GARFIELD IS IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT, A “GARFIELD’S CHEESY HOLIDAY SPECIAL” (REVIEW)
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Garfield’s Cheesy Holiday Special BOOM! STUDIOS
Garfield created by Jim Davis
Holly’s Holiday Hope Written by: Mark Evanier Illustrated by: Andy Hirsch
The Lasagna Monster Who Stole Christmas Written by Scott Nickel Illustrated by David DeGrand
Just in time for the Christmas holiday, our favorite lazy feline cat has a pair of Christmas tails (get it) to make us laugh. Throughout both stories, the classic Sunday Morning Comic strip humor we are accustomed to with Garfield is center stage and it’s
wonderful.
The first story, Holly’s Holiday Hope, brings Garfield and Odie to the mall where Jon is filling in for Santa Claus for a part time job. But Garfield gets into trouble and the normal hijinks ensue. But then the story turns from all goofing around, to a search and rescue tale for Holly who only wants her missing dog, Hope, back for Christmas. Of course Garfield’s wit and humor are ever present throughout the rescue and Odie’s stupidity carries the adventure further than needed. In the end, this fun read had just the right amount of Garfield and perfect dash of holiday cheer to make this story worthy of the title cheesy holiday special.
The second story written in this book is a little more far fetched than the first (once you get past the fact that an orange cat has an inner dialogue that leads the story). This is exactly as the title suggests, a scary tale where a lasagna monster has devised a way to steal Christmas over and over again. But with his trusty side kicks Odie and Jon, Garfield tries to foil the Lasagna Monster. No one steals lasagna or Christmas from Garfield and gets away with it!
Although I enjoyed the first story much more than the second one, mostly because of the art. The first story presented a Garfield I am familiar with in cartoon or comic (I even imagined Lorenzo Music’s signature voice of Garfield as I read this first tale). Still, on the whole, they were both spot on with the iconic humor of Garfield making this well worth the read. Also added to to the end of this collection were a couple of Sunday Classics to nicely round off the Garfield Holiday inspired collection. I would highly recommend this to get into the Christmas spirit!
By Cory Anderson
Born in Boston MA, raised in NH. Fully functioning adult who happens to read any and every comic under the (yellow)sun. Of course there are the favorite comics I must read when they're released, but any comic is fair game in my eyes. Of course my love for pop culture doesn't end with comics, but branches out to movies, toys, video games and most importantly Dungeons and Dragons (which I withheld this last hobby from my Fiancée until she said "Yes").
Point of Origin for my nerdy condition may have been in '93 when I got slimed at Nickelodeon(now closed), and a teenage accident or two(collapsed lungs) landing me in the hospital around the same time the Tobey Maguire Spiderman movies started coming out. When my dad stopped at the local comic store and brought me the essential comics for Spiderman and the X-Men, I stood no chance. (Which also created a secret aspiration to start a fundraiser of sorts to bring comic books to kids in hospitals to keep their spirits up(nothing has come of this to date)) Add in a heavy dose of trip to Disney World, upcoming Disney themed wedding and a career aspiration to become a Disney Imagineer, I think it's safe to say I never want to grow up.
Xbox Live Gamertag: AllusiveReaper7
(If you notice my xbox achievement score, you might assume I game a bit)
Twitter: @AllusiveReaper7
Recent comic addictions(Non "Big Two"): Saga, Crossed, Coffin Hill, Rat Queens, Pathfinder and Rover Red Charlie
Collects: Old Comics (Green Lama), Miniatures (D&D, Heroclix, Star Wars), Action Figures preferably 90s and older, and comic book themed hats
Systems Owned: NES (though it was my sister's), Game Boy(The gray brick), Sega Genesis, N64, Dreamcast, PS2, Game Boy Advanced, Nintendo DS, Xbox, Xbox360, Wii, Xbox One, Junk PC
