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Garfield #59
Garfield the Big Cheese: His 59th Book
Like a boss!
Head honcho Garfield takes charge in this riotous collection of comics. The fat cat is up to his usual funny business—pestering Jon, punting Odie, and pounding down pasta—and it’s a true labor of love!
Head honcho Garfield takes charge in this riotous collection of comics. The fat cat is up to his usual funny business—pestering Jon, punting Odie, and pounding down pasta—and it’s a true labor of love!
96 pages, Paperback
First published January 27, 2015
About the author
Jim Davis
2,380 books643 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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May 6, 2021
Another Garfield collection. Not as many smashing spider strips as usual.
November 21, 2015
Always love Garfield and this book didn't disappoint.
September 23, 2017
Entirely forgettable. The lack of humour in this collection is just disappointing. I am not a fan of Jon and Liz getting together and found not one strip in this collection worth pinning up on a cubicle wall or sticking to the fridge.
January 23, 2023
Reminds me of 11th Grade, AP English, where a workbook from the mid 90s was given to us on Wednesday every other week. We had just under forty-five minutes to write an essay based on a randomly-selected prompt from the book. One time, I genuinely had no clue what the prompt was about, but I still had to give it my best shot so I could get a grade. I compared the topic to a series of Garfield strips that to me perfectly modeled the issue at hand.
This was one of many essays I struggled with due to that dumb@ss workbook, and one day before class, Janis pulled me out in the hall & accused me of intentionally writing sh!tty papers to p!ss her off and waste her time. She said if I didn't show immediate improvement she would call my parents, my counselor etc. and we'd have a nice long chat.
It puts a big smile on my face knowing that b!tch is probably flower chow by now.
This was one of many essays I struggled with due to that dumb@ss workbook, and one day before class, Janis pulled me out in the hall & accused me of intentionally writing sh!tty papers to p!ss her off and waste her time. She said if I didn't show immediate improvement she would call my parents, my counselor etc. and we'd have a nice long chat.
It puts a big smile on my face knowing that b!tch is probably flower chow by now.
March 27, 2018
This one's not as funny as some of Garfield's other books.
September 26, 2025
loved it
October 9, 2025
Garfield is his typical self with the neighborhood dog, the mice, the spiders, Jon, Liz and Odie. Lots of laying around and eating.
January 23, 2026
Another really funny Garfield book 📖 🤣 😄 😂.
July 23, 2016
I remember getting the Garfield books as Christmas and birthday presents as a child. They were some of my favorite presents.
I reread them often and laughed like crazy at the antics of this crazy cat and his friends. After about ten books, however, I moved on.
Our girls have discovered this series recently and are big fans, too. So we've been borrowing these books from our local library and I've really enjoyed watching them laugh together at the strips just as much as I used to.
I enjoy reading them, too, but more for nostalgia than anything. After all these years, the humor is getting pretty redundant.
I reread them often and laughed like crazy at the antics of this crazy cat and his friends. After about ten books, however, I moved on.
Our girls have discovered this series recently and are big fans, too. So we've been borrowing these books from our local library and I've really enjoyed watching them laugh together at the strips just as much as I used to.
I enjoy reading them, too, but more for nostalgia than anything. After all these years, the humor is getting pretty redundant.
May 26, 2022
I have read this book before but apparently forgot to write a review note. This one is like his other recent collections with light humor, and it's an easy read. For me, these volumes are a nice comfort read. Among the highlights: Garfield meets a locust, Jon proposes a book club, and some running/jogging humor. I appreciated the running humor as I have recently started running. Overall, this is a good and amusing book for all ages. I liked it.
March 15, 2015
Love it of course, what's not to love about Garfield?
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