This fun-filled collection includes three books in one:  Garfield Hams It Up, Garfield Thinks Big,  and  Garfield Throws His Weight Around . Everyone’s favorite tubby tabby is back for another heaping helping of food and fun. So whether he’s playing “stomp the spider,” blaming the missing cookies on his invisible friend, Clive, or running Odie-dropping tests to determine whether “Bouncy” would be an appropriate nickname for the hapless pup, Garfield always spreads around his special brand of love—and laughter!   The GARFIELD FAT CAT 3-PACK series collects the GARFIELD comic-strip compilation books in a new, full-color format. Garfield may have gone through a few changes, but one thing has stayed the same: his enormous appetite for food and fun. So enjoy some supersized laughs with the insatiable cat, because too much fun is never enough! 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.