As of March 31, 2011, the Board of Directors consisted of Frank Dangeard, Jim Wilson, Tom Virden, Gene Davis, Alexandra Fichelson.

Garfield ’ s Jim Davis, for example, switched with Blondie ’ s Stan Drake, while Scott Adams ( Dilbert ) traded strips with Bil Keane ( The Family Circus ).

Slapstick and visual gags became more confined to Sunday strips, because as Garfield creator Jim Davis put it, " Children are more likely to read Sunday strips than dailies.

Some strips which are still in affiliation with the original creator are produced by small teams or entire companies, such as Jim Davis ' Garfield, however there is some debate if these strips fall in this category.

Atkins produced records for The Browns, Porter Wagoner, Norma Jean, Dolly Parton, Dottie West, Perry Como, Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Jerry Reed, Skeeter Davis, Waylon Jennings and many others.

Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis.

Though this is rarely mentioned in print, Garfield is set in Muncie, Indiana, the home of Jim Davis, according to the television special Garfield Goes Hollywood.

In the 1970s the comic strip artist Jim Davis authored a strip, Gnorm Gnat, which met with little success.

Jon Arbuckle came from a coffee commercial from the 1950s, and Odie was based on a car dealership commercial written by Jim Davis, which featured Odie the Village Idiot.

Jim Davis has also collaborated with Ball State University and Pearson Digital Learning to create Professor Garfield, a site with educational games focusing on math and reading skills and with Children's Technology Group to create MindWalker, a web browser that allows parents to limit the websites their children can view to a pre-set list.

Fans connected with Jon's " loneliness and desperation " and found his " crazy antics " humorous ; Jim Davis himself called Walsh's strips an " inspired thing to do " and said that " some of strips work better the originals ".

The book was written by Jim Davis, with music and lyrics by Michael Dansicker and Bill Meade, and it was booked by AWA Touring Services.

However, in many books and interviews, Jim Davis reveals that he has no definite plans for a Jon / Liz marriage.

In Garfield ’ s Twentieth Anniversary Collection, in which the strips are reprinted, Jim Davis discusses the genesis for this series:

Paws, Inc. was founded in 1981 by Jim Davis to support the Garfield comic strip and its licensing.

While relations were cordial between the two companies at first, the departure of Jim Levy from Activision left Bruce Davis in charge.

* 1945 – Jim Davis, American cartoonist and writer

In 1954, he appeared as Jesse James in the Jim Davis syndicated series Stories of the Century.

At the turn of the 21st century, well-established artists such as Sir Anthony Caro, Lucian Freud, Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Agnes Martin, Al Held, Ellsworth Kelly, Helen Frankenthaler, Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Claes Oldenburg, Jim Dine, James Rosenquist, Alex Katz, Philip Pearlstein, and younger artists including Brice Marden, Chuck Close, Sam Gilliam, Isaac Witkin, Sean Scully, Mahirwan Mamtani, Joseph Nechvatal, Elizabeth Murray, Larry Poons, Richard Serra, Walter Darby Bannard, Larry Zox, Ronnie Landfield, Ronald Davis, Dan Christensen, Joel Shapiro, Tom Otterness, Joan Snyder, Ross Bleckner, Archie Rand, Susan Crile, and dozens of others continued to produce vital and influential paintings and sculpture.

* 1989: Jim Davis, Garfield

* 1985 Jim Davis

But, in mid-December, Marshall announced that on the day of the NFL draft he had traded the rights to Davis to the Cleveland Browns, who wanted Davis to join the league's leading rusher, Jim Brown, in their backfield.

* July 28 – Jim Davis, American cartoonist

Marion is also noted for being the birthplace of legendary actor James Dean and famed cartoonist Jim Davis, though both were raised in nearby Fairmount.

George Harrison owned one of their MS500 models, which were introduced in 1957 and famed British session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan owned and used a Maton ' Cello ' guitar for many years during the peak of his career, playing it on recordings with Sarah Vaughan, Sammy Davis, Jr., Johnny Keating and his Big Band and Neil Finn from Crowded House.

Honorary degrees have been received by many famed individuals including former President of the United States Bill Clinton, former President of Ireland Mary McAleese, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, poet Seamus Heaney, writers Seamus Deane, Brian Friel, Frank McGuinness and Colm Tóibín, activists May Blood and Aung San Suu Kyi, actors Amanda Burton and Ewan McGregor, racehorse trainer Vincent O ' Brien, bishops Seán Brady, Robin Eames, James Mehaffey, Edward Daly and Desmond Tutu, singers Enya, Van Morrison and Tommy Makem, politician John Hume, biotechnologist Charles Hamner, politicians and writers Garrett Fitzgerald and Conor Cruise O ' Brien, US lawyer John Connorton, US diplomat Jim Lyons, Gaelic football player Peter Canavan, rugby player David Humphreys, golfers Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell, last governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten and triple jumper Jonathan Edwards.

Tex Rickard, famed sportsman and promoter, held the view: " Big Jim will always live in my memory as the greatest heavyweight boxer of his time.

* On the western side of the continental divide, the Migrant Trail proper ends at the fur trading post called Fort Bridger founded by famed mountain man Jim Bridger because the Mormon Trail split off to the south from the westward continuing Oregon and California Trails, following river valleys southwestward to the valley of the Great Salt Lake into present-day Utah.

Leahy took over as line coach at Fordham University in 1933 and stayed until 1938 under Jim Crowley, coaching the famed Seven Blocks of Granite from 1935 to 1937 when the Rams lost only two games in three seasons.

A number of episodes feature animation by famed animator Jim Tyer.

Commenting on Beban's heroic effort playing through injury, famed L. A. Times columnist Jim Murray wrote that if " Gary Beban wins the Heisman Trophy, they ought to fill it with aspirin "

The football field at Drake Stadium is named in honor of Drake alumnus and football great, Johnny Bright and the track is name after famed announcer Jim Duncan.

He scrabbled his way up a demanding fissure called the " Worst Error " on Elephant Rock, an early effort which the British Guardian journalist Jim Perrin notes, " bears comparison with the achievements of Joe Brown and Don Whillans ", famed contemporaries of his in Britain.

Bersheba Fristoe Younger, born Bersheba Leighton Fristoe ( June 6, 1816-June 6, 1870 ) was an American woman who was the mother of the famed Younger Outlaws Cole, Jim, John and Bob.

Pressed Steel Car's Chief Designer John M. Hansen and famed salesman " Diamond Jim " Brady left the company in 1901 to found SSC.

Jim Borgman had graduated from Kenyon before Watterson arrived, but his work as a political cartoonist so impressed Bill that he decided to pursue a career as one himself.

* 1960 – Jim Toomey, American syndicated cartoonist

The format also included performances by local disco dancers and special guests such as Ottawa-based cartoonist Jim Unger.

Hudson Luce purchased the rights to Factsheet Five and published a single issue, Issue # 45, with the help of BBS enthusiast Bill Paulouskas, cartoonist Ben Gordon, writer Jim Knipfel, and artist Mark Bloch, who had authored a mail art-related column called " Net Works " during the Gunderloy years.

James Robert " Jim " Davis ( born July 28, 1945 ) is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comic strip Garfield.

Monty is an American comic strip created, written and illustrated by cartoonist Jim Meddick.

Jim Meddick ( born August 1961 ) is an American cartoonist.

* 15 – Jim Russell, 92, Australian cartoonist.

This appearance was satirized by cartoonist Jim Bamber for the Yumping Yarns cartoon of Car & Car Conversions magazine, when he depicted McRae driving his Vivio underneath an elephant.

Zits is a comic strip written by cartoonist Jerry Scott and illustrated by Jim Borgman about the life of Jeremy Duncan, a 16-year-old high school sophomore ( previously a 15-year-old for the life of the comic ).

Jim Lange, the editorial cartoonist for The Oklahoman for 58 years, was closely identified with a version of the John Q.

His younger brother, Jim Raymond, was also a cartoonist, and also an assistant to Chic Young on Blondie.

* Jim Davis ( cartoonist ) ( born 1945 ), creator of the Garfield comic strip

Schulz and cartoonist Jim Sasseville ( who also assisted Schulz on Peanuts stories for various comic books ) produced this strip which appeared in newspapers four times a week, including Sundays.

Designed by artist and writer Jim Benton, " who People Magazine called the most visible cartoonist in America, Happy Bunny is a small, smiling bunny, often varying in color, with an insulting slogan printed at its feet.

Another notable cartoonist for the paper was Jim Lange, who worked for the paper for 58 years and produced over 19, 000 cartoons.

Open Season is a comic book series created by cartoonist Jim Bricker.

* Jim Unger ( 1937 – 2012 ), British-born cartoonist

The Silver Stanley award is now known as the Jim Russell Award and is awarded to a cartoonist for services to the cartooning industry.

The Silver Stanley award is now known as the Jim Russell Award and is awarded to a cartoonist for services to the cartooning industry.

Mahoney and Hayes appeared on stage regularly along with leading artists like comedian Roy Rene < sup ></ sup >, actor and comedian George Wallace < sup ></ sup >, actor, stuntman and circus performer Jim Gerald < sup ></ sup >, singer Olga Vernon, comedian Buster Fiddess < sup ></ sup >, vaudevillian Peggy Mortimer, actor and entertainer Morry Barling, Ron and Iris Shand both actors and versatile stage performers, and chatting cartoonist " Inky " Williams.