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Garfield Weighs His Options

His 49th Book

Part of Garfield

Author Jim Davis
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Random House Worlds
On sale Dec 18, 2012 | 96 Pages | 9780345537737
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TO EAT, OR NOT TO EAT?

That's a stupid question! The fat cat was born to binge, and while some might call it gluttony, Garfield prefers to think of it as eating proactively. Besides, someone needs to keep the surplus donut population under control. In this hilarious collection of comics, the heavyweight of humor tips the scales with a veritable metric ton of laughs.
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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. View titles by Jim Davis

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TO EAT, OR NOT TO EAT?

That's a stupid question! The fat cat was born to binge, and while some might call it gluttony, Garfield prefers to think of it as eating proactively. Besides, someone needs to keep the surplus donut population under control. In this hilarious collection of comics, the heavyweight of humor tips the scales with a veritable metric ton of laughs.

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© Paws, Inc.
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. View titles by Jim Davis

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