Garfield: Full Course, Vol. 4

More of a 3.5 but I rounded up for nostalgia, I guess.

There's 16 stories:

Cinderella Stella
Garfield plays Fairy Godmother to Liz's social outcast niece.

Pretty fun story, despite such a focus being on a character I'd never heard of before. Garfield is...surprisingly helpful.
Food Fight!Giant anthropomorphic food seeks revenge on Garfield.Dislike the art: Garfield looks wrong. And also, this was just trying way too hard to be a superhero rip off.Won't PowerGarfield exercises his self-control to stop eating lasagna. For thirty minutes.Fun and kept the attention where it belongs: on Garfield.GilbertGarfield helps apathetic neighbor.Over all, okay, though mostly forgettable.

Who Stole My Orange Meringue Pie?
Garfield puts on his detective hat when someone eats his pie.

Cute and quirky and just an enjoyable read. Would have been more fun if the culprit had been more unexpected.
**Meyer the LiarA new mouse visits. A mouse that cries wolf one too many times.Super fun, love Garfield and Odie in this one.The Little Green BoxGarfield finds a Genie. This will end well.Liked it, but it's a lot like all the other ‘found Genie' stories.The Big Fang TheoryA look at the bully dog Fang.Meh. Never really needed this. Extra star for Garfield being protective of the kittens in the neighborhood and a chicken himself.The Mailman and the Make-BelieversTwo criminals are going to steal a letter from Jon's mailman. While Garfield and Odie play pretend.Loved this one. There's a good plot, lots of Garfield action and it's just generally fun.Space OddityPooky goes on an alien adventure....Barely okay - and, really, only okay because of how peculiar it was.**Up is DownIt's Halloween and Odie finds a magic wand that a demon wants to use to enslave humanity.Nice amount of Garfield, Odie and Nermal and just pretty fun all around.All in a Day's Cosplay...Non Garfield woman decides she's going to cosplay as Garfield at the ‘big cosplay convention'....Do I even have to say how much I hate this story being included here? There is no Garfield characters and it's just these people cosplaying as them. It doesn't belong here and it has no bearing to this collection. (Also, very very unfitting artwork.)...Can I give it negative stars? Because I would.Thanks 4 GivingGarfield decides he's going to help some of the stray cats find furever homes this Thanksgiving.I never thought I'd be crying over a Garfield story, but this is my life now.Little Red Riding CatNermal decides that if Garfield can eat a big meal right before bed, so can he - and is rewarded with a nightmare.Meh. I didn't like this. Didn't like the art or the story or the fact that it was all about Nermal. Also didn't like the fact that it reads like a fever dream.Elf EsteemJon and Liz are buying gifts for the local orphanage, meanwhile one of Santa's elves is massively incompetent and takes it upon himself to deliver a gift to a little girl living in Garfield's house.Okay. Nothing to write home about and nothing to make me hate it.Nermal & the Three BearsNermal dislikes the way this fairytale is going and tries to rewrite it.Fourth-wall breaking and a story almost like Little Red Riding Cat.

We also get 6 ‘Garfield Sunday Classics' in the back.
*****