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Lights, Camera, Hairballs!: Garfield at the Movies
Break Out the Popcorn . . . It’s Showtime!
Grab a seat and join Garfield as he takes a madcap look at movies—including his own—in this big, fat, hairy homage to films. This festival of fun features spoofs, reviews, trivia, and a blockbuster assortment of quips, tips, and comic strips!
Grab a seat and join Garfield as he takes a madcap look at movies—including his own—in this big, fat, hairy homage to films. This festival of fun features spoofs, reviews, trivia, and a blockbuster assortment of quips, tips, and comic strips!
96 pages, Paperback
First published June 6, 2006
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About the author
Jim Davis
2,357 books635 followersJames Robert "Jim" Davis is an American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip Garfield. Other comics that he has worked on are Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, Slapstick, and a strip about Mr. Potato Head.
Jim Davis was born in Fairmount, Indiana, near Marion, where he grew up on a small farm with his father James William Davis, mother Anna Catherine (Carter) Davis, brother Dave, and 25 cats. Davis' childhood on a farm parallels the life of his cartoon character Garfield's owner, Jon Arbuckle, who was also raised on a farm with his parents and a brother, Doc Boy. Jon, too, is a cartoonist, and also celebrates his birthday on July 28. Davis attended Ball State University. While attending Ball State, he became a member of the Theta Xi fraternity. He earned the dubious honor of earning one of the lowest cumulative grade point averages in the history of the university, an honor incidentally shared with Late Show host David Letterman.
Davis as of 2007 resides in Muncie, Indiana, where he and his staff produce Garfield under his company, Paws, Inc., begun in 1981. He was married to Carolyn, a singer and elementary teacher whom he met while both were attending college, and has a son named James with her. However, the couple divorced, and Davis since 2000 has been married to Jill, Paws' senior vice president of licensing, who has worked there approximately 25 years.
Ironically, Davis did not own cats when he started Garfield because of Carolyn's allergies, but they owned a Labrador retriever named Molly. With Jill, the family has expanded to include children Ashley and Chris; three grandchildren, Chloe, Carly and Cody; cats, Spunky and Nermal; and a dog, Pooky.
Jim Davis was born in Fairmount, Indiana, near Marion, where he grew up on a small farm with his father James William Davis, mother Anna Catherine (Carter) Davis, brother Dave, and 25 cats. Davis' childhood on a farm parallels the life of his cartoon character Garfield's owner, Jon Arbuckle, who was also raised on a farm with his parents and a brother, Doc Boy. Jon, too, is a cartoonist, and also celebrates his birthday on July 28. Davis attended Ball State University. While attending Ball State, he became a member of the Theta Xi fraternity. He earned the dubious honor of earning one of the lowest cumulative grade point averages in the history of the university, an honor incidentally shared with Late Show host David Letterman.
Davis as of 2007 resides in Muncie, Indiana, where he and his staff produce Garfield under his company, Paws, Inc., begun in 1981. He was married to Carolyn, a singer and elementary teacher whom he met while both were attending college, and has a son named James with her. However, the couple divorced, and Davis since 2000 has been married to Jill, Paws' senior vice president of licensing, who has worked there approximately 25 years.
Ironically, Davis did not own cats when he started Garfield because of Carolyn's allergies, but they owned a Labrador retriever named Molly. With Jill, the family has expanded to include children Ashley and Chris; three grandchildren, Chloe, Carly and Cody; cats, Spunky and Nermal; and a dog, Pooky.
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August 2, 2023
A fun read. Not bad!
November 10, 2021
Charming drawings, great movie poster re-imaginations, good use of strips, and surprisingly well-written intros to the various genres of film. Each genre has great recommendations, sometimes obscure such as Attack of the Crab Monsters. As a kid this book influenced me toward some films, and as an adult I appreciate it all the more with all the things I've now seen like Metropolis. I especially like the gag when they get to the X-Rated genre, Garfield calls out portrayals of Native Americans in old westerns, and even accurately predicts the future of film. "Sean Connery and Clint Eastwood should be less worried about getting zapped by the bad guy and more worried about breaking a hip. Maybe Hollywood can solve this problem by popping an aging actor's face onto a CG body. It's really not much of a stretch when you think about it."
Definite recommend, for the artwork alone it's well worth a flip.
Definite recommend, for the artwork alone it's well worth a flip.
March 28, 2025
Picked this up from the elementary school library. Not recommended for kids. References a ton of R-rated movies and has some sexual innuendo. Also, the entire thing is just complaining. Might appeal to a sarcastic teenager.
March 15, 2019
As always with Garfield, lots of fun, especially the spoofs.
February 25, 2016
This is an absolute piece of fluff. Who is the target audience? Kids, I guess and the super-duper, die-hard Garfield fan.
The jokes were not funny. There wasn't a plot. I think the strips used were old ones, not new one drawn and written especially for this book. The movie "reviews" were ridiculous. I know this isn't a serious book about movies, but really, this one was just dumb.
Why did I read it? It was on the nightstand next to the bed in the guestroom where I was staying. I hadn't brought a book into the house with me. I needed some mindless reading before bed. (I got my money's worth when it comes to "mindless."
The jokes were not funny. There wasn't a plot. I think the strips used were old ones, not new one drawn and written especially for this book. The movie "reviews" were ridiculous. I know this isn't a serious book about movies, but really, this one was just dumb.
Why did I read it? It was on the nightstand next to the bed in the guestroom where I was staying. I hadn't brought a book into the house with me. I needed some mindless reading before bed. (I got my money's worth when it comes to "mindless."
December 31, 2007
I luv garfeidand I luved this book.
July 24, 2012
Garfield books are ALWAYS relaxing :)
September 12, 2015
A silly little read about movie genres through the eyes of Garfield and his favorite flicks.
April 29, 2016
Fun read of Garfield's take on the movies. Covers all genres.
August 16, 2016
Great garfield the cat book about motion pictures! be sure to check out the section on the 2 garfield movies!
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