Garfield: Survival of the Fattest: His 40th Book

by Jim Davis

Overview

The perfect holiday gift for fans of the world’s funniest feline!

Garfield’s not just surviving, he’s thriving. The always fashionable fat cat has evolved over the years, but one thing hasn’t changed — his voracious appetite for food and fun. That’s what makes this smorgasboard of comics a natural selection for hungry fans of the world’s most famished feline.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780345464583
Publisher:	Random House Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/03/2004
Series:	Garfield Series , #40
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	8.52(w) x 9.01(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	9 - 13 Years

About the Author

Jim Davis was born on July 28, 1945, in Marion, Indiana. He later attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, where he distinguished himself by earning one of the lowest cumulative grade point averages in the history of the university. The Garfield strip was born on June 19, 1978, syndicated in forty-one U.S. newspapers. Today it’s syndicated in more than 2,100 newspapers worldwide with more than 200 million readers, leading Guinness World Records to name Garfield The Most Widely Syndicated Comic Strip in the World. Davis has had many successes with Garfield, including four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program and induction into the Licensing Hall of Fame (1998), but his most prized awards are from his peers in the National Cartoonist Society: Best Humor Strip (1981 and 1985), the Elzie Segar Award (1990), and the coveted Reuben Award (1990) for overall excellence in cartooning.