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Garfield Pocket Books #50
Garfield: Gotcha!
128 pages, Paperback
Published February 3, 2005
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About the author
Jim Davis
2,308 books635 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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January 21, 2022
4 stars.
Love Garfield. Always have. Always will.
Love Garfield. Always have. Always will.
December 10, 2020
I only remember reading bits of the Garfield strips long time ago. I could recall that he was lazy, smart and loved food, but I didn't remember him being so mischievous and sometimes mean-spirited.
This particular selection is probably called Gotcha because there's a lot of him flattening spiders with newspapers, like in the cover. I liked that there were a few Christmas-themed stories too, just perfect for this holiday season.
This particular selection is probably called Gotcha because there's a lot of him flattening spiders with newspapers, like in the cover. I liked that there were a few Christmas-themed stories too, just perfect for this holiday season.
June 1, 2021
I love Garfield. Garfield is only widely known as lazy, lasagna-loving cat. But no one really talks about how mean he is to his owner (actually, it's the other way round) and Odie while showing them affection in weird ways. Garfield also hates mondays and sometimes have existential crisis. He drinks coffee and wacks spiders while befriending rats. How can you not like him?
Quick tangent: I grew up in a place where no one really knew about him so me and my sibling bonded over reading Garfield comic strips and playing Garfield PC games (god, that palace game was so awesome) This book was a blast from the past. I know I can go to a website and read these for free but just having the physical book in my hand gave me so much happiness. I think I'm gonna go read more comic strips now. Maybe even play the halloween game on the website.
Quick tangent: I grew up in a place where no one really knew about him so me and my sibling bonded over reading Garfield comic strips and playing Garfield PC games (god, that palace game was so awesome) This book was a blast from the past. I know I can go to a website and read these for free but just having the physical book in my hand gave me so much happiness. I think I'm gonna go read more comic strips now. Maybe even play the halloween game on the website.
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