This book offers simple, easy to understand advice for children about creating comic strips and uses Garfield comics to both entertain and show concrete examples of the advice in practice. It covers aspects of both art and story and does a good job at both. In addition to specific instructions on how to draw various Garfield characters, the book talks about why certain characters are drawn the way they are and ways to match the art style to the story being told.

It is also a good guide to storytelling in general that could help give young readers a better understanding of narrative, especially in stories involving humor. It covers the basics of making sure that every story has a beginning, middle, and end and then goes into further detail about telling funny stories. There are clear instructions for setting up a joke and a punchline and some advice about what makes jokes funny. This is an excellent guide for young writers and illustrators who want to make comics or improve their storytelling skills.