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Before the sale of Paws, Inc. in August 2019,[1] all of the profits from merchandise went to Paws, Inc., of which Jim Davis is the CEO and founder. Unlike any other comic strip, Davis decided to personally merchandise his comic strip, rather than waiting for someone to license it out for him.[2] This has led Garfield to be the most profitable comic strip character, only rivaled by Snoopy and other Peanuts characters.[3] Garfield's face has appeared on nearly every product available including tooth brushes, cameras, rugs, and thermos. Davis's comic stripGarfield has generated a large amount of merchandise. The following is a compiled list of selected merchandise based on Garfield.
These books, generally released twice a year by Ballantine Books, contain reprints of the comic strips as they appeared in newspapers. These books were originally printed in black and white, but Volumes 37 and later, as well as reissues of earlier volumes, have been in full color. Each book collects approximately six months of comics, including the Sunday comics (which were in black and white prior to Volume 37).
The titles of these books were styled as double entendres alluding to Garfield's weight (Note: an extra at the end of a Garfield compilation advertised "rejected book titles"). These books introduced the "Garfield format" in publishing, whereby the rectangular books are horizontally oriented to match comic strip dimensions; Davis has recalled having to invent the format in order to better fit the books on store shelves. Volumes 37 and later introduced a new, larger square book in full color, showing the Sunday strips to be formatted in a size as they usually are, instead of shrunken-down to meet the book size. However, this means that the first panel after the logo box (called the drop panel, or throwaway gag, because newspapers can drop it without ruining the point of the strip) is no longer printed in the compilation books. These panels, however, are preserved on the eBook editions.
Each of the original 36 books have been re-released in the new larger format, dubbed "Garfield Classics".
Title
Comics Years
Release Date
Garfield At Large: His First Book
June 19, 1978 – January 22, 1979
September 16, 1980
Garfield Gains Weight: His Second Book
January 23, 1979 – August 26, 1979
March 25, 1981
Garfield Bigger Than Life: His Third Book
August 27, 1979 – March 30, 1980
September 8, 1981
Garfield Weighs In: His Fourth Book
March 31, 1980 – November 2, 1980
March 15, 1982
Garfield Takes the Cake: His Fifth Book
November 3, 1980 – June 7, 1981
June 16, 1982
Garfield Eats His Heart Out: His Sixth Book
June 8, 1981 – January 10, 1982
February 12, 1983
Garfield Sits Around the House: His Seventh Book
January 11, 1982 – August 15, 1982
March 10, 1983
Garfield Tips the Scales: His Eighth Book
August 16, 1982 – March 20, 1983
February 12, 1984
Garfield Loses His Feet: His Ninth Book
March 21, 1983 – October 23, 1983
September 12, 1984
Garfield Makes It Big: His 10th Book
October 24, 1983 – May 27, 1984
February 12, 1985
Garfield Rolls On: His 11th Book
May 28, 1984 – December 30, 1984
September 12, 1985
Garfield Out to Lunch: His 12th Book
December 31, 1984 – August 4, 1985
February 12, 1986
Garfield Food for Thought: His 13th Book
August 5, 1985 – March 11, 1986
February 12, 1987
Garfield Swallows His Pride: His 14th Book
March 12, 1986 – October 12, 1986
September 12, 1987
Garfield Worldwide: His 15th Book
October 13, 1986 – May 17, 1987
February 12, 1988
Garfield Rounds Out: His 16th Book
May 18, 1987 – December 19, 1987
September 12, 1988
Garfield Chews the Fat: His 17th Book
December 20, 1987 – July 24, 1988
February 18, 1989
Garfield Goes to Waist: His 18th Book
July 25, 1988 – February 25, 1989
February 24, 1990
Garfield Hangs Out: His 19th Book
February 26, 1989 – September 30, 1989
October 3, 1990
Garfield Takes Up Space: His 20th Book
October 1, 1989 – May 5, 1990
February 13, 1991
Garfield Says a Mouthful: His 21st Book
May 6, 1990 – December 4, 1990
September 24, 1991
Garfield By the Pound: His 22nd Book
December 5, 1990 – July 7, 1991
February 25, 1992
Garfield Keeps His Chins Up: His 23rd Book
July 8, 1991 – February 4, 1992
September 8, 1992
Garfield Takes His Licks: His 24th Book
February 5, 1992 – September 5, 1992
February 10, 1993
Garfield Hits the Big Time: His 25th Book
September 6, 1992 – April 10, 1993
August 24, 1993
Garfield Pulls His Weight: His 26th Book
April 11, 1993 – November 9, 1993
September 20, 1994
Garfield Dishes It Out: His 27th Book
November 10, 1993 – June 11, 1994
February 14, 1995
Garfield Life in the Fat Lane: His 28th Book
June 12, 1994 – January 10, 1995
September 26, 1995
Garfield Tons of Fun: His 29th Book
January 11, 1995 – August 12, 1995
February 13, 1996
Garfield Bigger and Better: His 30th Book
August 13, 1995 – March 11, 1996
September 24, 1996
Garfield Hams It Up: His 31st Book
March 12, 1996 – October 12, 1996
March 11, 1997
Garfield Thinks Big: His 32nd Book
October 13, 1996 – May 13, 1997
October 7, 1997
Garfield Throws His Weight Around: His 33rd Book
May 14, 1997 – December 13, 1997
October 6, 1998
Garfield Life to the Fullest: His 34th Book
December 14, 1997 – July 14, 1998
February 22, 1999
Garfield Feeds the Kitty: His 35th Book
July 15, 1998 – February 13, 1999
August 31, 1999
Garfield Hogs the Spotlight: His 36th Book
February 14, 1999 – September 11, 1999
February 29, 2000
Garfield Beefs Up: His 37th Book
September 12, 1999 – April 8, 2000
October 3, 2000
Garfield Gets Cookin': His 38th Book
April 9, 2000 – November 4, 2000
October 2, 2001
Garfield Eats Crow: His 39th Book
November 5, 2000 – June 2, 2001
January 1, 2003
Garfield Survival of the Fattest: His 40th Book
June 3, 2001 – December 29, 2001
February 3, 2004
Garfield Older and Wider: His 41st Book
December 30, 2001 – July 27, 2002
January 25, 2005
Garfield Pigs Out: His 42nd Book
July 28, 2002 – February 22, 2003
February 7, 2006
Garfield Blots Out The Sun: His 43rd Book
February 23, 2003 – September 20, 2003
January 30, 2007
Garfield Goes Bananas: His 44th Book
September 21, 2003 – April 17, 2004
August 28, 2007
Garfield Large & In Charge: His 45th Book
April 18, 2004 – November 13, 2004
January 29, 2008
Garfield Spills the Beans: His 46th Book
November 14, 2004 – June 11, 2005
September 30, 2008
Garfield Gets His Just Desserts: His 47th Book
June 12, 2005 – January 7, 2006
January 27, 2009
Garfield Will Eat For Food: His 48th Book
January 8, 2006 – August 5, 2006
August 25, 2009
Garfield Weighs His Options: His 49th Book
August 6, 2006 – March 3, 2007
January 26, 2010
Garfield Potbelly of Gold: His 50th Book
March 4, 2007 – September 29, 2007
August 31, 2010
Garfield Shovels It In: His 51st Book
September 30, 2007 – April 26, 2008
January 25, 2011
Garfield Lard of the Jungle: His 52nd Book
April 27, 2008 – November 22, 2008
August 30, 2011
Garfield Brings Home The Bacon: His 53rd Book
November 23, 2008 – June 20, 2009
January 31, 2012
Garfield Gets in a Pickle: His 54th Book
June 21, 2009 – January 16, 2010
September 11, 2012
Garfield Sings for His Supper: His 55th Book
January 17, 2010 – August 14, 2010
March 12, 2013
Garfield Caution: Wide Load: His 56th Book
August 15, 2010 – March 12, 2011
September 10, 2013
Garfield Souped Up: His 57th Book
March 13, 2011 – October 8, 2011
January 28, 2014
Garfield Goes To His Happy Place: His 58th Book
October 9, 2011 – May 5, 2012
August 26, 2014
Garfield the Big Cheese: His 59th Book
May 6, 2012 – December 1, 2012
January 27, 2015
Garfield Cleans His Plate: His 60th Book
December 2, 2012 – June 29, 2013
August 25, 2015
Garfield Chickens Out: His 61st Book
June 30, 2013 – January 25, 2014
May 10, 2016
Garfield Listens To His Gut: His 62nd Book
January 26, 2014 – August 23, 2014
December 20, 2016
Garfield Cooks Up Trouble: His 63rd Book
August 24, 2014 – March 21, 2015
June 13, 2017
Garfield Feeds His Face: His 64th Book
March 22, 2015 – October 17, 2015
December 12, 2017
Garfield Eats and Runs: His 65th Book
October 18, 2015 – May 14, 2016
May 15, 2018
Garfield Nutty as a Fruitcake: His 66th Book
May 15, 2016 – December 10, 2016
December 11, 2018
Garfield Slurps and Burps: His 67th Book
December 11, 2016 – July 8, 2017
June 11, 2019
Garfield Belly Laughs: His 68th Book
July 9, 2017 – February 3, 2018
December 10, 2019
Garfield Easy as Pie: His 69th Book
February 4, 2018 – September 1, 2018
July 14, 2020
Garfield Goes Hog Wild: His 70th Book
September 2, 2018 – March 30, 2019
December 15, 2020
Garfield What Leftovers?: His 71st Book
March 31, 2019 – October 26, 2019
June 15, 2021
Garfield Livin' The Sweet Life: His 72nd Book
October 27, 2019 – May 23, 2020
December 7, 2021
Garfield Road Pizza: His 73rd Book
May 24, 2020 – December 19, 2020
June 7, 2022
Untitled 74th Book
December 20, 2020 - July 17, 2021
2022
Garfield Classics[]
The Garfield Classics imprint has been in print since 2001, and reprints Garfield's first 36 books in a "remastered" format, with increased page size, bolder lines, and each strip in full-color format.
Title
Comics Years
Release date
Garfield At Large: His First Book
June 19, 1978 – January 22, 1979
May 29, 2001
Garfield Gains Weight: His Second Book
January 23, 1979 – September 22, 1979
November 27, 2001
Garfield Bigger Than Life: His Third Book
September 23, 1979 – March 30, 1980
February 26, 2002
Garfield Weighs In: His Fourth Book
March 31, 1980 – November 2, 1980
June 25, 2002
Garfield Takes the Cake: His Fifth Book
November 3, 1980 – June 7, 1981
June 3, 2003
Garfield Eats His Heart Out: His Sixth Book
June 8, 1981 – January 10, 1982
December 30, 2003
Garfield Sits Around the House: His Seventh Book
January 11, 1982 – August 15, 1982
December 30, 2003
Garfield Tips the Scales: His Eighth Book
August 16, 1982 – March 20, 1983
June 29, 2004
Garfield Loses His Feet: His Ninth Book
March 21, 1983 – October 23, 1983
August 31, 2004
Garfield Makes It Big: His 10th Book
October 24, 1983 – May 27, 1984
June 28, 2005
Garfield Rolls On: His 11th Book
May 28, 1984 – December 30, 1984
July 26, 2005
Garfield Out to Lunch: His 12th Book
December 31, 1984 – August 4, 1985
April 25, 2006
Garfield Food for Thought: His 13th Book
August 5, 1985 – March 9, 1986
November 28, 2006
Garfield Swallows His Pride: His 14th Book
March 10, 1986 – October 12, 1986
April 17, 2007
Garfield World Wide: His 15th Book
October 13, 1986 – May 17, 1987
June 26, 2007
Garfield Rounds Out: His 16th Book
May 18, 1987 – December 19, 1987
June 24, 2008
Garfield Chews the Fat: His 17th Book
December 20, 1987 – July 24, 1988
August 26, 2008
Garfield Goes to Waist: His 18th Book
July 25, 1988 – February 25, 1989
April 28, 2009
Garfield Hangs Out: His 19th Book
February 26, 1989 – September 30, 1989
June 23, 2009
Garfield Takes Up Space: His 20th Book
October 1, 1989 – May 5, 1990
April 27, 2010
Garfield Says a Mouthful: His 21st Book
May 6, 1990 – December 4, 1990
June 22, 2010
Garfield By the Pound: His 22nd Book
December 5, 1990 – July 6, 1991
April 26, 2011
Garfield Keeps His Chins Up: His 23rd Book
July 7, 1991 – February 4, 1992
June 28, 2011
Garfield Takes His Licks: His 24th Book
February 5, 1992 – September 5, 1992
June 26, 2012
Garfield Hits the Big Time: His 25th Book
September 6, 1992 – April 10, 1993
May 21, 2013
Garfield Pulls His Weight: His 26th Book
April 11, 1993 – November 9, 1993
July 16, 2013
Garfield Dishes It Out: His 27th Book
November 10, 1993 – June 11, 1994
April 29, 2014
Garfield Life in the Fat Lane: His 28th Book
June 12, 1994 – January 10, 1995
June 24, 2014
Garfield Tons of Fun: His 29th Book
January 11, 1995 – August 12, 1995
March 10, 2015
Garfield Bigger and Better: His 30th Book
August 13, 1995 – March 12, 1996
June 30, 2015
Garfield Hams It Up: His 31st Book
March 13, 1996 – October 12, 1996
January 26, 2016
Garfield Thinks Big: His 32nd Book
October 13, 1996 – May 13, 1997
July 19, 2016
Garfield Throws His Weight Around: His 33rd Book
May 14, 1997 – December 13, 1997
January 17, 2017
Garfield Life to the Fullest: His 34th Book
December 14, 1997 – July 14, 1998
July 18, 2017
Garfield Feeds the Kitty: His 35th Book
July 15, 1998 – February 13, 1999
January 16, 2018
'’Garfield Hogs the Spotlight: His 36th Book
February 14, 1999 – September 11, 1999
July 17, 2018
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Garfield Complete Works[]
Garfield Complete Works is a hardcover collection of Garfield strips, with both black and white (daily) and full-color (Sunday) comics. The first volume includes archival material and an introduction from Garfield creator Jim Davis.
Title
Comics Years
Release date
Garfield Complete Works: Volume 1: 1978 & 1979
June 19, 1978 – December 31, 1979
September 18, 2018
Garfield Complete Works: Volume 2: 1980 & 1981
January 1, 1980 – December 31, 1981
March 19, 2019
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. In the Garfield 20th anniversary book, however, Davis said vertical stacking was the one type of comic anthology layout he wanted to avoid the most when compiling the above collections.
Additionally, adaptations of Garfield television specials have been published in comic format:
Garfield as Himself (1997) collects the following books:
Here Comes Garfield (1982)
Garfield on the Town (1983)
Garfield Gets a Life (1991)
Garfield Holiday Celebrations (1997) collects the following books:
Garfield in Disguise (Halloween special) (1985)
Garfield's Thanksgiving (1988)
A Garfield Christmas (1987)
Garfield Travel Adventures (1998) collects the following books:
Garfield in the Rough (1984)
Garfield in Paradise (1986)
Garfield Goes Hollywood (1987)
Garfield Fat Cat Three Pack[]
Each Fat Cat volume contains the contents of three successive compilations stacked back to back.
There are two types of Fat Cat books, one features black and white strips and one featuring full color strips.
Volumes 1 to 12 have been released in black and white, but most have since been reissued in full color.
The black and white strips were published semiannually up to Vol. 11 (compilations 31–33) in 1999. Since then, the publication schedule has slowed: Vol. 12 (compilations 34–36) was published in 2001, followed by Vol. 13 (compilations 37–39) in 2006.
Black and white strips[]
Vol. 1 (1,2,3) was released on March 16, 1993.
Vol. 2 (4,5,6) was released on August 9, 1994. ISBN978-0-345-39192-6
Vol. 3 (7,8,9) was released on January 30, 1995. ISBN978-0-345-39493-4
Vol. 4 (10,11,12) was released on August 15, 1995. ISBN978-0-345-40238-7
Vol. 5 (13,14,15) was released on January 30, 1996. ISBN978-0-345-40404-6
Vol. 6 (16,17,18) was released on September 3, 1996. ISBN978-0-345-40884-6
Vol. 7 (19,20,21) was released on April 7, 1997. ISBN978-0-345-41449-6
Vol. 8 (22,23,24) was released on January 20, 1998. ISBN978-0-345-42601-7
Vol. 9 (25,26,27) was released on August 25, 1998. ISBN978-0-345-42903-2
Vol. 10 (28,29,30) was released on February 2, 1999. ISBN978-0-345-43458-6
Vol. 11 (31,32,33) was released on September 7, 1999. ISBN978-0-345-43801-0
Vol. 12 (34,35,36) was released on April 3, 2001. ISBN978-0-345-44581-0
Color strips[]
The first twelve Fat Cat volumes have been reissued in larger, colorized versions. Starting from Fat Cat Vol. 13 (2006), the larger, full-color format of the reissued volumes has also been used.
Vol. 1 (1,2,3) was released on August 26, 2003. ISBN978-0-345-46455-2
Vol. 2 (4,5,6) was released on August 30, 2005. ISBN978-0-345-46465-1
Vol. 3 (7,8,9) was released on September 25, 2007. ISBN978-0-345-48088-0
Vol. 4 (10,11,12) was released on March 24, 2009. ISBN978-0-345-49171-8
Vol. 5 (13,14,15) was released on October 26, 2010. ISBN978-0-345-49180-0
Vol. 6 (16,17,18) was released on March 22, 2011. ISBN978-0-345-52420-1
Vol. 7 (19,20,21) was released on April 24, 2012. ISBN978-0-345-52588-8
Vol. 8 (22,23,24) was released on March 4, 2014. ISBN978-0345525994
Vol. 9 (25,26,27) was released on April 28, 2015. ISBN978-0345526076
Vol. 10 (28,29,30) was released on November 25, 2016. ISBN978-0425285589
Vol. 11 (31,32,33) was released on November 14, 2017. ISBN978-0425285664
Vol. 12 (34,35,36) was released on March 19, 2019. ISBN978-0425285787
Vol. 13 (37,38,39) was released on August 29, 2006. ISBN978-0-345-46460-6
Vol. 14 (40,41,42) was released on October 27, 2009. ISBN978-0-345-49175-6
Vol. 15 (43,44,45) was released on October 25, 2011. ISBN978-0-345-52585-7
Vol. 16 (46,47,48) was released on February 12, 2013. ISBN978-0-345-52592-5
Vol. 17 (49,50,51) was released on October 28, 2014. ISBN978-0-345-52603-8
Vol. 18 (52,53,54) was released on June 7, 2016. ISBN978-0-399-59440-3
Vol. 19 (55,56,57) was released on March 14, 2017. ISBN978-0425285619
Vol. 20 (58,59,60) was released on March 13, 2018. ISBN978-0425285718
Vol. 21 (61,62,63) was released on July 16, 2019. ISBN978-1-9848-1775-4
Vol. 22 (64,65,66) was released on October 6, 2020.
Vol. 23 (67,68,69) was released on May 4, 2021.
Treasury[]
10 Garfield Treasury compilations have been released featuring the Sunday strips in the large color format.
Garfield Treasury was released on June 12, 1984, Features comic strips from: June 25, 1978 to July 13, 1980[4] The Second Garfield Treasury The Third Garfield Treasury was released on October 12, 1985 The Fourth Garfield Treasury The Fifth Garfield Treasury The Sixth Garfield Treasury The Seventh Garfield Treasury was released on October 19, 1993, Features comic strips from: February 3, 1991 to March 7, 1993 The Eighth Garfield Treasury was released on October 31, 1995, Features comic strips from: March 14, 1993 to April 16, 1995 The Ninth Garfield Treasury was released on November 11, 1997, Features comic strips from: April 23, 1995 to May 25, 1997 The Tenth Garfield Treasury was released on October 5, 1999, Features comic strips from: May 25, 1997 to July 25, 1999
Garfield has also been featured in video games, the first being a never-released Atari 2600prototype in 1984. There was later an 8-bit Famicom game of Garfield made in Japan in 1989. A Garfield game was also being worked on for the Atari 5200, but the game was cancelled when Atari was taken over by Jack Tramiel.[5]
Danbury Mint has made numerous products for Garfield collectors. Only two (Bedtime for Garfield and Bedtime for Odie) are plushes, and all but seven have Garfield with another character.
Small Figurines (no larger than 4" × 4" × 4"): Catnap, Crowning Achievement, Easy Rider, Here's Lookin' at Me, Gourmet Picnic, Love in Bloom, King of the Jungle, Open House, Midnight Serenade, On Vacation, Return to Sender, Sittin' Pretty
Musicals (10" wood base with figurine atop): Anchors Aweigh, La Cucaracha, Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay; Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
Garfield's Christmas Village (11 pieces in all, including): Garfield's House, Post Office, Movies, Toy Shoppe, Candy Store, Courthouse, Church, Bakery, and more.
Other: Garfield's Carousel and Garfield's Christmas Train
Plush (2' tall): Bedtime for Garfield and Bedtime for Odie
Diecast Vehicles: Both Ertl and Esci have made a range of diecast toys featuring Garfield driving various vehicles
Miscellaneous[]
In 1991, GRP records released a Garfield-themed compilation album titled Am I Cool or What?
Suction-cupped plush toys of Garfield, known as "Stuck on You", were a phenomenon across America and it took several years for production to meet the demand.[13]
A line of plush products and other toy replicas were licensed for production by the Dakin Company in the 1980s.
Garfield was featured in a 1988 advertising campaign for Maple Leaf Village Amusement Park.[14]
In 2000 Garfield was used as a mascot/recruiting tool for Cub Scouting, appearing on many items, including 4 plush Garfields in Cub Scout uniforms.[15]
Garfield and Odie were previously featured on product packaging for the retail chain Meijer.
Baby Garfield is featured on Sam's Club brand diapers.
At Kennywood, an amusement park located near Pittsburgh, Garfield was one of the mascots. From 2004 to 2020, the park housed a dark ride titled Garfield's Nightmare.[16] A Garfield themed free-fall ride for children titled the "Pounce Bounce" was in operation. Lake Compounce, also ran and owned by Kennywood's owners, used Garfield theming as well.
SilverwoodTheme Park, the Northwests largest theme park near Coeur d'AleneIdaho, had Garfield as the official mascot.
When Microsoft released the Windows 98 edition of Microsoft Plus!, they included in it many brand new desktop themes, some of which were based on popular comics. Garfield was one of them.
Tyco released a novelty Garfield Telephone in 1978. They became the centre of many news reports after they continuously washed up on a French beach over a 35-year period.[17]
Promotions[]
Garfield has been used in multiple promotional campaigns. In 1987, he was used in a promotion for the fast food restaurant McDonald's. Here, McDonald's sold 4 Happy Meal toys, 4 collectible glasses, and a limited edition stuffed Garfield employee. He was also used in promotions for the Yum! Brands properties KFC and Taco Bell. In 2000, he was used in a promotion for Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, where 6 toys were sold. He was used many promotions for his film, including 3 Goldfish figures, and 5 Wendy's toys, including a card game, magnet doll, wind up toy, play clock, and a pair of sunglasses. He was also featured in a successful Dairy Queen Kid's Meal promotion, which included 5 toys of Garfield and 1 toy of Odie doing various outside activities. His most recent promotion was at Kmart, where 3 toys were sold in the dining area.