Garfield: His 9 Lives

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Garfield: His 9 Lives
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Author Jim Davis
LanguageEnglish
Series Garfield
GenreHumor
Publisher Ballantine Books
Publication date
October 12, 1984
Publication placeUnited States
Pages128
ISBN 978-0345320612
OCLC 11361460
Garfield: His 9 Lives
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Title Card
Created by Jim Davis
Written by Jim Davis
David Kuhn (segment "In the Garden")
Jim Clements (segment "Space Cat")
George Herriman (uncredited)
Directed by Phil Roman
Doug Frankel
Ruth Kissane
Bill Littlejohn
Bob Nesler
Bob Scott
George Singer
John Sparey
Starring Lorenzo Music
Thom Huge
Gregg Berger
Desirée Goyette
Narrated by Gregg Berger (segment "Cave Cat")
Music by Ed Bogas and Desirée Goyette
Lou Rawls (vocals)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producer Phil Roman
Running time48 min.
Production companies Film Roman
United Media
Paws, Inc.
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseNovember 22, 1988 (1988-11-22)
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Garfield: His 9 Lives is a 1984 anthology book that showcase the "nine lives" of Jim Davis' comic strip character Garfield. The book is divided into ten segments, detailing the creation of cats and the lives of Garfield. The book was later adapted into an animated television special in 1988, and a comic book by Boom! Studios from 2014 to 2015.

Contents

Synopsis

The book and the special tell stories in various artstyles about Garfield's nine lives and how each life has shaped his personality. Each story is preceded by Garfield explaining the significance of each life. The current Garfield is his 8th life, with the final life being set in space.

Television special

The television special premiered on CBS on November 22, 1988, [1] adapting "In the Beginning", "Cave Cat", "The Garden", "Lab Animal", "Garfield", and "Space Cat" as the opening and his first, third, seventh, eighth, and ninth life respectively. 4 new segments and a new ending were created for the special, and the "Babes and Bullets" story was adapted into a standalone special in 1989.

The special was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, losing to Garfield's Babes and Bullets. Both specials are included on the DVD Garfield's Fantasies , along with Garfield's Feline Fantasies. A second DVD bundled with Garfield in the Rough was released in 2018.

Voice cast

Boom! Studios adaptation

From 2014 to 2015, Boom! Studios adapted His 9 Lives across four comics (issues #32-36), with each story drawn by a different artist. It can be seen as a hybrid of the book and the special as, like the special, it features several lives created exclusively for it. Garfield's eighth life introduces each life before it begins. [2]

References

  1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 265. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. Garfield's Nine Lives