Garfield Cat Complete Series Free and Easy Volume 1

Author: Jim (USA)
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: Garfield, born on June 19, 1978, has sold 13 million books since his debut and has 26 million readers worldwide. Garfield stands out for his "vices" such as "telling sarcastic remarks, napping in the sun, gulping down coffee, devouring lasagna, chasing spiders, and chasing mail carriers." Compared to his predecessor, Tom from Tom and Jerry, while Garfield is also dedicated to comedy, his "aircraft carrier-like physique and domineering attitude" make him impossible to be labeled as an "idol." Yet, it is his more "humanized" traits that made him a star. As Jim Davis, the "father" of Garfield, the cartoonist, once said: "People love Garfield because the things he says and does are exactly what everyone wants to say and do but can't." Happy 26th Birthday, Garfield! On a winter night in 1978, when snowflakes fell like crumbled parmesan cheese outside, Garfield was born in the kitchen of an Italian restaurant, just like a delicious plate of pasta. His birth brought not only a surprisingly heavy weight for a kitten—5 pounds 6 ounces—but also an innate passion for Italian food. The restaurant owner was forced to choose between Garfield and closing down due to a lack of pasta, and he sold Garfield to a pet store. Just when Garfield was completely despairing of himself, Jon Arbuckle walked into the pet store.