Garfield: 20th Anniversary Collection (Garfield)

By Jim Davis

Book Overview

Twenty years of fabulous feline fun--perfect for fans of the flabby tabby

Laugh along with Garfield and the gang in this tribute to the world's feistiest--and funniest--feline. Inside you'll find:

- Jim Davis' Top Twenty All-Time Favorite Strips
- Foreword by Mike Peters
- Exclusive 20th Anniversary Interview with Garfield
- A Rare Glimpse Inside Jim Davis' Original Sketchbook
- A Heaping Helping of Classic Garfield Strips
- Doodles, Trivia, Anecdotes
- Embarrassing Photos

It's nothing less than a milestone for Garfield and a must-have collection for every fat cat fanatic.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345421264
• ISBN13: 9780345421265
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Random House Worlds
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Just what I want!

Just what I want! It’s definitely the correct book and very good condition too!

A must for Garfield fans

This book is a real treat. It starts with a short biography of Jim Davis before he started drawing Garfield and details his struggles getting the strip started. It then gives some background to all the characters, even the MIA Lyman. Then it gets into the heart of the book, strips from all 20 years, showing the evolution of the characters and drawing style. There are occasional comments from Jim that help give more insight. Other highlights include drawings from Mr. Davis's sketchpad that were inspirations for strips, his top 20 strips of all time, all 20 of Garfield's birthday strips, and appearance or references to Garfield in other strips.I've been a Garfield fan for a number of years now. I greatly enjoyed getting a look into the creative process that gives us such a wonderful daily treat. Any fan of the fat cat will love the book.

He's back and fatter then ever!

I own all but one of the books. This a great book. It has Jim Davis's bio, comics, admission and lots more!! You'd be a fool not to buy it!

A must for any Garfield Fan

A great garfield book. Must for the Garfield Fan

This book kicks ***!!!

I have the whole colletion and this is one of the best garfield books i haveSO BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A funny look back at great comics, top tens, and charictors.

Garfield's been around for twenty years now. That's right, he originally debuted in comics all the way back in 1978, squishing Gnorm Gnat... well... flat. And this occaison calls for the appropriate acknowledgement: FEED HIM! Full of laughs, that is. This book is 200 pages of classic (yet still hilarious) comic strips. Everything from the weeks Garfield, Jon and Odie were stuck in the blinds, the the first Monday and diet strips, to the strips that prove Davis is hopelessly obsessed with bugs. Also, Davis reviews a lot of the jokes. That's right. He shows you his favourite 20 gags, tells you what he REALLY thinks about Garfield's love for lasagna, and tells us the tale of how he made Garfield a super star. It's a very inspirational story, yet leaves us laughing. And if that wasn't enough, he also gives us a Gnorm Gnat joke, explanations of Lyman's mysterious dissappearance (I've always wondered what happened to that guy), and a huge section complete with a birthday gallery, weird letters they've recieved over the years, hilarious logo boxes, and the secrets behind how each jokes are thought up of, drawn, published, and put in those great compilation books. It's even got a year-to-year history of Garfield's growing success. So with all this, Is TWENTY YEARS worth buying? Absolutely. It's got all the Garfield magic, laughs, and secrets that've made fans around the world love him for years. It's great for looking back, laughing your head off, and remembering the good old days, when bears were Pookies, kittens were Nermals, and the world revolved around the almighty Garfield. Not that it isn't like that today.