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Garfield #25
Garfield Hits the Big Time: His 25th Book
Garfield—Eat, Sleep, and Be Flabby!
Garfield, the world’s favorite feline, marks the 25th book in his series with this special silver volume, full of side-splitting classic comics! And after all this time, Garfield’s earned some extra sleep. But he’ll still move a muscle for meals and mayhem! Whether he’s hogging Jon’s chair or hog-tieing Odie, Garfield shows us how to grow old disgracefully!
The GARFIELD CLASSICS series collects the early years of the GARFIELD comic strip in a larger, full-color format. Garfield may have gone through a few changes, but one thing has stayed the same: his enormous appetite for food and fun. So laugh along with the classic cat, because classics are always in style.
Garfield, the world’s favorite feline, marks the 25th book in his series with this special silver volume, full of side-splitting classic comics! And after all this time, Garfield’s earned some extra sleep. But he’ll still move a muscle for meals and mayhem! Whether he’s hogging Jon’s chair or hog-tieing Odie, Garfield shows us how to grow old disgracefully!
The GARFIELD CLASSICS series collects the early years of the GARFIELD comic strip in a larger, full-color format. Garfield may have gone through a few changes, but one thing has stayed the same: his enormous appetite for food and fun. So laugh along with the classic cat, because classics are always in style.
96 pages, Paperback
First published August 24, 1993
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About the author
Jim Davis
2,308 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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January 9, 2025
There was some very funny material here, such as Jon's high school reunion and, as usual, the holiday strips. Certain moments brought back memories of my younger years: seeing miniature versions of the strips on notebooks or folders featuring the cartoon fat cat. However, my copy had a page celebrating fifteen years of the Tubby Tabby in the middle of December strips. Since Garfield's birthday is in June, it seemed odd to have it there. Was my copy misprinted somehow? One wonders.
January 25, 2014
I am unashamedly reading all of the Garfield comics from my library.
Because Garfield rules.
Because Garfield rules.
December 25, 2014
Read at the insistence of my book-loving niece, who traded me one of hers for one of mine. While Garfield comics have a fond spot in my childhood memories, it is one example of comic strips that got syndicated and began coasting with recycled jokes. The best thing to come out of these is the terribly bleak version the internet has embraced - Garfield Without Garfield, the story of the world's loneliest and saddest man.
May 11, 2010
Garfield doesn't want to go jogging.
August 26, 2016
Sometimes you just have to have some cartoons.
February 9, 2022
Bueno, qué decir de los Garfields, uno de los compañeros de nuestra infancia (y adolescencia y parte de la vida adulta, recuerdo haberlos leído hasta bien después de acabada la carrera). Recuerdo haberme encontrado el primero en casa de un amigo y habérmelo devorado de una sentada, con 5-6 años, sin entender varios de los chistes pero disfrutando mucho de los más obvios. Hoy en día, en casa, a los ojos entrecerrados con mezcla de desprecio y aburrimiento los seguimos llamando ojos de Garfield:
Esta sensación de saber que siempre iba a encontrar unos cuantos graciosos la tuve durante las dos décadas posteriores en las que Garfield iba apareciendo periódicamente en mi vida. No es una obra culmen de la literatura, pero nos ha alegrado muchos momentos.
Esta sensación de saber que siempre iba a encontrar unos cuantos graciosos la tuve durante las dos décadas posteriores en las que Garfield iba apareciendo periódicamente en mi vida. No es una obra culmen de la literatura, pero nos ha alegrado muchos momentos.
May 29, 2025
Odie and Garfield pretend to be rabid coyotes, Garfield steals the mailman's clothes, Garfield uses a huge slingshot, and Garfield breaks Jon's last potato chip so he can share with him. Also, this is the book with the upside-down shower dripping in the middle of the night.
October 16, 2021
Another Great Pack of Garfield Fun
Another great time spent with my favorite fat cat of comics! Couldn't ask for a better way to have spent some free time.
Another great time spent with my favorite fat cat of comics! Couldn't ask for a better way to have spent some free time.
March 12, 2022
Funny orange cat eat lasagna and bully human
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 9, 2023
Even though I read this much after Jim Davis stopped writing Garfield hasn’t lost his charm this book is hilarious after reading my first Garfield I was hooked!!!!!
November 18, 2015
Garfield Hits the Big Time had quite a few storylines, which is something I really enjoy. Single shots are okay, but the storylines that last a week, or longer, is something I always look forward too. As for the comic strips in this book, they were entertaining, but I did not find myself laughing out loud. In fact, there were only three strips in this book that I had to choose from to display above, and those only made me smile, no laughing.
I'm not sure how long Jim Davis can keep this comic strip going with only three main characters, one of which never talks or thinks. Poor Odie, he just doesn't have a voice. I think it would be great if he starting thinking out loud, like Garfield does. Or, someone else, someone new, needs to be added into the mix. I'm just not sure what or who it should be. Maybe a kid. That could lead to all kinds of trouble . . . and laughs.
Overall, Garfield Hits the Big Time is another engaging book in the Garfield library. Although not as full of laughs as I would have liked, the amount of longer storylines makes this book worthwhile. Still, I would like to see something change with this comic strip. Something needs to be added to make it fresh again. I just hope it isn't like when television show from the 1970's, The Brady Bunch, added Cousin Oliver and it killed the show's ratings, which became known as the "Cousin Oliver Syndrome."
I'm not sure how long Jim Davis can keep this comic strip going with only three main characters, one of which never talks or thinks. Poor Odie, he just doesn't have a voice. I think it would be great if he starting thinking out loud, like Garfield does. Or, someone else, someone new, needs to be added into the mix. I'm just not sure what or who it should be. Maybe a kid. That could lead to all kinds of trouble . . . and laughs.
Overall, Garfield Hits the Big Time is another engaging book in the Garfield library. Although not as full of laughs as I would have liked, the amount of longer storylines makes this book worthwhile. Still, I would like to see something change with this comic strip. Something needs to be added to make it fresh again. I just hope it isn't like when television show from the 1970's, The Brady Bunch, added Cousin Oliver and it killed the show's ratings, which became known as the "Cousin Oliver Syndrome."
July 23, 2016
I remember getting the Garfield books as Christmas and birthday presents as a child. They were some of my favorite presents.
I reread them often and laughed like crazy at the antics of this crazy cat and his friends. After about ten books, however, I moved on.
Our girls have discovered this series recently and are big fans, too. So we've been borrowing these books from our local library and I've really enjoyed watching them laugh together at the strips just as much as I used to.
I enjoy reading them, too, but more for nostalgia than anything. After all these years, the humor is getting pretty redundant.
I reread them often and laughed like crazy at the antics of this crazy cat and his friends. After about ten books, however, I moved on.
Our girls have discovered this series recently and are big fans, too. So we've been borrowing these books from our local library and I've really enjoyed watching them laugh together at the strips just as much as I used to.
I enjoy reading them, too, but more for nostalgia than anything. After all these years, the humor is getting pretty redundant.
June 30, 2025
All my Garfield reviews are the same. You either get the wonderful humor or you don't. As for me, I grew up reading the hilarious antics of Garfield, Jon, and Odie and years later I still find it funny. It is like a comfortable old friend making me laugh when I need it.
October 3, 2009
He's hilarious
February 16, 2014
Great laughs as always.
September 15, 2015
Garfield is back with his usual hilarious antics!
May 13, 2016
Funny as always
December 31, 2010
It was funny
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