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Garfield Bacon Me Drool: His 77th Book
Garfield's back in this brand-new full-color compilation comic strip book—truly a must-have for fans!
While Garfield is best known for his insatiable appetite for lasagna, he also believes in making time for bacon, and lots of it. Fans of the fat cat won't want to be disturbed as they happily devour this latest batch of scrumptious comics.
While Garfield is best known for his insatiable appetite for lasagna, he also believes in making time for bacon, and lots of it. Fans of the fat cat won't want to be disturbed as they happily devour this latest batch of scrumptious comics.
96 pages, Paperback
First published June 3, 2025
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About the author
Jim Davis
2,349 books637 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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July 1, 2025
Garfield books are always 5 stars for me. What’s not to love? Garfield is a silly, relatable, grumpy, and lovable cat with side characters equally as silly and lovable (looking at you both, Jon and Odie).
My entire family loves Garfield and one dream I have is to own all of the Garfield books in the large, color format. Most libraries don’t keep the older books, which saddens my heart. One day, I will own them all so me and my family can read them whenever we want.
My entire family loves Garfield and one dream I have is to own all of the Garfield books in the large, color format. Most libraries don’t keep the older books, which saddens my heart. One day, I will own them all so me and my family can read them whenever we want.
February 3, 2026
A collection of Garfield comics that originally went out in 2022 and 2023.
Another enjoyable collection of Garfield comics featuring the usual gags and antics of Garfield, Odie, Jon, and gang. Binky the Clown made a brief appearance in this one on the TV, haven’t seen him in a while. I also really liked the snowed in Sunday comic on p. 55 featuring the desperate shows people will watch at such a time, like “Cooking with Ketchup Packets!”
Notes on content:
Language: None
Sexual content: None
Violence: None (some pushing or chasing between a cat and dog).
Ethnic diversity: Jon and his girlfriend Liz appear to be white American.
LGBTQ+ content: None specified.
Other: Some questionable dieting advice.
Another enjoyable collection of Garfield comics featuring the usual gags and antics of Garfield, Odie, Jon, and gang. Binky the Clown made a brief appearance in this one on the TV, haven’t seen him in a while. I also really liked the snowed in Sunday comic on p. 55 featuring the desperate shows people will watch at such a time, like “Cooking with Ketchup Packets!”
Notes on content:
Language: None
Sexual content: None
Violence: None (some pushing or chasing between a cat and dog).
Ethnic diversity: Jon and his girlfriend Liz appear to be white American.
LGBTQ+ content: None specified.
Other: Some questionable dieting advice.
December 26, 2025
Garfield meets an alien who eats jelly doughnuts, the crowd debates whether Garfield should sing or dance, Jon gets his head stuck in a milk can, and Odie is a snow plow. I miss the themed weeks.
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