Garfield at Large is the first Garfield comic strip compilation book. It features comics from June 19, 1978 to January 22, 1979. It was first published on February 21, 1980. A larger, colorized version was published in 2001.
Blurb[]
"Like every great lasagna, Garfield was born in the kitchen of an Italian restaurant on a winter's night in 1978, while outside snow fell like grated Parmesan cheese. He weighed five pounds, six ounces at birth - that's big for a kitten! - and right from the start showed a passion for Italian food. The restaurant owner, forced to choose between Garfield and closing his doors for lack of pasta, sold Garfield to a pet store. Garfield thought he was a goner until Jon Arbuckle walked in the door.
The original black & white version
The rest is history."
Trivia[]
- Prior to its printing in the colorized version, the July 23, 1978 strip erroneously had the first panel (Garfield hopping down the stairs) printed as the fourth panel.
Gallery[]
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