Garfield Chews the Fat

(His 17th Book)

by
Jim Davis

Ballantine, March 1989, 126 pp.
ISBN: 0-345-35956-9

Genre: Comics
Subgenre: Comic Strip / Humor
Reviewed: 9/1/2010

Reviewed by: Conan Tigard

Book Cover

Comic Page

Synopsis

Garfield Chews the Fat is the seventeenth collection of Garfield comic strips. All of the comic strips appear in black and white. The first page contains Garfield Impressions while the last page of the book displays 6 Best Uses for Odie. This book contains comic strips from 12/20/1987 through 7/23/1988. Most of the strips are single shots, but a few storylines appears.

This collection contains the following storylines: Christmas, Jon's Folks Visit, Garfield Can't Sleep, Jon's Tonsils Get Removed, Uncle Roy on TV, Garfield Turns Ten Years Old, Stuck on a Limb, and Bathrooms Are Fun.

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 Chews the Fat is a book just packed to the brim with the funny, fat cat named Garfield. Supported by Jon and Odie, Garfield makes his way through life trying to eat and sleep as much as he can. Mondays take their toll on this cat, although, since he doesn't work, I'm not sure why he really cares. And since he is the fattest cat around, the threat of Diet Week always hangs over his head.

Jim Davis has created quite a few chucklers in this book. There were not a lot of storylines, and I found that I missed them. I really like the longs storylines that would last for weeks in the newspaper, or even a month. I guess long storyline really came to him during this period of time. Still, the book is filled with humorous situations that made me laugh out loud a few times.

Overall, Garfield Chews the Fat is another wonderful collections of daily comics that all cat lover, and even non-cat lovers, will enjoy reading. So, if you are looking for a good time with America's favorite cat, pick up a copy of this book. It will make you purr with pleasure.