitamin, or using Jon's leg for a scratching post, he's the same lovable feline he always was.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (June 12, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345321065
• ISBN-13: 978-0345321060
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #954,934 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars See how it all began..., February 27, 2003

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Alan Attebery (Arlington, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garfield Treasury (Garfield (Unnumbered)) (Paperback)

In 1978, United Feature Syndicate gave the go ahead to Jim Davis to do a cartoon strip about a fat, lazy cat who would rather eat and sleep than do just about anything else. Now, 25 years later, this cat would still rather eat and sleep than do just about anything else. At least some things in this world never change.

Garfield has been making grown-ups and children laugh for almost 25 years. This comic strip is one of the most widely distributed comic strips in the world. And in this book, "The 1st Garfield Treasury" you can see how it all began.

The Garfield of today does not much resemble the Garfield of 1978, looks wise that is. I had forgotten how different he looked back then. But his charm, or lack of it, is still there in all of its glory.

This book takes us through the first two years of Sunday comic strips, from 6/25/78 to 7/13/80. If you grew up with Garfield as a kid, and even if you did not, the "1st Garfield Treasury" will be a wonderful look back at how it all began.

4.0 out of 5 stars The fat and furry feline as he first appeared, August 7, 2007

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Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garfield Treasury (Paperback)

This is a collection of the first Garfield cartoons, although it is restricted to those that appeared in the Sunday papers. Hence, they are all in color. Followers of the fat and furry feline will note a difference in the appearance of Garfield. In the first few pages, he is a bit fatter than he is in the later pages, his ears are much smaller, he has a perpetual frown and he has larger jowls relative to the overall size of his face. This is all summarized in a before & after page at the end of the book.
However, the laughs are always present as Jim Davis captures the essence of the personality of cats in his cartoons. All cat owners will at some point recognize each one of their cats in the antics of Garfield, whether it is in their insistence on being treated as royalty, informing you of their need for food or executing their right to totally ignore their owners. This book is a must for all fans of Garfield.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Historical Treasure Chest Of Classic Laughs., May 18, 2002

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Brett Michael Roberts (Renton, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Garfield Treasury (Garfield (Unnumbered)) (Paperback)

Certainly, Garfield has evolved over the years into something else. Today, Garfield walks on two legs, isn't even close to how fat he was then (he just has a little gut) and is much meaner to everyone around him. Here, in his very first strips, he's got about six chins, is mean, but still sweet to his owner, less cynical, more cute, and just plain more heartwarming.

Garfield the cat was born in Mama Lioni's Italian Restaraunt, where he showed an instant love for pasta, and, most of all..... LASAGNA! The owner was doing bad bussiness because of his lack of food, and so he sold Garfield to a pet store, where a yound man by the name of Jon Arbuckle walked in and took the kitten (the BIG kitten) home with him. Since then, Garfield has been making us laugh for twenty-four years (so far) but I still don't think he's as good as he was in the beggining, here. This is were all the characters are introduced. Jon, Lyman, idiot dog Odie, and Garfield. In this book he looks like a completely different character. He even walks on four legs, like a real cat. Here he's got more of a attitude of a creature new to the world. He explores the fun of sharpening his claws on the drapes, sharpening his claws on the chair, and eating, sleeping, and kicking Odie off the kitchen table (poor, clueless Odie, he'll never learn). Jon, Odie, and all of the other characters have changed, as well. Odie used to have black ears (although at the end of this book, his ears are brown) and Jon looks less geeky.

The best thing about this book is the color. Bright and vibrant, it's nice to see Garfield as he originally was. The color in the book isn't as good looking as it would later become (see: The Tenth Garfield Treasury) but it's cute.

garfield may be more recognized as he is today, but I've always felt that his older comics are his best. Garfield Treasury is a must buy and keep for all fans of the fat cat. Highley recommended.