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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jim_Davis_(cartoonist)Jim Davis (cartoonist) - Wikipedia

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   James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as the creator of the comic strips Garfield and U.S. Acres. Published since 1978, Garfield is one of the world's most widely syndicated comic strips. [1] Davis's other comics work includes Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, and Mr. Potato Head .

2. screenrant.com › garfield-comic-canceled-explained"I Thought This Was the Beginning of the End": Jim Davis ...

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   Jan 30, 2024 · In an interview with the Independent celebrating the 40th anniversary of Garfield, Jim Davis talked about the precarious beginnings of the strip. When the largest paper carrying Garfield, the Chicago Sun-Times, dropped the comic, Davis figured the dream was over, and that the other newspapers he had convinced to run his work would soon follow suit.

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3. intercommedia.org › last-garfield-comicNo More Mondays: The Story Behind The "Last" Garfield Comic

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   Oct 14, 2020 · Did Jim Davis Mean It to be The Last Garfield Comic? In Garfield’s Twentieth Anniversary collection, Jim Davis talks about the idea behind the strips, where he says:“During a writing session for Halloween week, I got the idea for this decidedly different series of strips. I wanted to scare people.

4. www.mentalfloss.com › article › 8334411 Things You Might Not Know About Cartoonist Jim Davis

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   • HIS ASTHMA LED HIM TO DISCOVER DRAWING. Born July 28, 1945 in Indiana, Davis lived with his parents and younger brother on a farm. Surrounded by cows and 25 cats—which Davis later used as inspiration for Garfield—he hoped to become a farmer (like his father) when he grew up.
   • HE DREW BUGS BEFORE TURNING TO CATS. Circa 1983. Getty. After studying art and business at Indiana’s Ball State University, Davis worked as an assistant for Tom K. Ryan, the cartoonist who drew the Tumbleweeds comic strip.
   • HE GOT INSPIRATION FROM HIS OWN LIFE TO WRITE GARFIELD. Davis named Garfield after his grandfather, James Garfield Davis (who was named after President James Garfield).
   • CHARLES SCHULTZ DREW GARFIELD AS WE KNOW HIM TODAY. A 1979 comic, viaGarfield.com. Early Garfield strips realistically depicted the cat with four small legs and paws.

5. time.com › 6981294 › garfield-movie-story-behind-comicThe Surprisingly Simple Reason Jim Davis Created Garfield

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   May 24, 2024 · The cat's name is a tribute to Davis’s beloved grandfather, James A. Garfield Davis—"a large gruff man with very kind eyes, so the personality fits Garfield," the cartoonist told The Today ...

6. www.gocomics.com › garfield › 2024/06/23Garfield by Jim Davis for June 23, 2024 - GoComics

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   Jun 23, 2024 · View the comic strip for Garfield by cartoonist Jim Davis created June 23, 2024 available on GoComics.com. June 23, 2024. GoComics.com - Search Form Search. Find Comics.

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   Did Jim Davis think Garfield was over?

   • Reflecting on his success, Garfield creator Jim Davis explained the moment that he thought the enduring comic strip was over before it truly began.

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   Is Garfield a comic strip?

   • In 2003, the Guinness Book of World Records dubbed Garfield the world’s most widely syndicated comic strip. By 2004, Garfield was a movie star, with Bill Murray voicing the character in Garfield: The Movie. Twenty years later, The Garfield Movie puts a new spin on the cat's origin story.

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   Is Garfield a canon comic strip?

   • None of these, of course, are canon: originally released in 1976 as Jon for the Pendleton Times, with United Feature Syndicate distributing it nationally as Garfield in 1978, the comic strip is now syndicated in over 2,500 newspapers and journals both in the country and around the world.

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   What happened to Garfield's father in 'Battlestar Gatsby'?

   • Garfield has long thought his father abandoned him in an alleyway, but he learns that Vic actually left to get food for the family, and Garfield was gone by the time he returned. In his absence, the movie reveals, Garfield befriended his future owner, Jon (Nicholas Hoult) when he found him eating alone at an Italian restaurant.

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8. www.dexerto.com › tv-movies › did-garfield-cat-dieDid Garfield die? “Shock” death explained - Dexerto

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   Jun 6, 2024 · It’s thought that all versions of Garfield linked to original cartoonist Jim Davis will cease to exist by 2026, but fans initially thought the comic strip ended five years ago. The strip shows a ...