Garfield is the world's most widely read comic
strip, created by Jim Davis featuring the cat
Garfield, the less-than-brilliant pet dog Odie,
and their socially inept owner Jon Arbuckle. The
character is named after Davis's grandfather,
James Garfield Davis, who was named after former
U.S. president James Garfield.

Overview
Debuting June 19, 1978 (also considered
Garfield's birthday, the strips on June 19th
always show Garfield celebrating his birthday on
that day), the syndicated comic strip pokes fun at
pet owners and their relationship with their pets
often portraying the pet as the true master of the
home. Garfield also appeals because of the way he
struggles with very human problems, such as diets,
hatred of Mondays, apathy, boredom, and so on.

Over the course of the strip, Garfield's behavior
has become more human and less cat-like. His
appearance has also evolved, initially being drawn
as grossly obese with flabby jowls and small round
eyes. Later, his appearance was slimmed down and
his eyes enlarged. By 1983, his familiar
appearance—featuring oval-shaped eyes—had taken
shape. By this time, Garfield had begun walking on
two feet, and the strip changed to more of an
emphasis on sitcom situations (Garfield making fun
of his owner's stupidity, Jon's inability to
pick up girls) and less on the foibles of cats. A
number of the strip's readers feel that the
quality of the writing has lessened, even as the
artwork has retained a consistent level of quality
(although Davis is no longer the sole, or even
principal, artist).

The comic strip was turned into a cartoon special
for television in 1982 called Here Comes Garfield.
Actor Lorenzo Music, previously known as the voice
of Carlton the doorman on the show Rhoda, was
hired to portray the voice of Garfield. Soul
singer Lou Rawls provided musical accompaniment.
Twelve television specials were made (through
1990) as well as a television series, Garfield and
Friends, which ran from 1988 to 1994.

The Monday-Saturday strips were offered to
newspapers in full-color effective June 7, 1999.

A live-action movie version of the comic strip,
Garfield: The Movie (with a computer-animated
Garfield and live-action Odie), debuted in the USA
on June 11, 2004. Bill Murray provided the voice
of Garfield, making him the fourth actor to play
the part (Tommy Smothers of the Smothers Brothers
voiced the role in a cat food commercial, and an
unnamed Music soundalike was used in another TV
spot). Prior to Murray being cast, it was widely
reported that actor John Goodman had been picked
to provide Garfield's voice for the film.


Production and criticism
Like many comic strips, Garfield is not
exclusively drawn and written by its creator. Jim
Davis's company, Paws Inc., employs cartoonists
and writers who do most of the work of scripting,
drawing, and inking the strip, while Davis's work
is usually confined to approving and signing the
finished strip. Davis spends most of his time
managing the business and merchandising aspects of
Garfield. The strip is also deliberately written
to be inoffensive, avoiding any social or
political commentary such as that present in some
of Garfield's contemporaries, such as Doonesbury,
Dilbert, Calvin and Hobbes, and even Cathy. The
characters and situations are constant, with no
change or development for the past several years.
While this is not unique to Garfield, as Calvin of
the aforementioned Calvin and Hobbes and the
children of Peanuts never grow up, other strips
such as For Better or For Worse, Cathy, and
Doonesbury maintain a continuity with characters
who develop, age, and may even die as the strip
proceeds.

Garfield's inoffensive, merchandising-oriented
approach has been widely criticized by many
commentators including Calvin and Hobbes creator
Bill Watterson, whose views against merchandising
were explained at great detail in The Calvin and
Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book. Watterson, when
asked for his opinion of fellow cartoonists,
including Jim Davis, once tactfully described
Garfield as "consistent". [1] Rather less
tactfully, Maddox's The Best Page in the Universe
describes Garfield as "the orange merchandising
turd that creator Jim Davis pinches out every
Sunday in newspapers around the world,
traumatizing millions with his bland humor week
after tragic week." [2] According to these
critics, the humor and potential artistry of the
strip is intentionally sacrificed for commercial
motives by recycling the same stock jokes,
limiting the strip's potential in the long run.


Characters

Primary characters
Garfield: fat orange cat with distinctive black
stripes and an attitude. He hates Mondays (not
applicable if it's also his birthday), loves to
eat and sleep (both to amazing amounts), watch TV,
and play jokes on Jon and Odie. His favorite food
is lasagna, and he loves to snack on canaries
("you can't eat just one canary!"); however, he
hates raisins and spinach. He refuses to eat mice,
and has befriended several. He also hates spiders.
He is in #8 of his 9 lives. 

Odie: loveable but dopey yellow-furred,
brown-eared dog constantly panting with his very
large tongue, and the only character without a
"voice" (though he was once shown to be thinking
"I'm hungry". More recently, he was seen
actually speaking in one of Garfield's dream
sequences). Often kicked off the table by Garfield
or the victim of some practical joke. Odie's
original owner was Lyman, a friend and roommate to
Jon Arbuckle. However, Lyman disappeared in 1983
and Odie became a pet to Jon. Odie is, to
Garfield, a complete slobbering idiot (though
it's not the actual case since Odie did manage to
take revenge on Garfield occasionally, and
Garfield usually cannot notice it). He is rarely
seen without his giant tongue and drooling.
Recently, Odie seems to be walking on two feet
more often. He first appeared on August 8, 1978. 
Jon Arbuckle: Garfield and Odie's owner. A total
nerd and clumsy individual who is extremely
unlucky in the world of dating and coolness. He is
constantly striking out when trying to get dates
with women, perhaps due to his ridiculous pick-up
lines (said to a woman in the grocery store: "you
must be today's special, because you're making
me hungry") or loud and flashy outfits. His
biggest crush is Dr. Liz Wilson, Garfield and
Odie's vet, who has gone out with him a few times
but the dates were usually unsuccessful. Primary
fodder and conversation partner to Garfield and is
often the butt of his jokes. Was (possibly still
is, due to it never being contradicted) a
cartoonist, but this reference has not been seen
since the early days of the comic strip. Whatever
his occupation, Jon still manages to make enough
money to keep Garfield in lasagna -- no easy feat.
His full name has been revealed as Jonathan Q.
Arbuckle in a Christmas strip. 

Arlene: Garfield's on-and-off girlfriend. A thin
pink cat who seems to be the one living thing in
the world who can successfully crack jokes at
Garfield on a regular basis. She has distinctively
big lips and a very thin neck. Earlier in the
series she also had a gap between her teeth; she
also appeared more often than now. 

Pooky: Garfield's huggable teddy bear. First
appearance was October 23, 1978. The strip shows
Garfield searching through Jon Arbuckle's bottom
drawer, finding Pooky, and adopting him as his
own. 

Nermal: cute kitten who flaunts his cuteness (the
cutest kitten in the world, he says), which annoys
Garfield immensely, usually resulting in him
shipping Nermal to Abu Dhabi. Often comes in
unannounced, much to Garfield's chagrin. When he
first appeared, he was owned by Jon's parents,
but that connection was quickly dropped from the
strip. When we see him, it is usually because Jon
has to babysit him. He is not seen on Jon's
parents' farm. Because of his eyelashes and
seemingly effeminate personality, fans have often
mistaken him as female. However, in Garfield: The
Movie, Nermal appears as an adult Siamese rather
than as a cute kitten. 

Mom: Jon's mother who's always cooking up a
meal, and sending Garfield the most uncomfortable
sweaters. 

Dad: Jon's father who tends the family farm. 
Doc Boy: Jon's only brother who tends to the pigs
on the farm, and who is as much a loser as Jon.
Resents being called Doc Boy. He is apparently
younger than Jon. 

Grandma: She is a Harley-riding, leather-wearing
old lady. She loves Jon and Garfield, and
occasionally makes appearances throughout the
series. The most is revealed about her in
Garfield's Christmas special, where it is
revealed that her husband has passed away and she
talks about her life with him. 

Lyman: Friend of Jon's who lived with him for a
while and was the original owner of Odie. He
disappeared from the comic in 1983 and his
disappearance was never fully elaborated upon. His
last appearance in the strip was a cameo in the
logo panel for the Sunday strip published on June
19, 1988. A webcomic called Melonpool involved
this character in one of its storylines, showing
why he disappeared from the Garfield strips in the
first place. Of course, since Melonpool is a spoof
piece, it has no continuity with Davis' work and
is just for kicks with a disclaimer attached.
Recently, Davis was forced to directly address the
issue of 'What happened to Lyman?'. According to
Davis, Lyman's original purpose was to be someone
who Jon could actually talk to and express other
ideas—a role more and more taken over by Garfield
himself. Hence he was removed without explanation.
The closest thing Davis has ever given to explain
his absence is "Don't look in Jon's basement".
In the game "Scrary scravenger hunt" he's shown
chained at the wall in the basement of the haunted
mansion. 

Irma: waitress and owner of "Irma's Diner," a
diner occasionally patronized by Jon and Garfield.
The food, service, and mental stability of her
restaurant is questionable. For instance, her idea
of a "chicken surprise" is her coming up to the
table wearing a rubber chicken mask and saying
"SURPRISE!" However, this may be attributed to
her operating the diner 24 hours a day with no
help (though in other comics, she is shown to
speak to other diner employees). Although her main
and most memorable appearences took place earlier
in the strip, in 1999 she appeared (updated to
match the most recent style of the strip), once
again doing wacky things at the diner. 
Dr. Liz Wilson: Garfield's veterinarian and
long-time crush of Jon Arbuckle. She occasionally
dates him, but these outings always become
disasters (often thanks to Garfield tagging along
for the ride). 

Herman Post: Jon Arbuckle's mailman. He is
constantly being tormented by Garfield, and
perpetually trying to find a way to deliver the
mail safely, but almost never succeeding. 

Secondary characters
Hubert and Reba are Jon's stereotypical "grumpy
old neighbors." 

Mrs. Feeny is another neighbor, who has never
appeared in the strip. Garfield routinely torments
her and her little dog (who has also never
appeared) and as such Mrs. Feeny is always
complaining to Jon about Garfield over the phone.

Ellen is a local girl whom Jon often tries to go
out with. She has never appeared in the strip, but
many strips focus on Jon phoning Ellen asking for
a date. She usually asks him to do something very
stupid first, before refusing. 

The Caped Avenger is Garfield's alter ego, which
mimicks Superman. However, The Caped Avenger is a
coward, and runs off when in danger. Usually,
danger is represented by an overly large dog. 
Jon's house is also inhabited by mice (unnamed,
though one of their first appearances shows one of
them giving Garfield a business card for "Herman
Vermin"), enjoying a quite full social life—to
much annoyance of Jon. Garfield, however, cannot
be bothered to chase them, and according to him
they tend to either bribe or blackmail him to stay
so. One particular mouse in the comic strip
started appearing in 1984, and was named Squeak by
Garfield, but he looked no different from the
other mice. (The way you know Garfield is talking
to Squeak in particular is when there are no other
mice around to confuse him with.) In the cartoon
show, there was a significant mouse named Floyd,
who could be told apart by the fact that he was
drawn with oval eyes like the other regulars. A
running gag with Floyd was mentioning the fact
that he didn't appear often. 

Garfield's otherwise boring life is occasionally
enriched by spiders, who sometimes walk around the
house or dangle from the ceiling—and who he
squishes with rolled-up newspapers. This, of
course, leads to several attempts by the spiders
to get back at Garfield—unsuccessful in most
cases. Garfield does occasionally obtain help from
the spiders, such as to get rid of an annoying
fly. A spider by the name of Guido has been
introduced. 

When on diet, Garfield often has hallucinations,
taking shape in walking food with limbs and a
provocative manner of encouraging Garfield to eat
them. 

Three trusty household appliances in the comic are
the talking bathroom scale, the TV and the alarm
clock. The three objects have quite different
personalities: The scale, sometimes known as RX-2
usually allows itself to be quite cynical and
crude about Garfield's overweight state. But
sometimes when it does so, it gets smashed or
thrown into a trash can. A cover on one of the
Garfield paperbacks show Garfield putting a foot
on the scale and it heaving with agony. The clock
usually retracts from ringing loud and waking
Garfield, since he tends to smash it into pieces.
The TV also speaks to Garfield by itself on
occasion, usually trying to persuade Garfield into
continuing to watch it or turning it off. Once,
when Garfield fell asleep in front of the TV, the
TV yelled at him to turn it off. 

Clive is Garfield's invisible friend. He is
another way through which Garfield plays pranks on
and irritates Jon and Odie. 

Binky the Clown is a television personality noted
for his extremely loud and piercing greetings,
most notably "HEEEEEEEY, KIDS!" 

Stretch is Garfield's rubber chicken, who was
given to Garfield on his 6th birthday. It only
appeared for a week after, yet makes cameo
appearences from time to time, mainly used as a
weapon against Jon. 

Garfield loves to eat sparrows, and has many
attempts to catch them (most of the time failing),
most notably his "barbeque bird bath" and his
various bird disguises. 

A tree is always trying to encourage Garfield to
climb him, always ending in Garfield falling for
its "same old lies". In the beginning, he sits
on a tree branch, but more recently finds himself
gripping the branch by his front paws and
dangling. Once while stuck up a tree, he meets a
cat named Ed who was raised by squirrels and had
never walked on the ground before. 

A recurring plot in the strip is Garfield eating
Jon's various pet fish, which causes Jon to get
mad. In an attempt to prevent Garfield from eating
his second pet fish one week, he lets Garfield
name it. Ironically, Second Helping (the fish
Garfield named) lasted to the end of the strip, an
event very rare in a Garfield comic. Another time,
he named a fish Sushi. Garfield once had a staring
contest with a goldfish, causing his eyeballs to
dry out. Another time, Jon kept the fishbowl in a
cage to keep Garfield from getting to it. 

A little chick that looks up to Garfield and calls
him "Daddy" (it was originally "Mommy" until
Garfield explained to the little guy what gender
was). He is a nuisance to Garfield who, oddly
enough, is reluctant to eat the little guy (for
some strange reason, the thought just never
crossed his mind). The chick doesn't like
lasagna. 

A big, vicious dog often enjoys barking at
Garfield. His rear end is rarely seen. He is
almost always seen next to a "Beware of Dog"
sign, hence the name he's been given by several
fans (another one is Chain Dog). 

Mondays are another nemesis of Garfield's. Often,
they are shown off-panel but causing things to
happen in-panel (such as throwing a pie at
Garfield). When they are shown, they are drawn as
ugly monsters. The most prominent theme was "The
Monday That Wouldn't Die", in which every day in
the month after a certain Monday was also Monday.


Television series only
(more at Garfield and Friends)

Cactus Jake is the foreman of the Polecat Flats
ranch, and a friend of Jon. He was seen only in
the TV series and had a habit of saying
Garfield's name wrong. 

Al G. Swindler is, as his name suggests, a
swindler, often conning Jon whenever he can, not
to mention mispronouncing his last name. He only
appeared in the TV series, and at the end of the
episodes he was in, he would usually say, "It's
getting tougher and tougher to make an honest buck
these days." 

The Buddy Bears are a trio of annoying singing
bear cubs who encourage viewers to "always agree
with the group" (similar to the Get-Along Gang).
Their names are Bobby, Billy, and Bertie. The only
disagreement they've ever had was over pizza
toppings, which supposedly no one can agree on.
Thankfully, they only appeared in the TV series,
and Garfield has remarked that he "hates Buddy
Bear episodes." In the episode "The Garfield
Opera", the bears' full names are revealed to be
Robert, William, and Bertram, respectively.
Infrequently, they are accompanied by their
sister, Betty Buddy Bear. 

In the Garfield TV series, Binky the Clown became
more of a regular, and would modify his greeting
to suit who it was he was greeting, such as
"HEEEEEEEY, CAT!" He also occasionally had his
own segment on the show, called Screaming With
Binky. 

Squeak's TV show counterpart went by the name
Floyd and was able to be told apart by being the
only mouse with oval-shaped eyes like the other
characters. A running gag with Floyd was
mentioning the fact that he didn't appear often.
The mouse character in the movie was named Louis.

Penelope served as another love interest for
Garfield, appearing only in the show's last three
seasons. 

Quotes
Garfield "I hate Mondays !" 
Garfield "Z" (sleeping) 

Themes and Settings
Usually, the standard setting is Garfield standing
on a table or floor, always flat. Around 80% of
the comic takes place as such. But occasionally,
Garfield ventures elsewhere. When Garfield goes
somewhere else, he'll usually spend the week in
that area (or even two).

The TV Chair is one of Garfield's favorite
places, where he entertains himself with shows
such as Binky the Clown and others. Many of the
shows mentioned are absurd and stupid, and give
Jim Davis an opportunity to comment on
pop-culture. 

Outside, Garfield has confrontations with various
characters, such as dogs (more vicious than Odie),
birds, worms, and even conscious flowers. "Beware
of Dog" signs are abound, and Garfield often
tries to torment the chained-up dogs as some kind
of revenge. Garfield tries to capture birds in the
bird fountain, often unsuccessfully. He finds it a
lot easier to capture flowers though, and often
eats them. 

Early in the series, Garfield would spend time on
the window ledge and always get trapped in the
roll-up blinds. This culminated in a two-week
storyline in which Garfield, Odie, Jon, two
complete strangers, and even a street lamp (Odie
had to go) all got trapped in the blinds. This was
one of the few storylines in which a Sunday strip
was part of the regular story arc. After this, Jon
bought Venetian blinds (which Garfield, somehow,
still manages to get stuck in). 

The Fence in the Alley is an area where Garfield
often tells bad jokes or caterwauls, in an homage
to vaudville. Odie joins the act from time to
time, once as a ventriloquist's dummy, and once
as "Mr Skins," who accompanied Garfield on the
drums. Garfield is frequently the target of
disgusted fans, who throw shoes, rotten
vegetables, and houseplants at him and once burned
down his fence with burning arrows (Garfield's
temporary replacement, a plastic flamingo, just
'didn't feel the same'). Garfield, however,
loves the attention he receives, and once
complained that he thought a joke deserved more
than a single shoe. He does sometimes get applause
from his audience, though one time the audience
consisted solely of his mother. 

Up the tree is another area where Garfield often
traps himself. Garfield knows not to climb, but
ironically can never overcome the urge. A
firefighter usually has to save him on the last
day of the week. One time, Jon got stuck up the
tree trying to rescue him. 

Occasionally, Garfield will be taken to the vet's
office, a place he loathes. In this setting, Jon
always tries to get a date with Liz, the vet, and
usually fails badly, his failures causing Garfield
to snicker. At the end of one date, Jon got a
kiss, currently his only on-screen kiss in the
comic. 

Sometimes Jon takes Garfield to the park. Jon
tries to meet girls in the park, but always fails
miserably and humorously. 

Vacations are taken by Jon and his pets every so
often, usually to exotic places. Early in the
series, Garfield had to sneak along in the
suitcase, but at some point Jon gave up and took
him along as an equal. These are funny because
they portray Jon's inability to get along with
people normally. They also introduce new
scenarios, which are usually rare in this strip. 
The Beach is frequented by Garfield and company,
and is another site at which Jon fails at finding
girls. Garfield hates the beach simply because it
has no TV, and is too hot. This theme will often
show up in the summer. 

Irma's diner was visited often early on, but not
as much as the series progressed. Irma is a
chirpy, but slow-witted and unattractive
waitress/manager, and one of Jon's few friends.
The food is terrible, and is the center of most of
the jokes, along with the poor management. 
The window is a setting showing Garfield looking
from inside the house, making comments on events
going on outside. Sometimes Jon joins him. 
Jon periodically visits his parents and brother on
the farm. This results in comical displays of
stupidity by Jon and his family, and their
interactions. 

The used car lot is an entertaining scene that
parodies the business. Jon always gets conned by
the overly clever and sneaky salesman, while
Garfield knows it all along. This is paralleled in
the used refrigerator store and used christmas
tree lot which appear later. 

Other themes include Garfield's week-long
interactions with any one minor character, event,
or thing, such as Nermal, Arlene, the mailman, the
alarm clock, the scale, the TV, Pooky, spiders,
mice, coffee, hamburgers (chicken, early on),
balls of yarn, rubber chickens, dieting, shedding,
pie throwing, fishing, Mondays, Clive (Garfield's
invisible friend), lasagna, the "Caped Avenger"
(not as often as in earlier strips), sweaters,
colds, etc. Some more unique themes are things
like "Garfield's Believe It or Don't,"
"Garfield's Law," "Garfield's History,"
which show the world, history, and science from
Garfield's view. Most of December is spent
preparing for Christmas, with a predictable focus
on presents. Every week before June 19th, the
strip focuses on his birthday, which Garfield
dreads. Occasionally the strip celebrates
Halloween as well with scary-themed jokes. Jokes
are introduced seasonally, with snow-related gags
common in January or February and beach or heat
themed jokes in the summer. 

One storyline, which lasted a week from October
the 23rd, 1989 (possibly to coincide with
Halloween, although the 31st actually fell the
following week), is unique in that it is not
humourous. It depicts Garfield awakening in a
future in which the house is abandoned and he no
longer exists. This is revealed to have been a
dream of some kind, and ends with the narration -
another feature unique to this storyline - "An
imagination is a powerful tool. It can tint
memories of the past, shade perceptions of the
present, or paint a future so vivid that it can
entice...or terrify, all depending on how we
conduct ourselves today." 

Garfield marks his territory
His album: Am I Cool or What? 
His suction-cupped kitties: "Stuck on You"
phenomenon across America and takes several years
for production met the demand. The concept was
created after an idea trade with Scott Adams in
1990, which involved what type of object could
hold the thing other than sticky items. 
His comic strips: published in over 2570 papers in
the world, second to "Peanuts." 
His Fantasy Books: Garfield and friends appear in
a series of fantasy books called Garfield's Pet
Force where Garfield, Nermal, Arlene, and Odie
were given Superpowers in an alternate dimension.


Television

Garfield and Friends (Animated cartoon series,
1988–1995) 
Garfield Gets a Life (animated special) 1991 
Garfield's Feline Fantasies (animated special)
1990 
Garfield's Thanksgiving (animated special) 1989 
Garfield's Babes and Bullets (animated special)
1989 
Garfield: His 9 Lives (animated special) 1988 
Garfield Goes Hollywood (animated special) 1987 
A Garfield Christmas (animated special) 1987 
Garfield in Paradise (animated special) 1986 
Garfield's Halloween Adventure (animated special)
1985 
Garfield in the Rough (animated special)1984 
Garfield on the Town (animated special) 1983 
Here Comes Garfield (animated special) 1982 

Books

Numbered Paperbacks
These books, generally released twice a year,
contain reprints of the comic as it appears in
newspapers daily. Printed in black and white, each
book covers approximately six months of comics,
including the larger weekend comics (although
without color).

The titles of these books were styled as double
entendres, often alluding to Garfield's weight or
his habits. These books introduced the "Garfield
format" in publishing, whereby the books are
horizontally oriented to match comic strip
dimensions. They are currently being reprinted in
a larger format, showing the Sunday strips to be
formatted in a size as they usually are, instead
of shrunken-down to meet the book size. The new
versions of the books will also be released in
paperback only, and in full color (for every
cartoon, not just the Sunday strips) for the first
time.

Garfield At Large: His First Book 1980 
Garfield Gains Weight: His Second Book 1981 
Garfield Bigger than Life: His Third Book 1981 
Garfield Weighs In: His Fourth Book 1982 
Garfield Takes the Cake: His Fifth Book 1982 
Garfield Eats His Heart Out: His Sixth Book 1983 
Garfield Sits Around the House: His Seventh Book
1983 
Garfield Tips the Scales: His Eighth Book 1984 
Garfield Loses His Feet: His Nineth Book 1984 
Garfield Makes it Big: His 10th Book 1985 
Garfield Rolls On: His 11th Book 1985 
Garfield Out to Lunch: His 12th Book 1986 
Garfield Food for Thought: His 13th Book 1987 
Garfield Swallows His Pride: His 14th Book 1987 
Garfield World Wide: His 15th Book 1988 
Garfield Rounds Out: His 16th Book 1988 
Garfield Chews the Fat: His 17th Book 1989 
Garfield Goes to Waist: His 18th Book 1990 
Garfield Hangs Out: His 19th Book 1990 
Garfield Takes Up Space: His 20th Book 1991 
Garfield Says a Mouthful: His 21st Book 1991 
Garfield By the Pound: His 22nd Book 1992 
Garfield Keeps His Chins Up: His 23rd Book 1992 
Garfield Takes His Licks: His 24th Book 1993 
Garfield Hits the Big Time: His 25th Book 1993 
Garfield Pulls his Weight: His 26th Book 1994 
Garfield Dishes it Out: His 27th Book 1995 
Garfield Life in the Fat Lane: His 28th Book 1995

Garfield Tons of Fun: His 29th Book 1996 
Garfield Bigger and Better: His 30th Book 1996 
Garfield Hams it Up: His 31st Book 1997 
Garfield Thinks Big: His 32nd Book 1997 
Garfield Throws His Weight Around: His 33rd Book
1998 
Garfield Life to the Fullest: His 34th Book 1999 
Garfield Feeds the Kitty: His 35th Book 1999 
Garfield Hogs the Spotlight: His 36th Book 2000 
Garfield Beefs Up: His 37th Book 2000 
Garfield Gets Cookin': His 38th Book 2001 
Garfield Eats Crow: His 39th Book 2003 
Garfield Survival of the Fattest: His 40th Book
2004 
Garfield Older and Wider: His 41st Book 2005 
In the UK, over 60 Garfield books, mainly 'Pocket
Books' or paperbacks, have been published by
Ravette. The format is slightly different, as the
strips are presented in a vertical style. 

Other books
Garfield: His 9 Lives (1983) - novel, later made
into a TV special. 
Garfield's Guide to Everything (2004) 

Videogames
Garfield was also transported into video games,
the first being a never-released Atari 2600
prototype, in 1983.

Other titles:

Create With Garfield (1985) for Apple II and
Commodore 64 
Garfield: A Winter's Tail (1989) for Amiga and
Commodore 64 
Garfield: A Week of Garfield (1989) for NES 
Garfield: Caught in the Act (1995), for Genesis ,
Game Gear and PC 
Garfield: The Search for Pooky (2005) for GBA 

Movie
Garfield: The Movie (2004) — Breckin Meyer,
Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Bill Murray as the voice
of Garfield.