Garfield Swallows His Pride

(His 14th Book)

by
Jim Davis

Ballantine, October 1987, 126 pp.
ISBN: 0-345-34725-0

Genre: Comics
Subgenre: Comic Strip / Humor
Reviewed: 5/20/2010

Reviewed by: Conan Tigard

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Synopsis

Garfield Swallows His Pride is the fourteenth collection of Garfield comic strips. All of the comic strips appear in black and white. Most of the strips are single shots, but a few storylines appears.

This collection contains the following storylines: Diet Again, Rats, Visit Mom and Dad on the Farm, Park Play Area, Caught in the Window Blind, Nermal Visits, Garfield Turns Eight Years Old, Irma, The Monday That Wouldn't Die, Odie the Golf Caddy, and Garfield and Odie Take a Walk - End Up at the Circus - and Land in a Pet Store.

This book contains comic strips from 3/10/1986 through 10/12/1986.

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, his owner, a hard time. He hates diets and loves food . . . any type of food, especially lasagna.

Review

Garfield Swallows His Pride is a book full of Garfield doing what he does best . . . misbehaving. This feisty, fat cat goes on his first really long adventure in the last storyline in the book. I found that I thoroughly enjoyed the really long storyline that involved a mean little girl, being clowns in the circus, and being held captive in a pet store. I hope that there will be more of these long storylines in the future, or should I say the past, since this book came out over twenty years ago. But, hey, they are new to me since I never got around to reading them in the 1980's.

I find that I keep hoping that Odie will have thought bubbles just like Garfield. Come on, Jim Davis, that would be hilarious. The artwork is good and I enjoy it when the artist adds a background. This seems to be happening more and more as the comic strip evolves.

Overall, Garfield Swallows His Pride is another great collections of comic strips featuring America's favorite fat cat Garfield. I cannot wait to read the next book. Oops . . . I already am. I wonder what kind of trouble Garfield will get himself into next time? It should be quite entertaining.