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Garfield #16-18
The Sixth Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack
Collects comic strips featuring the famous feline with an appetite for lasagna
384 pages, Paperback
First published September 3, 1996
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Jim Davis
2,307 books632 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 5, 2016
More old-school hilarity.
September 25, 2023
I love Garfield.
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May 10, 2015
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack Vol. 6 contains the following:
Garfield Rounds Out (#16)
Garfield Chews the Fat (#17)
Garfield Goes to Waist (#18)
I have the 2011 full color edition (but GR does not currently have it listed - when I tried to list it the ISBN belonged to another Garfield book). It's Garfield, Odie and Jon, it's entertaining and fun and just a way for me to unwind (especially during school when there just isn't enough time for me to easily read a full book). I enjoyed it as I always do, If you are familiar with the characters you know what to expect, if you're not - what are you waiting for?
Garfield Rounds Out (#16)
Garfield Chews the Fat (#17)
Garfield Goes to Waist (#18)
I have the 2011 full color edition (but GR does not currently have it listed - when I tried to list it the ISBN belonged to another Garfield book). It's Garfield, Odie and Jon, it's entertaining and fun and just a way for me to unwind (especially during school when there just isn't enough time for me to easily read a full book). I enjoyed it as I always do, If you are familiar with the characters you know what to expect, if you're not - what are you waiting for?
April 18, 2015
Another great, classic Garfield.
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