Garfield: Full Course Vol. 1

by Mark Evanier, Scott Nickel, Jim Davies (Creator)

Just in time for his 45th anniversary Garfield returns in the first volume of a redesigned and updated collection!

Join Garfield as he begins his comic book exploits with Jon, Odie, and the rest of the gang in this all-ages must-read series guaranteed to bring you all the laughs (and lasagna) you can handle.

Along the way Garfield and the gang meet many new friends, including a mouse that wants to be a cat (and sometimes a dog), a mummy, and Pet Force! Yes, we're going to Planet Dorkon to hang out with the galaxy's greatest superheroes.

Writers Mark Evanier (The Garfield Show) and Scott Nickel, artists Gary Barker, Dan Davis, Mike DeCarlo, Andy Hirsch, and Mark & Stephanie Heike, bring creator Jim Davis’ iconic character back for new and old fans alike in this first of six value-priced collections!

Collects Garfield #1-8.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics

216 pages, Paperback

First published December 5, 2023

About the author

Mark Stephen Evanier is an American comic book and television writer, particularly known for his humor work.

Reviews

[NuttyRachy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Garfield is a classic that I grew up with so it was very nostalgic for me to read this graphic novel. As old childhood cartoons go, it's all a bit samey though. I guess it was purely the nostalgia and needing a quick read in between some long heavy books that motivated me to finish it.

[KingLukem · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m really glad Nickelodeon decided to rerelease these comics in collections now. Especially since these were created before they owned Paws Inc.

[Jennifer Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's Garfield..what's not to love??

[Robin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Newer, comic book style stories by various writers, not the traditional daily comic strip format by the creator that I was looking for.

[Ceejay Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book #2 (2025)

This comic book made me laugh out loud. I can't wait to read the other volumes!

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[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid comic collection. I thought it was going to include brand-new stories, but it's actually just a repackaging of a previous Garfield comic run from a few years ago, just with the Nickelodeon logo slapped on the cover as they own the Garfield rights now. (Yet somehow it's Sony that did the new movie. Apparently that went into production before Nick got the property rights!) So I'm a little bummed that they aren't NEW new stories, but they're still new to me, at least!

As per usual in a comic collection, the stories can be hit or miss. I generally liked the stories here, though, as short as so many of them were. They almost felt like slightly longer strips to me. But I got to learn more about Garfield and his friends, so I'll count that as a plus. I like Nermal now, he's fun. And the little mouse guy.

Not sure yet if I'll be picking up more Garfield comics before the movie drops, but we shall see. I wanna try to read some of the earlier stuff, if I can. Maybe see what the actual strips were like.