IN THE CARDS

– SAL BARRY

GARFIELD, THE CHUBBY CAT from the eponymous comic strip and cartoon series, has been featured on tons of merchandise over the past 45 years – from clothing to video games and seemingly everything else in between. Garfield’s creator, Jim Davis, is a hockey fan, so, naturally, the orange feline has found his way onto jerseys, pucks and even a hockey card. The 1992 Garfield Premier Edition set by Skybox has 100 cards that recap some of his most popular stories. A few fun cards also depict the rotund tabby playing different sports. This card pictures Garfield as Moosejaw Breakers goaltender Garf Gruntsky – a clever mash-up of Garfield with Hall of Fame goalie Gump Worsley’s nickname and Wayne Gretzky’s surname. The back of the card humorously states that ‘The Great Gruntsky’…

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