Garfield Eats His Heart Out

(His 6th Book)
by
Jim Davis

Ballantine, March 1983, 126 pp.
ISBN: 0-345-32018-2

Genre: Comics
Subgenre: Comic Strip / Humor
Reviewed: 4/20/2002

Reviewed by: Conan Tigard

Book Cover

Comic Strip

Garfield comic strip

 

Synopsis

Garfield Eats His Heart Out is the sixth collection of Garfield comic strips. All of the comic strips appear in black and white. A one-page special appears at the beginning of the book with eight Garfield Diet Tips. The last page contains four different language versions of a comic strip as it now appears worldwide entitled, "Garfield Goes Globetrotting". The other 124 pages consist of either two daily comics per page or one Sunday comic. Most of the strips are single shots, but a few storylines appears.

This collection contains the following storylines: Stuck in a Tree, Mexico Bound, Cat Food Commercial, To the Farm, Arlene, Mouse, A Week in Bed, The Window Blind, Nermal, Date With a Vet and Diet.

This book contains comic strips from 6/8/1981 through 1/10/1982.

Garfield Eats His Heart Out by Jim Davis is a collection of Garfield comic strips. Garfield became very popular in the late-1970s and continues on today, although the character now looks a little different. It is seen daily in thousands of newspapers and enjoyed by millions worldwide. Garfield is a quirky cat that is quite fat, lazy and loves his lasagna. He loves to pick on Odie, the dog, and give Jon a hard time. He hates diets and loves food...any type of food.

 

Review

Garfield comics are timeless. His comic strips are quick and fun to read. A lot of the comic strips revolve around Garfield and his weight problem. Now, this may not matter to many, but I prefer the older Garfield comic strips when his eyes were still round, not oval like they are today, twenty years later.

Jim Davis does a good job of entertaining the reader with the dry wit of that fat cat and the trouble he gets into, especially on Mondays. Then there is Jon, Garfield's owner. He's not quite the brightest bulb in the box, but he does shine...every once in a while.

So, if you are looking for a bit of history of this famous cat, pick up Garfield Eats His Heart Out.

This site was created and is maintained by Conan Tigard
2002