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Garfield's Sunday Finest: 35 Years of My Best Sunday Funnies
Thirty-five years of the best Garfield Sunday funnies— perfect for fans of the world’s favorite fat cat!
“Every Sunday morning, after doing the farm chores, Dad, Mom, Doc (yes, he’s real), and I would settle in with the Sunday paper for at least a half hour of chuckling, snorting, and laughing out loud.”—Jim Davis
Settle in with these Garfield Sunday funnies, handpicked and annotated by celebrated Garfield cartoonist Jim Davis. This special anniversary collection presents the comics in their full glory (complete with title and drop panels), along with an assortment of original sketches and never-before-seen rejected strips. It’s Garfield the fat cat in his Sunday finest!
“Every Sunday morning, after doing the farm chores, Dad, Mom, Doc (yes, he’s real), and I would settle in with the Sunday paper for at least a half hour of chuckling, snorting, and laughing out loud.”—Jim Davis
Settle in with these Garfield Sunday funnies, handpicked and annotated by celebrated Garfield cartoonist Jim Davis. This special anniversary collection presents the comics in their full glory (complete with title and drop panels), along with an assortment of original sketches and never-before-seen rejected strips. It’s Garfield the fat cat in his Sunday finest!
256 pages, Paperback
First published October 29, 2013
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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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February 11, 2025I had never rly given enough credit to how much of a cultural phenomenon garfield is. Or to how Jon is literally just like me fr.
is there a garfield cookbook? there probably is I want to make lasagna
is there a garfield cookbook? there probably is I want to make lasagna
March 29, 2024
Great collection of strips over the years. I liked the little notes (Jim Davis went to college with David Letterman) and I forgot when/where Jon Arbuckle and Liz Wilson finally had a successful date- up until that point Jon’s dating life was horrible. At the end there are “reject” strips that never made it into the papers/other books and I can see why but I like seeing the behind the scenes stuff.
November 3, 2019
Quick impressions: A very nice collection of Sunday strips, in full color. I think fact this was selected by the author makes it a bit better in terms of quality and consistency than the regular collections. This is one fans and casual readers alike can enjoy.
November 16, 2023
I love Garfield
I love Garfield so much so reading this was awesome and funny!! It brought me back to my childhood. I was laughing through the whole read. I recommend this comic book read to anyone who loves comic strip books and Garfield.
I love Garfield so much so reading this was awesome and funny!! It brought me back to my childhood. I was laughing through the whole read. I recommend this comic book read to anyone who loves comic strip books and Garfield.
May 29, 2021
This was a super cute collection. Garfield hasn't had any funny (or even good) comic strips in many years, but this book reminded me of why I loved this character so much when I was a kid.
January 20, 2023
Perfect for anyone getting into Garfield for the first time.
April 14, 2024
what can i say? the goat. goated. i laughed i cried i held my breath i watched my whole family perish in the flames of wrath emitted from these pages. would definitely recommend to those of you who
August 29, 2025
Garfield's greatest hits of Sunday comics are piled up into this big book of funnies.
December 25, 2025
THAT...WAS...AMAZZZZZZZIIIIIIIIIING .........AND THE DAY BEFOR CHRISTMAS!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
September 3, 2017
Great collection. A perfect Sunday read.
However, the commentary seemed kind of redundant and the pre-published panels didn’t really offer much, since they were basically all exactly the same as the finished versions.I liked that some rejected panels were included.
However, the commentary seemed kind of redundant and the pre-published panels didn’t really offer much, since they were basically all exactly the same as the finished versions.I liked that some rejected panels were included.
November 13, 2014
I liked looking at the rough drafts of the Sundays before the final drafts were presented in the book.
January 23, 2016
Funny comics, some more so than others.
November 3, 2016
My kids love it!
May 13, 2015
i love garfield hes so hilarious have many of his books and shows
May 2, 2017
He is certainly amusing.
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