Davis had almost nothing to do with Garfield and Friends. Instead most of the episodes were written by Mark Evanier, who's written for a ton of cartoons and created Groo the Wanderer.

The book this was based on was better and weirder from what I remember.

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In this drawing, Garfield is about to kill his owner. The weirdest part is that this is from one of the stories Jim Davis DID write for the book.

I like the one where Garfield is a homeless cat living in an abandoned home who hallucinates Odie and Jon because it's a better alternative to his life

Primal Self" (written by Jim Davis; illustrated by Jim Clements, Gary Barker, and Larry Fentz): An orange housecat (by the name of Tigger) meets an ancient, primal, dangerous, possibly evil force, causing him to revert to an entirely feral state. It is unclear whether Tigger is corrupted by the primal force, or if his spirit is cast back into prehistory and stranded there, while the primal essence steals his body in the present day. The story ends with him preparing to attack his unsuspecting owner, an elderly woman; it is strongly suggested that he kills his owner afterwards. Garfield is shown to be terrified of the events in this life; he is depicted cowering under a blanket in his commentary on it, remarking that this life taught him that there are elements in a cat that are not to be toyed with.

Agreed. And the phoned in stuff got so phoned it that it developed its own kind of dadaist charm.