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Garfield Pocket Books #6
Garfield: What's Cooking?
18 cm. 127 p. il. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. by Jim Davis .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. 0906710510 (pbk)
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
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About the author
Jim Davis
2,356 books634 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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December 31, 2025
Jon: ‘Garfield, I know you are in my fern. I can see your tail.
What do you have to say for yourself?
Garfield: If you must know, I am a rare carnivorous fern, and if you don’t mind, I’d like to finish eating your cat in peace’.
I have six books in this series, having bought them with birthday money probably around 1986-ish, so I’d have been 11/12 years old. All six are falling to pieces. They are yellowing and stinky and have that gorgeous old book smell we all know and love.
I also know and love Garfield. I am a life-long fan. I have the stuffed toys, (they smell pretty bad now too, I really must get them out from the cupboard and give them a well-earned wash. I can hear my mum now saying ‘don’t peg him on the line by his ears, how would you like it?!’ 😂) I had the slippers, stickers, pencils, posters, and lots of other Garfield merch that I can’t remember.
Both my mum and I were huge fans. If there’s anything I’ll take from reading this last little book of 2025, it’s…..
BE MORE GARFIELD (I won’t be kicking any dogs though. Poor long-suffering Odie!).
What do you have to say for yourself?
Garfield: If you must know, I am a rare carnivorous fern, and if you don’t mind, I’d like to finish eating your cat in peace’.
I have six books in this series, having bought them with birthday money probably around 1986-ish, so I’d have been 11/12 years old. All six are falling to pieces. They are yellowing and stinky and have that gorgeous old book smell we all know and love.
I also know and love Garfield. I am a life-long fan. I have the stuffed toys, (they smell pretty bad now too, I really must get them out from the cupboard and give them a well-earned wash. I can hear my mum now saying ‘don’t peg him on the line by his ears, how would you like it?!’ 😂) I had the slippers, stickers, pencils, posters, and lots of other Garfield merch that I can’t remember.
Both my mum and I were huge fans. If there’s anything I’ll take from reading this last little book of 2025, it’s…..
BE MORE GARFIELD (I won’t be kicking any dogs though. Poor long-suffering Odie!).
June 24, 2019
Garfield is always good for a laugh :D
April 29, 2009
Lasagne, what else! I have a couple of Garfield books that I grabbed from school/church fetes; they're always fun for a re-read.
October 9, 2015
For fans of Garfield - a great collection of his comics.
February 7, 2017
My first Garfield book. Lots of great Monday related panels.
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