Garfield Rounds Out

Garfield #16

by Jim Davis

On a diet or swallowing a lasagna whole, he's still the same lovable Garfield. Getting in over his scruffy neck and sassing his way back out again, this is one scrappy cat who knows how to have fun.

Genres: Comics, Humor, Comic Strips, Cats, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Comic Book

128 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1988

About the author

James 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.

Reviews

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 4 out of 5]

While still humorous and entertaining, this wasn't up to the standard set by the earlier volumes. Was this the beginning of the decline of the Tubby Tabby? We'll see.

[Mark Austin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't ever remember laughing at Garfield. Reading it was like re-watching an episode of a sitcom you've already seen ten times and know all the plot threads and punchlines. There's a bland comfort to it and, for a stretch in early Middle School, bland comfort was preferable to none.

I consumed all the Garfield books in the Middle School library, idly wondering when something new would happen to shake up the Groundhog Day-esque loop in which they lived their lives, for a character to maybe grow or change. As the library's stock dwindled, so to did my desire to wade through any more of Garfield's doldrums.

In some ways the world of Garfield seems to represent some primal desire to keep everything safe by maintaining the conformity of each new day to the mold fixed by the last, but such a life seems more like death by whimper.

[Satrina T · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of the last books I bought, sadly I haven't been able to find them anywhere.

[Remo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bueno, qué decir de los Garfields, uno de los compañeros de nuestra infancia (y adolescencia y parte de la vida adulta). Recuerdo haberme encontrado el primero en casa de un amigo y habérmelo devorado de una sentada, con 5-6 años, sin entender varios de los chistes pero disfrutando mucho de los más obvios. Hoy en día, en casa, a los ojos entrecerrados con mezcla de desprecio y aburrimiento los seguimos llamando ojos de Garfield:

Esta sensación de saber que siempre iba a encontrar unos cuantos graciosos la tuve durante las dos décadas posteriores en las que Garfield iba apareciendo periódicamente en mi vida. No es una obra culmen de la literatura, pero nos ha alegrado muchos momentos.

[Garrett Stevens · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always fun. I used to sneak-read these babies and the Far Side in our desks during school in third, fourth, and fifth grade. We'd read these and Calvin and Hobbes (of course - best comic of all time) at lunch too.

[Robert Bussie · Rating 5 out of 5]

All my Garfield reviews are the same. You either get the wonderful humor or you don't. As for me, I grew up reading the hilarious antics of Garfield, Jon, and Odie and years later I still find it funny. It is like a comfortable old friend making me laugh when I need it.

[retrieverfever · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great comic

[Ann L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

If I could give this one ten stars I would! I died laughing.... great Garfield comics! He always makes me feel good!

[Daniel Gaul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious as ever!

[Chloe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny as always

[Owen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Garfield is the best!! I love his jokes a lot!!!!!

[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

While cleaning I came across a couple Garfield books that had from my childhood. Now sharing the fun with my kids.

[Hudson Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[blueygurl2016 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Garfield. So many of the comics in this book made me laugh.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love reading these with my daughter. I remember laughing the most at the visual gags when I was a kid, and now my daughter laughs the most at those. 😊 The giant cup of coffee was a good one.

[Tammy Chaffins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love me some Garfield

[Jeremiah Paddock · Rating 1 out of 5]

brutal

[Jayden Goodrem · Rating 5 out of 5]

solid Garfield

[Conan Tigard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Garfield Rounds Out is another full book of comic strips about that zany, fat cat Garfield. With the comedic help of Jon and Odie, Garfield goes through life tormenting his friends and making readers smile. He does have his moments when he is a nice little kitty, but they are far and few between.

I was a little disappointed with this book. There were not very many storylines and only a couple of the single shot comic strips made me chuckle. I like a good long storyline with a continued theme, which I find to be very entertaining. Maybe Jim Davis just couldn't think of anything interesting for Garfield to do over a couple of week for this time period. With only four storylines, I found myself wanting a lot more.

With the lack of storylines, this book is mostly filled with single shot daily comics. While these can usually be quite funny, I found something to be missing here. Sure, some of the strips made me laugh a little, but most of them did not. Are they entertaining? Sure. But they didn't make me laugh out loud, which is what I wanted to happen.

Overall, Garfield Rounds Out is is a decent collection of Garfield comic strips. Well, the good news is that there are a ton of other Garfield books out there that you can read instead. Garfield books are everywhere!

[The Badger · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was addicted to these as a kid. I drove my parents insane following them around demanding, "Read this one!" I'm sure that my Dad regretted owning a bookstore. As an adult, I foster cats, and every foster kitten has a picture taken in a box labeled "to: Abu Dhabi." None of my two personal cats are obese, but one is especially adept at tossing chihuahuas off furniture using only one paw...

[Roy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Good Festival of America's Favorite Cat

This is the first Garfield book I ever bought or read. I deeply enjoy being able to read it digitally and especially to have every bit of action in color!

[bluetyson]

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[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this one a lot more then the other one I had. I even took the time to color some of them in when I was a kid (and yes I stayed in the lines).

[Roos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Garfield is a food maniac...with a good Master who spoiled him.
But this funny book, quite entertaining.

[Iggy Igwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Garfield gets petted.

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another zany volume in the Garfield comic strip series. Silly fun. Enjoyable as usual.

[Guillermo Galvan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another hilarious Garfield book. I love that fat cat. Do I really need to say you should read this book? No library is complete without the original fat cat. The cat's meow. 5 stars.

[Kimberly · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun quick read.

[Tomaskers · Rating 5 out of 5]

GArfield FTW

[Ben Dueck]

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