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Baby Garfield – Year of Firsts – The Strawberry Post

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November 13, 2026

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A book review of a fun graphic novel showing Garfield the cat’s first experiences as a kitten in various stories.

About Baby Garfield: Year of Firsts

Title: Year of Firsts (Baby Garfield #1)
Authors: Grace Ellis, Michael Northrop, Stephanie Cooke, Brittney Williams, Jordan Morris, Katie Cook, Ben Clanton, Annie Nishida
Illustrators: Asia Simone, Rob Justus, Whitney Gardner, Brittney Willians, Thien Pham, Jay Fosgitt, Olivia Amoah, Kay Davault
Cover illustrator: Agnes Garbowska
Publisher: KaBOOM!
Genre: Children’s fiction, Graphic novel
Book format reviewed: Digital
Sweet Strawberries:

Description: Meet the tiny troublemaker before he became the lasagna-loving legend!
Join the sassy but oh-so-adorable baby Garfield in navigating a series of universal “firsts”, including first word, first lasagna, first Monday, and the often overlooked, but just as moving milestone…first hairball!
Brimming with cattitude, this paw-sitively silly graphic novel anthology features eight standalone comics by a rotating cast of top-tier creators. So grab your bib and dive in before this crafty kitten steals your dinner…and your heart.
Collect Baby-Garfield #1-4.

*Free copy provided by publisher and NetGalley for review…

My review and thoughts on Baby Garfield: Year of Firsts

Aw, what a fun, funny and cute comic book featuring a very young Garfield and a lot of his first experiences. Garfield is incredibly hungry while Jon is busy cooking and seems to be ignoring him. Garfield tries everything to get his attention but Jon’s oblivious to his hunger. What lengths will Garfield go to, to get noticed and what will happen if he tastes the food Jon is cooking?

Baby Garfield book page image one — Image taken from digital copy I was given

This graphic novel is filled with some great comic book illustrations and fun text with each chapter being quite short and about a different ‘first’ event that Garfield experiences, such as his first word, first hairball, first lasagne, etc. Every chapter contains one story that is a complete standalone and I do like the various things that happen with Garfield and others.

Baby Garfield book page image two — Image taken from digital copy I was given

Every story is written and also illustrated by different people giving each story a slightly different look or feel and although every tale is fun, my personal favourites include Garfield’s First Monday where he gets to experience what it’s like when Jon is away from the house for work, which is a brilliant story introducing another character, as well as Garfield’s First Beach Day which just had lots of funny moments.

Baby Garfield book page image three — Image taken from digital copy I was given

Every comic story follows the same humour that you find in the Garfield comic strip although I have to say I think I enjoyed this even more as a young Garfield is a little different from the more older and sarcastic adult Garfield that we’re used to seeing. The illustrations, despite having slightly different styles all keep in with the way Garfield and the other characters look. They’re all brilliant and the combination between the pictures and text is very good lending a lot of fun and humour to each tale.

Baby Garfield book page image four — Image taken from digital copy I was given

At the end of the book you can find out more about all the authors and illustrators as well as see some more artwork too. Overall this is a great and fun comic book/graphic novel and good for any fans of Garfield or even anyone trying out Garfield for the first time.