Garfield: Full Course Vol. 3

by Mark Evanier, Andy Hirsch (Illustrator), Scott Nickel

The laughs and lasagna never end, dig into the next tasty full course adventure!

Fresh out of the oven, it’s more of Garfield’s comic book adventures–because you can never have too much of a good thing! Follow Garfield as he gets caught in a time warp, battles monsters both in the forest and under the bed, and faces two of his greatest the Calzone Creature and Zombie Meatballs. Garfield also makes some new friends (maybe even a new girlfriend?) and enters a race against the World’s Fastest Cat. Meanwhile, Nermal finds himself shipped out of town by a certain fat feline, and Liz encounters a scary sorceress. Garfield creator Jim Davis is joined by acclaimed writers Mark Evanier and Scott Nickel and artists Andy Hirsch, David DeGrand, Gary Barker, and more for the 3rd course of the six volume meal! Collects Garfield #17-24.

224 pages, Paperback

First published June 6, 2024

About the author

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

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like the other entries in the Full Course series, this was a fun collection of Garfield comics. I loved how every chapter (which I know were each published as separate issues like a decade ago) had one story illustrated in the traditional Jim Davis art style and one in a new artist's original style. It was fun to see the different interpretations of the characters, and I kinda even preferred some of the different art styles over Davis'. They just had more of a softness to them, and the ones where Garfield was more quadripedal than bipedal (and therefore more like a typical cat) were particularly my favorites. (Though I think my top favorite of the whole collection was - forgive me for not remembering the title - the one where Odie helped out that homeless cat and his owner. That was really sweet, and again, had a very cute, charming art style.)

I apologize if I make the same kinda comment on all my Full Course reviews, but I guess there isn't really anything new to say for each volume as every one tells a bunch of new stories rather than one ongoing one. Maybe going forward, I'll just give ratings without reviews. (Or state my favorite story/ies and move on.)