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.

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 signifigance of each life. The current Garfield is his 8th life, with the final life being set in the far future. The television special premiered on CBS in November 22, 1988, 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.

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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.