The overeating, oversleeping, over-the-top feline who''s got
the whole world in his paws comemmorates twenty years of
lasagna-fueled hijinks with a rollicking retrospective. This timely
tome of Garfield goodies includes creator Jim Davis''s Top Twenty
All-Time Favorite Strips, the evolution of Garfield''s look, a
heaping helping of classic strips arranged chronologically,
profiles of Garfield''s crazy cartoon crew, Jim Davis''s philosophy
of cartooning, trivia, anecdotes, doodles, fun photos, and even an
interview with the fat cat himself. It''s a milestone for Garfield
and a memento that his many, many admirers will want to make their
own.
關於作者:
Jim Davis was born on July 28th, 1945 in Marion, IN. He later
attended Ball State University in Muncie, IN where he distinguished
himself by earning one of the lowest cumulative grade point
averages in the history of the university. Incidentally, a fellow
classmate named David Letterman earned the other. The Garfield
strip was born on June 19th, 1978, syndicated in 41 US newspapers.
Today it''s syndicated in more than 2,500 newspapers worldwide with
263 million readers. Recently, Guinness World Records, named
GARFIELD "The Most Widely Syndicated Comic Strip in the
World."
Jim 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 2056 for overall excellence in cartooning.